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Travelling to Manchester by road

Manchester is well connected to the rest of the UK via excellent motorway links

Manchester's ring road connects Manchester to motorways north, south, east and west.

Visit Google Maps to find out how to get here from where you are.

You can download our maps to help find your way around the city centre and beyond or buy a Manchester A-Z from our online shop.

Parking

View the Manchester City Council parking page for information about on-street parking in Manchester city centre.

Manchester City Council has compiled a map of city centre car parks.

For a wider choice of car parks across the region, car park operator NCP has a car park finder tool.

You can download the Nosey Parker iPhone App to locate your nearest car park.

For a list of dedicated coach parking spaces download the Coach Map.

Taxi and Chauffeur services

Streetcars Private Hire Manchester - www.streetcarsmanchester.co.uk - 0161 228 7878
Eco Cars Manchester - www.ecocarsmanchester.co.uk - 0161 998 7777
Hackneybus - 07919 594813
Tristar Worldwide Chauffeur Services - uk.tristarworldwide.com - 01895 432000
National Express

National Express run coaches from major cities in the UK to Manchester. Visit the National Express website for full details.

Make a comment

  • This really isn't very useful. I am planning a first time trip to Manchester. I have access to a car. But am willing to travel by public transport as well. There doesn't seem to be much help to guide me as to the best way to get into Manchester. Or any prices for car parks. It seems to me I'd have to do an awful lot of research going through each of the options you display to sift out helpful info. Think of us poor folk who are new to all of this info. Not sure I can face coming now.
    V V
  • Sorry that you couldn't find the information you were looking for. We are working on making this section much more useful. In the meantime you can call the Tourist Information Centre on 0871 222 8223 or email them at touristinformation@visitmanchester.com and they will help you with the planning of your trip.
    Stuart Aiken
  • I travelled using "ecocars" .. so much for eco.. was an old avensis a real diesel drinker.. not very green.. and why didnt it say ECO taxis.. it was sent by some little firm called Jeffriescars .. i feel duped... so much for advertising an eco friendly company.. that listing should be changed to gas guzzlers taxis
    dave  williams
  • A very pretty website, with high bandwidth required and totally useless with no apparent search facility. I was looking for a place to park a coach, and found that the link to the coach parking map is broken, with a smartarsed 404 page not found message saying that "This didn't make the final cut, but it'll be on the DVD" Huh? What's that all about? Then you want at least 10p per minute to wait for your people to answer the phone. Not a great advert for Manchester.
    John Williamson
  • Hello John, thanks for your comment. The search facility is found using the magnifying glass in the top right-hand corner of the screen. I've tested the coach parking map link and it seems to work for me. Here's a direct URL for the PDF: http://www.visitmanchester.com/media/90957/coach%20parking%20map%203.pdf Martin Bryant, VisitManchester.com
    Martin Bryant
  • This is a really confusing site - All I want to do is drive up and use some kind of park and ride service to access the city centre. Every time I try and find one all I get is park and ride for the airport - nothing for the city. Cities are trying to encourage us to use park and ride schemes but as far as I can see this is not the case for Manchester !
    Andrew Thompson
  • I went into Manchester today, and found finding a car park pretty much impossible. The road was often closed to traffic with no warning, and there were no sign posts. For someone unfamiliar with the city, it is very difficult to get around.
    Milly G
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