Manchester City Council
Number One First Street is located at the junction of Whitworth Street West and Albion Street in Manchester city centre. (For satellite navigation systems you should use M1 5DE)

Service Information

Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 8.00am - 5.00pm

The following services are available:

  • Housing Benefit
  • Council Tax
  • Planning and Building Control
  • Homelessness services
  • Licensing
  • Business Rates
  • Payments counters

Parking

There is extensive Pay and Display parking available at Number One First Street and a number of nearby public car parks (see map). Disabled spaces are also provided for visitors.

Walking

Number One First Street is approximately 0.4 miles away from Manchester Town Hall which is about a ten minutes walk. 

If you want to plan a walking route try www.walkit.com, a journey planning website designed to give you information about your journey time, calorie burn, step count and carbon saving.

Cycling

Bicycle and motorbike stands are available near the staff entrance at Number One First Street (Whitworth Street West side of the building).

For tips on cycling in your local area, security of your bike and cycle routes around the city please visit www.cyclegm.org.

Buses

Piccadilly bus station is approximately 0.75 miles (about 15 minutes walk) away and Shudehill bus station is about one mile away (20 minutes walk). However, the following bus services stop within close proximity of Number One First Street:

A - 105, 256

B - Free Metroshuttle No. 2

C - 105, 256

D - Free Metroshuttle No. 2, 84, 255

E - Free Metroshuttle No. 2, 84, 255

F - Free Metroshuttle No. 2

G - 33, 84, 105, 255, 256

H - 84,105, 255, 256

Download a bus timetable or pick one up from one of the travelshops in Manchester. You can also order timetables online or try using the online journey planning tool.

The Metroshuttle bus links all of the city centre railway stations, the main NCP car parks, and many bus and Metrolink tram stops. So whether you travel into the city to work, shop or for leisure use the FREE CITY CENTRE BUS to get around hopping on and off as often as you wish. Find route and time information in the free Metroshuttle map.


Metrolink

The nearest stop to catch the tram is GMEX, which is roughly five minutes walk away. Please visit www.metrolink.co.uk for more information or use the online journey planning tool.

Where accessibility is an issue, it may be easier to use St. Peter's Square tram stop.

Trains

Deansgate station and Oxford Road station are both a five minute walk from Number One First Street.

Victoria train station is approximately one mile away from Number One First Street with a walking time of about 20 minutes.

Piccadilly train station is 0.7 miles away from Number One First Street with a walking time of approximately 15 minutes.

Check train times and fares on the National Rail website.

Building work around Number One First Street

The Q-park car park at First Street is due to close on Monday 7 January. The car park will move to the Mancunian Way side of the building (south) to what is sometimes known as 'car park B'.

Towards the end of January, a hoarding around the plot for the new cultural venue will go up. This will include the grassed area at the front of Number One First Street

Access to the building from Whitworth Street, through the car park, will be reduced during this first stage of the work. But First Street will remain fully accessible from the railway arch on the corner of Medlock Street/Whitworth Street.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause

 

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