Afflecks Palace. An indie indoor market with multiple shops, stalls and boutiques. It describes itself as a totem of indie commerce in Manchester's Northern Quarter, and will satisfy whoever walks in with its wide range of collectables, food and clothing. It opens at 10:30AM and closes at 6PM throughout the week apart from Sunday's, when it opens at 11AM and closes at 5PM. https://www.afflecks.com/

Fan Boy Three. The award winning Fan Boy Three, Manchester's favourite gaming destination, is now at 25 Hilton St with an all new air conditioned organised play space and boardgame cafe.

Forbidden Planet Interntional. Forbidden Planet is a popular cult entertainment store, specialising in its merchandise, including Pop! Funko figures. The store also sells TV/video game merchandise, replicas and comic books. It opens at 9:30AM and closes at 5:30PM on all days but Sunday, which is 11:30AM-4:30PM. http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/

Paramount Books. A second hand book store, selling a range of comics magazines and books of all ages. Although this shop is closer to the city centre, it is still within walking distance from other comic stores like it. They are open at 12PM until 8PM on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. http://paramountbooks.co.uk/

Retro Play Games. Retro Play Games is a small shop that is located inside Afflecks Palace. It can be found on the third floor, and it also deals in pre-owned consoles and video games (etc). As it is a shop in Afflecks,it shares their opening times; 10:30AM-6PM on all days but Sunday, which is 11AM-5PM.

Travelling Man. A small comic/graphic novel and manga store with many different choices, from old to new products. The store has a wide variety of board games that range from role play games to card games. They have scheduled comic signings, gaming tournaments and other events that happen both in Manchester and in their other branches across England. They open at 10AM and close at 6PM on all days except Sunday, where they open at 11AM and close at 5PM. http://www.travellingman.com/