Key University venues for meetings and events

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Our University’s rich heritage and ground breaking research Manchester Meeting Place page 4 has provided us with a great choice of venues in which to host meetings and events. 5 We have put together this helpful guide to the key venues across Core Technology Facility 6 our University that are available for meetings and events, so whether you are in need of a boardroom for 10 for a staff away Sackville Street Building 7 day or a large scale conference venue, the University has the venue to host your event. Christie’s Bistro 8 Further information on the venues can also be found on our Whitworth Building 9 website, but if you have an event to book and don’t know where to start, the Conferences and Venues team have a wealth of 10 experience in running events and will be happy to guide you through the choices to make sure you have the right University University Place 11 venue for your next event. Residential campus venues 12

Manchester Museum 13

Whitworth Art Gallery 14

Alliance Manchester Business School 15

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2 3 A B Manchester Meeting Place Barnes Wallis Building

One of our year round meeting Meeting rooms: 11 This is a great venue, only a short Meeting rooms: 2 venues on the Sackville Street 1 x 90 seat walk from Piccadilly station, available 1 x 200 theatre style or 150 cabaret Campus, just 250 metres from 2 x 40 seat for day conferences, poster displays style Piccadilly station. It offers a choice 4 x 30 seat and small exhibitions and can be 1 x 120 theatre style or 65 cabaret of modern, flexible meeting 2 x 8 boardoom used in conjunction with Manchester style rooms ideal for training courses, 2 x 6 boardroom Meeting Place which offers a number Availability day conferences, away days and Availability of rooms for breakout sessions. Year round. interviews. Year round.

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4 5 C D Core Technology Facility Sackville Street Building

This venue houses a variety of Meeting rooms: 9 This splendid neo-Gothic building, Meeting rooms: 3 contemporary meeting spaces on 1 x 120 theatre style sits at the heart of our city centre 1 x 200 drinks receptions or buffets the Oxford Road Campus, from a 1 x 60 theatre style campus, offering a traditional setting 1 x 225 examination style boardroom for 8 up to 120 delegates 1 x 25 theatre style for drinks receptions, buffets and 1 x 300 theatre style or theatre style. It is a great choice for 1 x 14 boardroom style meetings and also has a large scale 144 cabaret style interviews, meetings, conferences 4 x 8 boardroom style venue for examinations , all available Availability and training events. Availability year round. Year round. Year round.

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6 7 E F Christie’s Bistro Whitworth Building

Based in the old Science Library, a stunning backdrop for private Used for the University’s main Meeting rooms: 8 and one of the University’s hidden drinks receptions or formal dining. ceremonial events, the majestic 600 theatre style or gems, the Bistro offers a relaxing Availability Grade II listed Whitworth Building 300 for dining place during the week for people Year round. is a beautiful place to host a dinner, 1 x 30 boardroom to meet with colleagues and enjoy awards ceremony, or meeting with 1 x28 boardroom refreshments and lunch. In the exhibition and also has a number 5 x 12 boardroom evening and at the weekend, it offers of boardrooms that can be used Availability for smaller meetings throughout Year round. the year.

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8 9 G H Renold Building University Place

This is an ideal venue for national Meeting rooms: 28 This is the University’s largest Meeting rooms: 25 and international conferences in 1 x 524 theatre style venue for national and international 1 x 1000 theatre style(or split 1 x 600 city centre Manchester, within close 2 x 296 theatre style conferences with capacity for up to and 1 x 280 theatre style) proximity to the hotels and social 5 x 157 theatre style 1000 delegates, offering a choice 2 x 96 classroom style venues. It offers a choice of tiered 5 x 20 seat classrooms of tiered theatres and flat floored 1 x 80 classroom style theatres and flat floored rooms 5 x 50 seat classrooms rooms as well as 500 square metres 4 x 60 seat classrooms as well as 900 square metres of Availability of exhibition space and an adjacent 1 x 40 seat classrooms exhibition space outside the main Vacations, weekends and evenings. marquee area. 14 x 30 seat classrooms theatres. 2 x 18 ushape Availability Vacations, weekends and evenings.

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10 11 I J Residential campus venues

Our student halls of residence on Meeting rooms: 8 A wonderful cultural venue on our can host drinks receptions for up to the Park Campus offer a 1 x 260 theatre style Oxford Road Campus with two 400 and dinners for up to 130. great base for meetings, language 1 x 90 theatre style stunning galleries, the atmospheric Availability schools and widening participation 1 x 80 theatre style Victorian Living Worlds Gallery Evenings and weekends year round, events during the summer vacation. 3 x 50 theatre style and the equally impressive Fossils bookable through Manchester Fully secured standard and en-suite 1 x 35 theatre style Gallery. Across the two galleries we Museum. accommodation, a choice of flat 1 x 25 theatre style floored rooms and full catering are Bedrooms all available on site. On our Victoria Park Campus 319 single Campus we have over en-suite and 385 standard bedrooms 2000 bedrooms available in the summer close to the University’s 2000 single major sporting facilities. For guests en-suite and 300 standard bedrooms and delegates wanting hotel Availability accommodation, the hotel on Summer vacation. the Oxford Road Campus offers preferential rates to University visitors.

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12 13 K Alliance Manchester L Business School

Overlooking Whitworth Park, the Availability Located on the Oxford Road Availability Whitworth Art Gallery offers a mix of Year round, bookable through the Campus, this is one of Europe’s top Vacations, evenings and weekends, historic and contemporary spaces, Whitworth Art Gallery. 10 business schools, with cutting bookable through Alliance which includes the Jacobean-styled edge teaching facilities and a range Manchester Business School. Grand Hall seating up to 136 cabaret of classrooms and tiered lecture style, and the South Gallery for theatres up to 200 together with receptions up to 200. spacious foyer areas for networking and catering.

Adjacent to the school, the Hyatt Regency Hotel offers preferential rates to University visitors, bookings can be made via www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/contact/hotel-bookings

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A Manchester Meeting Place I I B Barnes Wallis building C Core Technology Facility D Sackville Street Building E Christie’s Bistro F Whitworth Building G Renold Building H University Place I Residential campus venues J Manchester Museum K Whitworth Art Gallery I L Alliance Manchester Business School

For more information, visit the Conferences and Venues website www.manchester.ac.uk/conference, email the team at [email protected] or call us on +44 (0) 161 306 4100

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