As the shopping area with the third highest footfall in Greater Manchester many people would say Bury market doesn't need a lot of changes.

An estimated 150,000 people visit the market weekly, with neighbouring town centre businesses seeing an estimated 40 per cent increase to their footfall on the full market days of Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Only the Trafford centre and Manchester Arndale can boast higher numbers in the city region.

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Its remarkable pulling power is illustrated by the 1,200 coaches which visited Bury Market last year, up 7pc on 2023. And in the first six months of 2025 coach party numbers are up by a further 20pc.

But changes are on

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