Venue: Swimming

Manchester Aquatics Centre

Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9SS
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 9450

The Manchester Aquatics Centre is a first-class facility purpose-built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Located in the centre of Manchester, and close to the Universities, the Manchester Aquatics Centre is home to two 50m swimming pools and a specialist diving pool that can also be used for water polo.

How to get there

By car

From M62 (East) - Leave the M62 at J12 and join the M602 Salford for 4 miles. At the motorway's end, join the A57 Manchester. Leave at the A34 (sign-posted Congleton); bear left (following signs for Universities), then move into the right-hand lane. At the traffic lights, turn right into Grosvenor Street, then left onto Oxford Road.

From M62 (West) - Leave the M62 at J18 and join the M60 Ring Road. Leave the M60 Ring Road at J22 and turn right at the traffic lights onto Oldham Road (A62). Continue until the end of Oldham Road and join Great Ancoats Street (A665) via a sharp left turn. Follow signs for the Universities and join the Mancunian Way (A57M). Take the second exit off the Mancunian Way onto Higher Cambridge Street. Turn left at the next set of traffic lights onto Booth Street West, which joins Oxford Road (B5117) at the Aquatics Centre (just to your left).

From the M56 - At the motorway's end, continue along the A5103 Manchester for 4 miles. Turn right at the traffic lights (sign-posted Whitworth Art Gallery, Museum, Universities). At the next lights, (Whitworth Pub) turn left onto Oxford Road, B5117.

From M67 - At the motorway's end, continue along the A57 for approximately 3 miles towards the City Centre. At the roundabout (Apollo Theatre is on your left), take the second exit, sign-posted Universities. It is then approximately half a mile to Oxford Road.

Car parking

Pay and display parking is located in the multi storey car park opposite the Aquatics Centre. 12 Disabled badge holder spaces are located at the front of the building.

By train

Most services run to the larger Manchester Piccadilly Station. From the station, a taxi journey to the Aquatics Centre costs around £3.00. Buses run to the Centre from the Piccadilly Gardens bus stop (fare around £0.50).

Some train services run to Manchester Oxford Road. From the station, walk down the station approach to Oxford Road. The Aquatics Centre is south, to your right. The nearest bus stop is located outside the Palace Hotel.