Getting here
O2 Ritz Manchester
Transport methods
The following bus stops are available nearby, click here for more details or visit Transport for Greater Manchester.
The 101 and the 103 (Whitworth Street West) go to and from Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport.
The 43, 42, 143, 142 (Oxford Road) all go to and from Piccadilly Gardens and the nearest stops are outside the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel and at the junction of Oxford Road and Portland Street just 20 metres away.
Manchester’s free city centre Metroshuttle bus services link all the main areas. Find out more here.
Night buses for late night services run to Manchester Piccadilly and other city centre stops. Details here.
The closest railway station is Manchester Oxford Road (MCO), which is about ten metres away, opposite the venue.
Manchester Piccadilly is the major mainline station in the city, under a mile away. For a handy guide to travelling by train, visit Transport for Greater Manchester.
Accessible facilities are at all of these stations, so please use the links below for more details.
Manchester Oxford Road has staff assistance and lifts (but not to Platform 1) and a ramp for train access.
Manchester Piccadilly Station has a large concourse and step free routes, escalators and lifts, with a low level counter at the ticket office with an induction loop.
The nearest Metrolink trams stop at Manchester Deansgate Castlefield, which is about 500 metres away and there’s St Peter’s Square at around 750 metres, and link across the city centre. All stops have either a ramp, lift or escalator access. Plan your tram journey here.
We’re easy to get to by all major approach roads, including the M60 motorway. Just follow the City Centre or the Universities signs and our postcode for sat nav is M1 5NQ.
There’s some pay and display street parking locally, with bays nearby on Great Marlborough Street. Street parking is free after 8pm.
Other car park options include Great Bridgewater Street, Chepstow Street and Chester Street, all within a few hundred metres.
Please check times and prices as they may vary.
Look out for bike racks in local streets and at Oxford Road train station if pedal power’s your thing.
Accessible travel
Our venue doesn’t have its own parking facilities, but there are bays and street parking locally on Whitworth Street West and Great Marlborough Street close by. Unfortunately we don’t have a drop off point at our entrance.
Get more details on accessible public transport in Manchester here.
Have we got it all covered?
Hopefully, but if we’ve missed anything, it will be in our FAQs.