Getting There

Venue: Sheridan Suite, Oldham Road, Manchester, M40 8EA
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TO MANCHESTER BY RAIL

All services from South Wales, the South of England, the Midlands, East Anglia and South Yorkshire travel into/through Manchester Piccadilly station.

Services from North Wales usually travel into Manchester Piccadilly, but some arrive at Manchester Victoria.

Local trains from Lancashire use both Piccadilly and Victoria stations.

Services from North Lancashire and Scotland almost all travel through Piccadilly on route to the airport.

Longer distance services from the North East and Yorkshire via Huddersfield travel into Manchester Piccadilly.

Local services from Huddersfield and Yorkshire via Todmorden arrive at Manchester Victoria station.

PICCADILLY STATION TO THE SHERIDAN SUITE

By bus

GET THERE FOR £1 – Special concessionary fare of £1 available on First Bus services – ask the driver. First Bus service details.

Follow the signs for the Shuttle Bus and leave the station via the Piccadilly Approach beside the ticket office at concourse level (ie don’t go down any stairs). Walk down the station approach and keep going straight on into Piccadilly Gardens. Half way along Piccadilly Gardens you will pass Oldham Street on your right (approx 100m).

Turn into Oldham Street and most busses departing from the first two bus stops pass the Sheridan. Ask the driver for the stop before the Queens Road/Hulme Hall Lane junction. It is about a 5 minutes ride.

Walking

Easiest route to find/follow is to leave via Piccadilly Approach. Follow the main road forward until Piccadilly Gardens are reached. Keep straight on down the side of Piccadilly Gardens until Oldham Street is reached (approx 100m). Turn right into Oldham Street and keep on until the end of the street. Opposite you will see the Crown and Kettle public house. Cross the road and proceed to the left of the Crown and Kettle along Oldham Road. The venue is then 1.1 miles along on the left just before a major road junction.

If you pass under a (railway) bridge you have gone 100m too far!

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By Metro

Unfortunately the Metro is only of limited use but can be used to get to Market Street from where walking/the bus are both options.

Follow the signs in Piccadilly Station to the Metro platforms and board a BURY bound tram. Get off at the second stop, Market Street. Having got off turn back, in the direction the tram has just come, into Piccadilly Gardens. Half way along on the left of Piccadilly Gardens (approx 100m) turn left into Oldham Street. Follow the directions for Bus or Walking above.

Most rail tickets from further a field will read “Manchester Stations”. This ticket is valid on the Metro system within Manchester City Centre (Piccadilly – Victoria – G-Mex).

OXFORD ROAD STATION TO THE SHERIDEN SUITE

A shuttle bus is available, but probably better to catch train (frequent) to Piccadilly Station and follow instructions above.

VICTORIA STATIONS (Rail & Metro) TO THE SHERIDEN SUITE

Leave the station and walk towards the city centre. You will soon reach Corporation Street (main thoroughfare with various Co-Operative Society office blocks facing you). Turn left for 100m and pass New Century Hall. Turn right into Miller Street. Continue up the hill and keep straight forwards along Swan Street until you see the Crown and Kettle on your left opposite the end of Oldham Street. Cross the road and proceed to the left of the Crown and Kettle along Oldham Road. The venue is then 1.1 miles along on the left just before a major road junction.

TO MANCHESTER BY BUS

GET THERE FOR £1 – Special concessionary fare of £1 available on First Bus services – ask the driver. First Bus service details.

Long distance buses mostly use Chorlton Street Bus Station.

Chorlton Street Bus Station to The Sheriden Suite

On leaving the station you will be on Chorlton Street. Turn left and in 50m you will reach Portland Street. Turning right will take you past the Piccadilly Gardens Metro stop in 100m. Continue straight for another 50m then turn left at Kro Bar. This will take you along the second side of Piccadilly Gardens. Half way along (100m) you will see Oldham Street. Turn right into Oldham Street, pass the bus stops above and keep on until the end of the street. Opposite you will see the Crown and Kettle public house. Cross the road and proceed to the left of the Crown and Kettle along Oldham Road. The venue is then 1.1 miles along on the left just before a major road junction.

Getting back from The Sheridan Suite

On leaving the venue turn right and walk down Oldham Road until you come to the T junction, with Swan Street on your right and Great Ancoats Street and the Crown & Kettle on your left. Go “straight on” either down Tib Street or Oldham Road and both will bring you out in Piccadilly Gardens. The bus station is just behind the Gardens in front of the hotel complex. Chorlton Street bus station is a further few hundred yards down Portland Street. to the left of the hotel complex.

LOCAL INFORMATION

Busses, Trains and Metro

For general information about public transport provision in Greater Manchester check out the Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM) website. For a journey planner from home to The Sheridan Suite why not use Greater Manchester’s Journey Planner and put in your post code and the venue’s (M40 8EA) to get a summary of potential journeys.

Trains

Trains operate from Piccadilly to South Manchester / Cheshire and Victoria to North Manchester.

Both are connected by Metrolink, but please note, Metrolink does not run all night.

For train services and fares to and from Manchester stations consult National Rail.

Metrolink

Generally Metrolink only runs until about 23:30, if you need to use one please allow for this. Last tram times can be found here by inputting the departure stop (Piccadilly Gardens is the most convenient).  Tickets MUST be purchased on the street station, there is NO facility to buy one on the tram AND there are spot check teams who blitz the trams for non payers.

For more information, visit the Metrolink website.

Good value tickets

Day tickets are available which allow unlimited travel within Greater Manchester up until midnight. Various tickets are available which can be used on any bus, any train, any Metro plus combinations. See the Transport for Greater Manchester web site for more details.

PRIVATE HIRE

Not a comprehensive list, but here are a number of private hire firms which operate in North and East Manchester:

Avenue Apple Cars
0161 795 1550

Cresta Cars
0161 205 5000 (Have disabled access)

Ekko
0161 721 4222

Express
0161 795 1111

Eastlands
0161 223 8999

Hastings
0161 223 1066

Newco
0161 684 7777

Hackney Carriage companies, both with a radio link and disabled access:

Taxifone
0161 232 3333

Mantax
0161 230 3333

Manchester Taxi Owners Association
0161 408 6065