Manchester's famous Christmas Markets have been ranked as the best to visit in the UK in a new study. It beat competition from the likes of Birmingham, Nottingham and Edinburgh to be ranked top.
According to the new research, Manchester Christmas Markets was the most-searched for festive event on Google - with over 60,000 searches a month and 8,000 mentions on Instagram.
It also ranked highly as the "most affordable" city to stay - due to the number of cheap hotels that people can book to make a festive break of it while visiting the markets. The study said the average 3* hotel stay in Manchester came in at £68 - the cheapest of any of the cities ranked in the top ten.
