TripAdvisor - Bury Market “the best place to shop in Greater Manchester”

The famous Bury Market has been named as the best place to shop in Greater Manchester on the world’s largest travel site TripAdvisor.

The award-winning market is rated the #1 retail attraction out of 147 across the conurbation, based on 677 reviews by visitors.

With its 350-plus stalls, Bury has won the Market of the Year four times in the last decade, and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every week. More than 1,500 coach tours were made to the market last year.

The market recently received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for 2016 after the tourist attraction achieved a guest rating of 4.5.

Councillor Rishi Shori, leader of Bury Council, said: “We are delighted that so many visitors have given such positive feedback via TripAdvisor and we hope that that will encourage many more people to come to Bury and enjoy our unique market atmosphere for themselves.”

To see the full list of TripAdvisor ratings for shopping in Greater Manchester, go to https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attractions-g187052-Activities-c26-Greater_Manchester_England.html

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Press release issued: 30 January 2017.