Can anyone recommend parking for concert at the M.E.N?

[Harrison376]

I’m going to concert in a couple of weeks. I’ve got to drive, can anyone suggest the best place to park please? Many thanks.

I'd park in the old Boddingtons car park.

The old boddies carpark is jst across the road from MEN and reasonably priced I think it’s noramlly about £5 for the evening.

Excellent thankyou. Are there places to eat close by?

Walk past arena under the bridge that's under major repairs. Go left before cathedral you will see the Printworks. Lots of different chain type restaurant there. It's about a five minute walk

Or avoid the printworks that can be chavvy depending on the day you are go I going and go to the corn exchange opposite the printers which has nicer chains.
If you have time to walk a bit further there are plenty of independent places within 10/15 minute walk

Printworks not printers

I usually park at Prestwich station (it’s free and just off the motorway) and get the tram to the MEN, takes 15 mins and costs a couple of quid but avoids all the city centre traffic and costs less than parking in the centre too. There are a few pubs and restaurants at Prestwich or as others have said it’s a short walk to printworks from the arena.

Hayls17 is the tram station at the train station? Which one takes you to the m.e.n and do you know what time the last one is? I really like the idea of not having to drive into the city centre.

I don't like the Boddingtons car park, we used it when we worked on the Corn Exchange...quite a few cars broken into in the 1.5 years we were there. I'd use the Q Park just at the back of Chethams. Some good restaurants at Corn Exchange too, Mowgli, Banyan, Alston Bar & Beef, Wahaca to name a few

I second corn exchange, like PP said printworks can be a bit rough and corn exchange is only a few min walk away, there's a lot of parking around the back of the arena, if the old Boddingtons is full carry on down the same road past the lighting shop on your left and the dominos then there's a small left turn (it's a cut through so you have to be ready for it) there's loads of parking there

We park in the MEN multi-storey.

That's where the other parking is, sorry PP for stealing your pic. You can just see the dominos pizza where you make the turn left.

I think the Q park is now a building site. If you're parking at Prestwich it's junction 17 M60 about half a mile towards Manchester turn left at the side of M and S food then right after walk in centre.
The metrolink is right there it's 4.20 for a return you buy on station not tram and the last tram from Victoria where you get off is at 23.56

@harrison376 sorry I meant tram station not train station. It’s on the bury to Piccadilly/Altrincham line, all the trains stop at Victoria which is the stop you need. Not sure what time the last one is sorry but I’ve always made it after a concert so must be quite late.

Thankyou all so much!

The Q park is brand new!

I think we parked just off Great Ducie St about 5 mins away - after the concert it meant we could turn left and get away from the arena really easily without getting stuck in traffic.