Exhibition Venue Guide
Manchester Central
City-centre venue in a converted railway station. Walkable from Piccadilly and the tram network.
19,600 sqm of event space in a converted Victorian railway station. Much of the original vaulted roof and character remains.
That is both the appeal and the constraint: layout and ceiling heights are not as uniform as a purpose-built exhibition hall. Confirm the specifics for your space before finalising a stand design rather than working from a standard hall assumption.
City centre, close to Deansgate-Castlefield, with direct tram and rail links into the rest of Manchester and beyond. Manchester Airport is a short journey away.
Manchester is one of the easier UK cities to bring a team into - direct trains from most major cities, and a venue walkable from the city centre. That makes it genuinely convenient for exhibitors travelling from anywhere in the UK, not only the North West.
City-centre venue, so loading access and vehicle routes are tighter than at an out-of-town exhibition park. Confirm your loading slot and vehicle access route well ahead of build day.
Manchester's city-centre traffic and one-way systems catch out contractors who do not know the area. Worth asking whoever is building for you whether they have driven it before.
Manchester Central hosts major conferences and exhibitions across sectors, including national political party conferences and Healthcare Estates.
Shows we have built here include Healthcare Estates, where our stand for Specialist Door Solutions won Stand of the Show.
We have built seventeen projects at Manchester Central - including the stand for Specialist Door Solutions at Healthcare Estates that won Stand of the Show.
It is a city-centre venue in a converted railway station, which means loading access is tighter and better planned in advance than at an out-of-town site. We handle the delivery scheduling, the stand plan submission and the on-site management as part of the build.
Served from both our Glasgow and Fordingbridge depots, with Aluvision and T3 stock held at each. ESSA Tier 5 accredited - the only stand builder in Scotland to hold it - and every stand we build is reusable rather than skipped after one show.
