Travelling to our Visit Days
Find all the information you need to plan your journey to one of our on-campus events.
Travelling to our campus
If you’re attending one of our Visit Days in 2024, you can get to our campus by train, bus, coach, tram, air, and car.
Unfortunately, we have no on-site visitor parking, but there are several public car parks and limited on-street pay and display spaces close by. We recommend arriving early to allow time to find a space or; alternatively, looking at the Transport for Greater Manchester’s Park and Ride options below.
Take a look at the links below to see the transport options available and start planning your journey.
Choose your mode of transport
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Arriving by train
Manchester Piccadilly train station
You can follow the signs for Fairfield Street or taxi ranks and take the 147 bus to Oxford Road/Oxford House. The bus runs every 30 minutes Monday-Friday from 5:30am-7:50pm.
Alternatively, you can catch the Manchester City Centre Free Bus service 1 and get off at Whitworth Street West. Continue onto Oxford Road and our campus is on your right. This service runs on Monday-Friday from 7:00am-7:00pm (every 10 minutes) and 7:00pm-11:30pm (every 30 minutes). The Saturday service runs from 7:00am-8:30am (every 15-30 minutes), 8:30am-7:00pm (every 10 minutes), and 7:00pm-11:30pm (every 30 minutes).
You can also walk, which takes 10–15 minutes. From the Fairfield Street station exit, follow Whitworth Street and then left onto Oxford Road. Our campus is on your right.
Manchester Oxford Road train station
You can walk to our campus in five minutes. Turn right out of Oxford Road Station and walk underneath the railway bridge. Our campus is on your right.
Manchester Victoria train station
Follow the signs for the Manchester City Centre Free Bus service 2. Get off at Whitworth Street West and continue to Oxford Road and our campus is on your right. This service runs every 10 minutes on Saturday from 8:30am-7:00pm, and Monday-Friday from 7:00am-7:00pm.
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Arriving by car
Due to our city centre location, we do not have any visitor parking on campus.
There are several public car parks located in the city centre including NCP, APCOA Parking and CitiPark.
Booth Street West Car Park, sometimes referred to as Higher Chatham/Cambridge Street car park, is also close to our campus and may be a suitable option for you. Access is via Higher Cambridge Street and the car park’s postcode is M15 6AR. Please note that this is paid parking and spaces may be limited on the day of the event.
Below are the postcodes for our main registration points to help you plan your journey:
- Business School – M15 6BH (Please note we do not have any visitor parking on campus except for blue badge holders)
- Brooks building – M15 6GX (Please note we do not have any visitor parking on campus except for blue badge holders)
Transport for Greater Manchester also operates several Park and Ride services. We recommend using the East Didsbury Metrolink Park and Ride, Sale Water Park Metrolink Park and Ride or the Ladywell Metrolink Park and Ride. Please visit the TfGM website for full details.
Blue badge holders
If you or one of your guests is a blue badge holder and you’re visiting campus on a weekday, please email us ahead of your visit at [email protected] with your full name, car registration number, and choose from the Business School car park (suitable for most courses) or the Brooks building car park (Health and Education courses).
If you’re unsure which will be the most convenient for you, please don’t hesitate to ask. The reason we need to ask you for this information in advance is because our car parks have ANPR (Automated Number Plate Recognition) so we need to provide our Car Parking team with your registration number to ensure you don’t receive a fine in the post from the automated system.
We kindly ask if you could email at least 24 hours before your visit so we can ensure this is in place for you. When you arrive, you are welcome to park in any space (i.e. doesn’t have to be an accessible, or a ‘visitor’ space if these are not available).
If you’re visiting us at the weekend then there’s no need to get in touch regarding your blue badge as this only applies Monday to Friday, 6:00am to 5:00pm.
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Arriving by bus or coach
Piccadilly Gardens Bus Station
Take any of the following buses from Piccadilly Gardens and get off at Oxford House/Oxford House, just before the Mancunian Way: 15, 41, 42, 42A, 43, 44, 85, 111, 142, 143, 250 and 263.
You can also walk to our campus in 10–20 minutes. Take Portland Street and then left on to Oxford Road.
Shudehill Interchange
Catch the 18 bus from the Shudehill Interchange and get off at Oxford Road/Oxford House, just before the Mancunian Way.
Chorlton Street Coach Station
Go left out of the station towards Portland Street. Take any of the buses that leave from Piccadilly Gardens and get off at Oxford Road / Oxford House, just before the Mancunian Way.
You can walk to our campus in 10 minutes. Go left out of the station onto Portland Street and then left onto Oxford Road.
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Arriving by tram
The nearest tram stops to the University are St Peter’s Square and Deansgate-Castlefield. You can also catch the bus to the University from the tram stops in the city centre.
Metrolink Stop St Peter’s Square
You can walk to our campus within 10 minutes. Walk down Oxford Street/Oxford Road in the opposite direction to the Midland Hotel, past the Palace Theatre and Oxford Road train station. Our campus is on your right.
Metrolink Stop Deansgate-Castlefield
You can walk to our campus in 10 minutes. Walk down Whitworth Street West and turn right at Oxford Road train station. Our campus is on your right.
Metrolink Stop Market Street/Piccadilly Gardens
Follow the instructions from Piccadilly Gardens Bus Station to take the bus to Oxford Road / Oxford House.
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Arriving by air
Manchester Airport is just over 7 miles from our campus. Trains to Manchester Oxford Road run frequently throughout the day, taking about 20 minutes.
On arrival at Oxford Road Station, turn right and walk underneath the railway bridge. Our campus is on your right.
