Access Guide
Summary
Getting Here
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By Road
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- Manchester Airport is 9 miles south of Manchester City Centre, next to the M56 and with easy links to the M6, M60 and M62.
The postcode for the airport is M90 1QX. Please note, your Sat-Nav may not reflect the most updated road layout. - There are a number of official airport parking options available.
- For more information on getting to Manchester Airport by car please click here (opens new tab).
- Manchester Airport is 9 miles south of Manchester City Centre, next to the M56 and with easy links to the M6, M60 and M62.
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By Bus
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- There is a bus stop within 150 metres of the venue.
- Manchester Airport is well-served by a network of local and regional buses, running daily from early morning to late night; including weekends and bank holidays.
- For more information on getting to Manchester Airport by bus please click here (opens new tab).
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By Train
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- The nearest Railway Station is Manchester Airport Station.
- The station is located at the heart of the airport campus, which means passengers have easy access to all the terminals. With moving walkways throughout, it should take no more than 5-15 minutes to get to and from the terminals.
- For more information on getting to Manchester Airport by train please click here (opens new tab).
- For more information on the Access Guide for Manchester Airport Station please click here (opens new tab).
Outside Access (Main Vehicle Entrance)
- This information is for the entrance located at the rear of the car park.
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- There is a height restriction of 2 metres.
Outside Access (Pick Up Area Vehicle Entrance)
- This information is for the entrance located to the side of the car park, opposite the Terminal 3 building.
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- There is a height restriction of 2 metres.
- The lane to access this entrance is next to the lane leading to the drop off zone outside the Terminal 3 building.
Outside Access (Level 1 Entrance)
- This information is for the entrance located at the front, opposite Terminal 3 Arrivals.
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- There is not level access at this entrance.
- The main doors open automatically.
- The doors are double width.
- The door opening is 174cm (5ft 8in) wide.
- This entrance is 48 metres from Terminal 3 Door 4.
Level Change (Level 1 Entrance)
- There is a slope located in front of the entrance.
- The ramp or slope is easy.
- The ramp or slope is permanent.
Outside Access (Level 3 Entrance)
- This information is for the entrance located at the front of the car park.
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- There is not level access at this entrance.
- The main doors open automatically.
- The doors are double width.
- The door opening is 157cm (5ft 1in) wide.
- This entrance gives access to the bridge which leads to Terminal 3 Departures car park entrance, which is 35 metres from this entrance.
Level Change (Level 3 Entrance)
- There is a ramp or slope to access this service.
- The ramp or slope is located in front of the entrance.
- The ramp or slope is easy.
- The ramp or slope is permanent.
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- There is a slope located in front of the entrance.
- The ramp or slope is easy.
- The ramp or slope is permanent.
Inside Access
- There is not level access within the car park.
- The lighting levels are varied.
- The doors leading to the lift and stairs area on each floor are automatic
- There is also an outside parking area to the side for the car park building (shown in photograph 4).
Level Change (Inside Access)
- There are easy and moderate slopes throughout the car park.
Other Floors
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Steps
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- The floors which are accessible by stairs are levels 1-2-3-4-5.
- There are 15+ steps between floors.
- The lighting levels are medium.
- The steps are not clearly marked.
- The steps are medium (11cm - 17cm).
- The steps do have handrails.
- The steps have a handrail on both sides.
- There is a landing.
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Escalators
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- Escalator(s) can be used to access other floors.
- The floors which are accessible by escalator are 1-3.
- The escalators steps are clearly marked.
- The foot and head of the escalators are clearly marked.
- The lighting levels are medium.
Lift
- There is a lift for public use.
- The lift is located at the front of the car park.
- The lift is a standard lift.
- The floors which are accessible by this lift are Levels 1-2-3-4-5.
- The lift is 29m (31yd 2ft) from the level 1 entrance.
- Staff do not need to be notified for use of the lift.
- The dimensions of the lift are 160cm x 360cm (5ft 3in x 11ft 10in).
- The clear door width is 156cm (5ft 1in).
- There are not separate entry and exit doors in the lift.
- The lift does have a visual floor indicator.
- The lift does have an audible announcer.
- The controls for the lift are not within 120cm from the floor.
- The controls are 93-115 cm high.
- The lighting level in the lift is medium.
- The lift does not have Braille markings.
- The lift does have tactile markings.
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- The lifts are also 5 metres from the level 3 entrance.
- There is a similar set of lifts towards the rear of the car park (shown in pphotographs 3 and 4).
Parking (Short Stay Parking)
- Parking is not free for all users.
- The short stay parking area is on Level 3.
- The car park type is multi-storey.
- Parking spaces for Blue Badge holders do not need to be booked in advance.
- There are 10+ designated parking bay(s) within the car park. These are located at the front of Level 3, close to the entrance and the bridge leading to Terminal 3 Departures.
- The dimensions of the designated parking bay(s) are 3.2m x 6m (10ft 5in x 19ft 8in).
- The nearest designated bay is 12m (13yd) from the lifts.
- The furthest designated bay is 37m (40yd) from the lifts.
- The route from the car park to the entrance is accessible to a wheelchair user with assistance.
- Assistance may be required because there is/are slopes/ramps.
- The car park surface is concrete.
- The patron does not have to cross a road.
- The car park does have a height restriction barrier.
- The maximum height is 2m (6ft 6in).
- There are also 2 designated bays by the rear lifts on Levels 1-4 (shown in photograph 3).
- Premium Parking bays are also available on Level 3, either side of the Blue Badge bays (photographs 4 - 8).
Assistance Point 35
- Assistance Point 35 is located just inside the level 1 entrance, 2 metres from the entrance.
- For more information on assistance that is available, please see the Airport website Accessibility page.
Assistance Point 34
- Assistance Point 34 is located on level 3, 9 metres from the level 3 entrance.
- For more information on assistance that is available, please see the Airport website Accessibility page.
- Assistance point 36 on level 5 opposite main lifts (shown in photograph 2).
Accessible Toilet(s)
- The nearest accessible toilet(s) is/are located Terminal 3 Departures Check-In.
Standard Toilet(s)
- The nearest standard toilet(s) is/are located Terminal 3 Departures Check-In.