Location & Facilities

Abbey College Manchester is situated in the heart of Manchester city centre.

The College is within easy walking distance of the main public transport stations. Driving to the college is fairly straightforward but please note that we do not have any on-site car parking facilities. However, there is street parking available and there are several car parks within a few minutes walk of our front door, the closest of which is at Kendals on Deansgate.

ABBEY COLLEGE MANCHESTER

5-7 Cheapside
Off King Street
Manchester
M2 4WG

The College Day

Classes start at 9.00 am and finish at 16.00pm. Each class is 40 minutes long and there is a morning break of 15 minutes. The lunch period for students is from 1.15pm until 1.50pm.

 

Train/Metrolink Shuttle

The four central Manchester train stations are all located close to the college a follows:

  • Piccadilly station, 12 minutes walk
  • Oxford Road station, 10 minutes walk
  • Victoria Station, 8 minutes walk
  • Deansgate-Castlefield station, 8 minutes walk

There is a free Metrolink shuttle bus (number 3) that runs every 10 minutes or so from Piccadilly station. This has a dropping off/picking up point on King Street opposite the entrance to Cheapside where the college is located.

Bus

Piccadilly Gardens bus station, 5 minutes walk. Shudehill bus interchange, 7 minutes walk

Tram

The closest tram stops to the College are Exchange Square (3 minutes walk), Market Street (4 minutes walk) and St Peter’s Square (5 minutes walk).