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Venues in Manchester

Old Trafford

Manchester, England

Capacity: 74,000

Where to Stay in Manchester

Hotel Football

Co-owned by former Manchester United stars Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs, Hotel Football sits directly opposite Old Trafford with spectacular stadium views. The rooftop features a five-a-side pitch, and the Cafe Football restaurant serves match-day favourites. The ultimate football fan hotel experience.

King Street Townhouse

Boutique hotel housed in a grand Italian Renaissance-style building in Manchester's city centre, featuring a rooftop infinity pool with Town Hall views. Well-connected to both Old Trafford and the Etihad, it is a stylish base for football weekends.

Roomzzz Manchester Corn Exchange

Roomzzz Corn Exchange offers spacious apartment-style rooms in a beautifully converted historic building at the heart of Manchester's city centre, making it a practical and comfortable base for fans attending matches at Old Trafford, the Etihad, or the AO Arena. The kitchen facilities are ideal for match-day groups who want to cater pre-game snacks, and the location puts you within walking distance of the Northern Quarter's pre-match pub circuit. The value for money compared to traditional hotels makes it particularly popular with supporters traveling in groups.

The Cow Hollow Hotel

A stylish independent hotel in the Northern Quarter with exposed brick rooms and a ground-floor bar that captures Manchester's creative spirit. Match-going fans love the walkable location to Piccadilly station for trams to Old Trafford and the Etihad, plus the Northern Quarter's legendary pub crawl at their doorstep.

The Lowry Hotel

The Lowry Hotel on the banks of the River Irwell has been Manchester's most prestigious sports hotel for two decades, the preferred base of visiting Premier League clubs, international rugby teams, and boxing promotions that use Manchester Arena. Its proximity to Media City, Old Trafford, and the city centre makes it the most strategically located luxury hotel for sports travelers in the north of England. The River Bar is where Manchester's football and media worlds regularly collide.

The Midland Hotel

Iconic Edwardian grand hotel in the heart of Manchester where Rolls met Royce and where visiting football teams have stayed for over a century. Its central location makes it perfect for fans hitting the pubs before heading to Old Trafford or the Etihad.

Where to Eat in Manchester

El Gato Negro Tapas

El Gato Negro on King Street is widely regarded as Manchester's finest tapas restaurant, a buzzing multi-floor space where exceptional Spanish small plates and excellent Rioja fuel sports fans' pre-match excitement and post-match analysis in equal measure. The rooftop terrace is one of Manchester's most sought-after summer dining spots, and the kitchen's consistency has made it a firm fixture on the city's sports hospitality circuit. Arriving without a reservation on a match day is optimistic; booking ahead is essential.

Elnecot

Elnecot in the Ancoats neighbourhood is the ideal pre-match dinner for fans heading to the Etihad, serving creative modern British sharing plates in a warm, buzzing room that attracts Manchester's sports media, visiting players' families, and savvy local football fans. The proximity to the Etihad Campus — a short taxi ride away — and the quality of the wood-fired cooking make it a cut above the typical stadium-area dining options. On midweek Champions League nights, the room hums with an energy that feels very specifically Manchester.

Hawksmoor Manchester

Set in a stunning former courthouse on Deansgate, Hawksmoor Manchester is one of the UK's finest steakhouses. Fans celebrating a big match day treat themselves to 35-day dry-aged British beef and classic cocktails. The Sunday roast is a post-match institution for visiting supporters.

Northern Quarter Food & Drink Scene

Manchester's creative heart packed with indie cafes, record shops, street food, and craft beer bars in converted warehouses — the beating pulse of the city's culture.

Rudy's Neapolitan Pizza

Cult-favourite Neapolitan pizzeria in Ancoats with queues out the door on match days. A short tram ride from the Etihad Stadium, it has become a ritual stop for Manchester City fans who swear by the margherita before kick-off.

This & That

Hidden in the Northern Quarter since 1984, This & That is Manchester's legendary rice-and-three curry cafe. Fans on a budget pile their plates high with authentic Punjabi curries for just a few pounds. It is a rite of passage for away supporters visiting Manchester, and the lamb curry is world-class.

Best Bars in Manchester

20 Stories Restaurant & Bar

20 Stories atop No.1 Spinningfields is Manchester's highest restaurant and bar — a sleek rooftop perch with 360-degree views over Old Trafford, the Etihad Stadium, and the full sweep of Greater Manchester that gives visiting football fans an extraordinary perspective on the city's twin football empires. The cocktail list celebrates Manchester's musical heritage with drinks named after Oasis, The Smiths, and Joy Division, and pre-match dinners here before a derby feel appropriately dramatic. The terrace on a dry Manchester evening is genuinely spectacular.

Albert Hall Manchester

Spectacular bar and live music venue housed in a Grade II-listed former Wesleyan chapel with original stained glass windows. A fan-favorite for pre and post-match drinks on Manchester derby days, with the Etihad and Old Trafford both easily accessible.

Marble Arch Inn

A stunning Victorian pub with original tilework and a vaulted ceiling that houses its own microbrewery producing award-winning real ales. United and City fans alike respect this as neutral ground—a place where the only rivalry is between the Manchester Bitter and the Lagonda IPA.

Sinclairs Oyster Bar

One of Manchester's oldest pubs dating back to 1738, serving real ales and classic pub grub in a timber-framed building. A pre-match institution for Manchester United and City fans, this pub was famously relocated 300 metres after the 1996 IRA bombing.

The Bishop's Blaize

The most famous match-day pub near Old Trafford, The Bishop's Blaize on Chester Road is a sea of red on game days. Packed with Manchester United fans singing and chanting hours before kick-off, it offers the quintessential English football pub experience. A must-visit for any travelling supporter.

The Bridge, Manchester

The Bridge on Deansgate is one of Manchester's most popular sports bars, a multi-floor venue in the heart of the city centre that screens every major Premier League, Champions League, and rugby fixture to a mixed crowd of Red and Blue devotees who set tribal allegiances aside long enough to enjoy cold Mancunian hospitality. The bar's central location and late licence make it a natural post-match destination for fans arriving from Old Trafford or the Etihad. On derby weekend the atmosphere is electric from early morning.

Fan Attractions in Manchester

AO Arena

Manchester's established premier arena in Victoria has hosted more legendary concerts than almost any venue outside London, reflecting the extraordinary depth of Northern England's live music culture. The arena's proximity to Manchester Victoria station makes it one of the country's best-connected venues, and the surrounding Northern Quarter's bars and restaurants have built a vibrant pre-show culture around it. Manc audiences are renowned for their passionate, expert, and emotionally generous response to live performance.

Band on the Wall

One of Britain's most beloved mid-size music venues has been operating in various forms since 1803 and is now a stunning transformed space that combines Manchester's Victorian architectural heritage with world-class live music facilities. The venue's programming spans jazz, world music, indie, and electronic with a commitment to artistic quality that has made it the choice for discerning music fans across the North. The refurbished Grade II-listed building itself is worth visiting for fans of music and architecture alike.

Co-op Live

Manchester's brand new arena, the UK's largest indoor music venue, opened in 2024 with a design specifically engineered around the fan experience, with 23,500 capacity, perfect sightlines from every tier, and acoustic treatment that sets a new benchmark for live music venues in Britain. The 10-year naming rights partnership reflects Manchester's status as one of the world's great music cities, and the venue's arrival has allowed the city to compete directly with London for the largest touring shows. Early shows have confirmed it as a transformative addition to UK music infrastructure.

Things to Do

Etihad Stadium Fan Walk

The Etihad Campus fan walk on matchday — from the Ashton New Road pubs through the Etihad precinct to the stadium itself — is one of English football's great matchday rituals, with City supporters in sky blue streaming past the bronze Sergio Agüero statue and the dramatic stadium exterior. The surrounding campus includes the City Football Academy and the National Cycling Centre, giving the area a genuine sports-city atmosphere even on non-match days. Champions League nights here, with 53,000 fans packed inside and the Oasis and Stone Roses anthems booming, are among the best nights in English football.

Etihad Stadium Tour — Man City

The Etihad Stadium has been transformed from the 2002 Commonwealth Games venue into the home of one of the most successful club sides in Premier League history, where the blue half of Manchester can now boast a state-of-the-art 55,000-seat stadium with trophy rooms that have filled rapidly under Pep Guardiola's extraordinary tenure. The official tour covers the dressing rooms, warm-up areas, and pitch-side views, with the adjacent City Football Academy making this one of the most comprehensive behind-the-scenes football experiences in England. Visiting both Manchester stadiums in a single weekend gives a unique insight into the city's dual football identity.

Etihad Stadium Tour (Man City)

Tour Manchester City's 53,400-seat home in the Etihad Campus — press room, tunnel walk, dressing rooms, and the trophy cabinet of the most dominant English club of the 2020s.

National Football Museum

Housed in Manchester's striking Urbis building, the National Football Museum is the world's largest collection of football memorabilia, with over 140,000 items including the 1966 World Cup ball and the FIFA collection. Interactive zones let fans test their skills at penalty kicks, commentary, and tactical challenges.

Things to Do

Northern Quarter Bar Crawl

Manchester's Northern Quarter is the city's creative heartland — a grid of independent bars, record shops, and music venues that embodies the same working-class passion that fuels Manchester City and United fandom. The essential NQ fan crawl covers Gullivers, Font, Port Street Beer House, and Soup Kitchen, tracing a musical and sporting heritage that connects Oasis to Liam Gallagher's City scarf in one walkable neighbourhood. After a concert at the Academy or Ritz, music fans spill into the NQ and rarely find their way out before 3 am.

Old Trafford Stadium

The Theatre of Dreams is one of the world's most recognisable sports venues and a concert destination that has hosted some of the biggest tours in popular music history, with the stadium's emotional resonance elevating performances to near-religious experiences for devoted fans. Manchester United's global fanbase makes matchdays here a gathering of supporters from every country on Earth, creating an atmosphere of international community built around shared passion. The stadium museum and tour is essential for any sports fan who wants to understand how football became the world's game.

Old Trafford Stadium Tour

Old Trafford — the Theatre of Dreams — is the largest club football stadium in England and one of the most visited sporting sites on earth, a 74,000-seat cathedral of football where Charlton, Best, Law, Cantona, and Ronaldo have written history in the shadow of the Stretford End. The comprehensive stadium tour and Manchester United Museum trace the club's extraordinary journey from a Newton Heath railwaymen's team to the world's most followed football club. Every football fan regardless of allegiance should walk the Old Trafford tunnel at least once.

Old Trafford Stadium Tour & Museum

Tour the Theatre of Dreams, Manchester United's 74,310-seat Old Trafford, including the players' tunnel, dugouts, and the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand. The on-site museum houses trophies and memorabilia spanning over a century, including the 1999 Treble and Munich air disaster memorial exhibits.