Conference Venues Manchester

Manchester is the original modern city and is perfect for any event, conference or meeting.

With such a rich history to the city and with continuing changes you would be hard pushed not to find something of interest to do here.

Manchester has a very dramatic mix of old and new with futuristic design and contemporary architecture merging with the old buildings that stood originally when it was an industrial town.

With the likes of the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester Museum, Manchester United Football Club and many more places of interest and history there is plenty to be done either with or around your event.

Created in 1974, the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester is Britain’s second largest city. Within its boundaries are two cities, Manchester and Salford, six towns, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Stockport, Rochdale and Wigan, and the two newly created boroughs of Tameside and Trafford.

About 2.6 million people live within the actual boundaries of Manchester and another 7 million live in the wider region.

In a poll of British business leaders published in 2006, Manchester was regarded as the best place in the UK to locate a business. A report commissioned by Manchester Partnership, published in 2007, showed Manchester to be the "fastest-growing city economically.

With Manchester's wealthy past it houses many architectural showpieces including the likes of Manchester Town Hall, a neo-Gothic masterpiece, built in 1877 and the stunning Manchester City Library, right next to the Town Hall, with its circular frame, is enough to intrigue anyone.

With the recent regeneration that has come about following the 1996 IRA bombing of the city centre, there have been many striking buildings built. The likes of such buildings as Urbis (Manchester's Centre for Urban Culture) and with the building of new hotels, such as the Hilton Deansgate Hotel (currently the tallest residential building in Europe, as the top half of the building are private apartments) have been a dramatic improvement for the city and make a much more worthwhile trip and view.

Then there are the original buildings that have been renovated – the likes of GMEX (now called One Central in a bid to pull the building and nearby Manchester International Convention Centre together), originally the old mainline train station for Manchester and is now one of the biggest indoor event spaces in the North attracting some fairly major events to the city.

The city itself is, probably unexpectedly for those who don’t know it, is quite compact allowing access around the city with ease on foot.

Not only are there plenty of buildings to see but Manchester is a great place for shopping too. From designer chic to antiques and crafts. There are also plenty of choices of food should you feel hungry with the multiple cultures within the city it's easy pickings, just difficult which to choose.

The region is also home to Lancashire County Cricket Club and both Manchester United and Manchester City Football Clubs that are both international ambassadors for football, also used for conferences and events as well as the sports. There are plenty of additional outdoor and indoor pursuits available to do from ice skating to ten pin bowling, golfing and go-karting. For those that like heights there is also a couple of large indoor climbing centres.

Manchester's love of sport is well known and the city hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2002. With the Commonwealth games came a new world class stadium next to the National Cycling Centre, Manchester Velodrome.

With plenty to do and see, Manchester has much more to offer than just a venue for a meeting or conference. Should you have the time whilst in the city, make the most of it and take a look around, there’s something for everyone.

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