Local Information Pack an introduction A unique opportunity High standards with versatility built in SAT NAV: M14 7HR Parkway Business Centre offers a unique opportunity for businesses to be situated within easy reach of Manchester city centre with the benefit of convenient on-site car parking. Parkway Business Centre offices have been built to a high specification and design, providing a total of 114,880 sqft (10,674 sqm) in five self-contained buildings, ideal for use as a head office or regional headquarters. The strategic location makes Parkway ideal for businesses looking for high standards of accommodation designed to suit the needs of their company and employees. 2
Guide to local amenities 4 On-site amenities 5 Detailed list of local amenities 7 8 9 10 Transport links 11 14 18 Demographics of the area 19 Where to find us 20 Site plan 21 3
Piccadilly Railway Station Salford Castlefield URBIS MANCHESTER CITY CENTRE Deansgate Manchester Central Oxford Road UMIST A57(M) Mancunian Way Universities Manchester Royal Infirmary Hulme High Street Retail Park Royal Brewery B5218 Chorlton Road B5219 Moss Lane East A5103 Princess Road Alexandra Park William Hulme s Grammar School To M56 / M60 & Manchester Airport SAT NAV: M14 7HR Drive times Manchester City Centre 10 minutes 4 miles approx Manchester Airport 15 minutes 7 miles approx 4
Parkway Café 5
Parkway Bicycles on-site security Car valeting services Free 6
Education Preschool and childcare Primary schools Secondary schools and sixth form schools 7
Financial/Legal Banks Employment and recruitment agencies Estate agents Insurance Letting agents Post offices Solicitors/legal services 8
Health/Beauty Chemists Dentists Doctors Gyms and leisure centres Hairdressers 9
Leisure/Retail/Miscellaneous Hotels and overnight accommodation Newsagents Petrol stations Pubs and wine bars Restaurants Supermarkets Travel agents 10
Rail Main stations nearby: Local services to: National services to: More infor mation More information on services can be found at: www.nationalrail.co.uk/planmyjourney or telephone: 0845 748 4950 11
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Rail To Lake District/Southport To Clitheroe Appley Bridge Gathurst Orrell Pemberton Wigan Wallgate Bryn Ince Hindley To Warrington/ Liverpool Daisy Hill Patricroft Eccles Eccles Ladywell To Preston/Blackpool To Liverpool Wigan North Western Blackrod Horwich Parkway Weaste Langworthy Broadway MediaCity UK Glazebrook Irlam Flixton Chassen Road Urmston Humphrey Park Trafford Park Lostock Westhoughton Hag Fold Atherton Walkden Moorside Swinton Navigation Road Altrincham To Chester Hale Bromley Cross Hall i th Wood Bolton Moses Gate Farnworth Kearsley Clifton Harbour City Anchorage Salford Quays Exchange Quay Pomona Manchester United FC halt (selected matchdays only) Brooklands Timperley Altrincham Salford Crescent Cornbrook Stretford Dane Road Salford Central Mosley Street St Peter s Square Deansgate Castlefield Navigation Road Trafford Bar Bury Radcliffe Whitefield Besses o th Barn Prestwich Woodlands Road Manchester Victoria Shudehill Market Street Oxford Road Deansgate Heaton Park Bowker Vale Crumpsall Victoria Piccadilly Gardens Manchester Piccadilly Old Trafford Firswood Mauldeth Road Chorltoncum-Hardy Burnage St Werburgh s East Sale Road Didsbury Gatley Heald Green Manchester Airport Piccadilly Styal Ardwick Ashburys Belle Vue Ryder Brow Reddish North Levenshulme Heaton Chapel Moston Mills Hill Dean Lane Failsworth Hollinwood Oldham Werneth Reddish South Castleton Cheadle Hulme Handforth Wilmslow Alderley Edge Rochdale Gorton Fairfield Guide Bridge Derker Oldham Mumps Ashton-under-Lyne To Crewe Bramhall Milnrow New Hey Shaw & Crompton Stalybridge Mossley Greenfield Flowery Field Newton (for Hyde) Godley Hattersley Broadbottom Dinting Denton Hyde North Hyde Central Brinnington Woodley Bredbury Stockport To Buxton Davenport Woodsmoor Hazel Grove Smithy Bridge Littleborough Hadfield Glossop Romiley Marple Strines To Sheffield Rose Hill (Marple) Middlewood To Macclesfield/Stoke-on-Trent KEY: Bury/Altrincham Line (Metrolink) Eccles Line (Metrolink) Track in Greater Manchester Ticketing Area Station Track with Restricted Service 13
Taxis/Buses Taxis Bus stations Megarider 7-day Megarider 12.00 28-day Megarider 44.00 Megarider Xtra* 44.00 Unlimited travel on the Stagecoach Manchester and Magic Bus network in Greater Manchester, parts of Cheshire and Derbyshire. Also valid on night services. * Magicrider 7-day Magicrider 8.00 Unlimited travel on Magic Buses 142, 143 and 145, including night services, along Wilmslow Road between Manchester and East Didsbury/West Didsbury. Magicrider Easyrider (concessionary) 7-day Easyrider 6.00 Available for passengers who qualify for half-fare, whose journey is within Greater Manchester. Passengers who qualify include children aged 16 and under, travelling within Greater Manchester, and GMPTE Orange Concessionary Pass holders needing to travel before 9:30 am, Monday to Friday. Not valid on night services. Easyrider Easyrider 14
Buses OLDHAM Megarider area map 22 A6104 MOSSLEYSLEY PARTINGTON TON FLIXTON CARRINGTON THE TRAFFORD CENTRE 10 URMSTON A56 9 M60 A6144(M) 8 ALTRINCHAM KEY A56 7 SALE TIMPERLEY A5081 STRETFORD SALFORD 6 A560 3 OLD TRAFFORD M60 5 4 MANCHESTER 3A M56 5 2 A57(M) HULME WHALLEY RANGE A6010 ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE CHORLTON- CUM-HARDY A5103 A5145 DIDSBURY 1 GATLEY WYTHENSHAWE A665 ARDWICK A34 FALLOWFIELD 4 A34 3 HEALD GREEN A6010 LONGSIGHT GORTON A34 HANDFORTH A6 BURNAGE HEATON MERSEY M60 CHEADLE A34 NEWTON HEATH OPENSHAW 1 A635 M60 FAILSWORTH A57 M60 REDDISH LEVENSHULME CHEADLE HULME 27 M60 DROYLSDEN 26 A6 23 AUDENSHAW 25 STOCKPORT A6017 24 M67 2 DENTON BREDBURY HAZEL GROVE POYNTON A627 HURST A6 A635 DUKINFIELD A560 3 HYDE ROMILEY MIDDLEWOOD HIGHER POYNTON STALYBRIDGE M67 MARPLE DISLEY A6018 4 A6 TINTWISTLE MOTTRAM NEW MILLS A6015 A628 A57 GLOSSOP HAYFIELD A624 Motorway A roads Minor A roads Megarider region A538 WILMSLOW A34 This map indicates the geographical area for which a Stagecoach Manchester Megarider is valid. It does not necessarily indicate roads on which bus services are provided. 15
Buses Route plan for 101 16
Buses Route plan for 104/105 Manchester Hulme Wythenshawe Park Wilbraham Barlow Moor Road M60 M60 104 Moss Side Southern Cemetery Post House Princess Parkway 104 105 Princess Road 104 105 105 Palatine Road Stagecoach Depot Pl att Lane Road Church Rd. Longley Fallowfield Withington Hospital Northenden Royle G reen Rd. Connection Points Bus: Manchester Airport Interchange Wythenshawe bus station Southern Cemetery bus station Piccadilly Gardens Train: Manchester Airport Interchange Oxford Road train station Tram: Piccadilly Gardens tram stop Mosley Street tram stop 104 Altrincham Road 105 Sharston Road Lane Industrial Area Sharston Evenings and Sundays 104 H Wythenshawe Hospital Hollyhedge Road Newall Green 104 Firbank Road Woodhouse Park Selstead Road 104 Simonsway Wythenshawe 105 Portway 105 Thorley Lane Greenwood Road 105 Poundswick Lane Benchill Rd. Bro 104 Oatlands Road adoak Road 104 105 Royalthorn Road 10 5 Benchill 105 M56 Hollyhedge Road 104 Monday to Saturday daytime 104 landsway Row Cornishway Brownley Road 104 St. Lukes 104 Cross acres Road Shopping Centre Forum Tudor Tavern Simonsway Shadow Peel Hall Road Moss Road 104 Peel Hall : Bus route : Train line : Direction of travel : Evenings and Sundays only KEY H 104 : Bus station/main connection point : Train station : Hospital : Terminus 105 Trains to Manchester Ground Transport Interchange Trains to Wilmslow and Crewe 17
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Greater Manchester has a population of over 2.6 million residents, while the City of Manchester itself has around 503,000 residents Continuous strong economic and population growth has made the City of Manchester a hub for business, investment, education, culture and community activity, resulting in it being listed as the UK s third most competitive large city 1 Over 64% of Greater Manchester s 1.8 million adult residents were economically active in 2001, meaning that the conurbation has a resident labour force of 1.1 million. The current unemployment rate in Greater Manchester lies at 2.4% The City of Manchester has been responsible for over a quarter (26.9%) of the 21,900 private sector jobs created in Greater Manchester as a whole Greater Manchester offers significant numbers of highly skilled workers, with 29.9% of the adult population holding graduate or postgraduate level qualifications 2 Businesses in Manchester are small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), with 98.7% of them employing less than 200 people There are three universities located in the Greater Manchester region, each within a few miles of Parkway Business Centre; University of Manchester the largest of single site universities in the UK, Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Salford. In addition, the University of Bolton and the University of Central Lancashire are both within 30 miles of the Business Centre Manchester is the best UK city in which to locate a business outside of London and is ranked the 14th most desirable business location in Europe 3 Manchester was ranked 8th among the best European cities for value for money of office space and 12th in terms of availability of office space 2 Manchester s economy is extremely robust, thanks in part to the large number of companies attracted to the area by the conurbation s highly competitive business costs 4 1 2 3 4 65 of the FTSE100 companies have a presence in the Greater Manchester area 4 Manchester is increasingly becoming an international centre for business facilitation, with a truly impressive array of hotel and conference facilities on offer 4 The City of Manchester is one of Europe s top destinations for its business, lifestyle and visitor offers. The city centre is the core employment zone for Greater Manchester and is also a hub of networked rail, Metrolink and major roadways, as well as the largest student campus in Europe Manchester city centre has the largest office market outside London and is well connected to the resident population and national / international markets The local council is Manchester City Council (Labour) 19
SEYMOUR GROVE ALEXANDRA ROAD Information PARKWAY BUSINESS CENTRE TO CHORLTON STRETFORD ROAD A5067 UPPER CHORLTON ROAD WITHINGTON ROAD WILBRAHAM ROAD BARLOW MOOR ROAD A5145 PRINCESS PARKWAY B5219 PRINCESS PARKWAY MOSS LANE PALATINE ROAD OXFORD ROAD A6010 PARKWAY BUSINESS CENTRE A6010 WILMSLOW ROAD TO STOCKPORT TO MANCHESTER AIRPORT, M56 & M6 PRINCESS PARKWAY TO CHEADLE KINGSWAY A5103 Princess Road Alexandra Park SAT NAV: M14 7HR William Hulme s Grammar School To M56 / M60 & Manchester Airport 20
SAT NAV: M14 7HR A5103 Princess Road Estate Management Office 21
Local Information Pack SAT NAV: M14 7HR 01625 588200 www.orbit-developments.co.uk www.parkwaybusinesscentre.co.uk