Radius Map of Manchester

The map above is centered on Manchester, United Kingdom, near Piccadilly Gardens, with a default 10 km radius. Drag to move it, search for a different address, or change the radius and unit using the controls.

A 10 km radius from Manchester city centre covers Salford, Trafford, most of Stockport, and the inner edges of Tameside and Bury — useful for local-business catchment planning and commute analysis across Greater Manchester. The metropolitan area is genuinely conurbated: there are no rural gaps between Manchester and the surrounding boroughs, so radius work here behaves more like an extended city than a city plus suburbs.

Population: 2.9 million Greater Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Coordinates: 53.4808, -2.2426
Time zone: Europe/London

Greater Manchester contains 10 metropolitan boroughs across roughly 50 km × 30 km. A 15 km radius from Piccadilly reaches almost every one of them — a useful fact for catchment planning across the conurbation.

Also known as: Cottonopolis (historic), Greater Manchester.

What's within each radius from Piccadilly Gardens

Real coverage at the most-searched radii, including notable places that fall just outside the circle. Use these as ground truth before relying on a circle for real-estate, retail, or service-area decisions.

1 km from Piccadilly Gardens

A 1 km radius from Piccadilly Gardens covers the city centre — the Northern Quarter, Chinatown, the Town Hall area, Spinningfields' eastern edge, and most of the rail-station triangle (Piccadilly, Victoria, Oxford Road).

Inside the circle

✓Northern Quarter
✓Chinatown
✓Manchester Town Hall and Albert Square
✓Manchester Piccadilly Station
✓Manchester Victoria Station
✓Spinningfields (east edge)

Just outside

✗Old Trafford (~3 km west)
✗Etihad Stadium
✗University of Manchester campus south of Oxford Road
✗Salford Quays

5 km from Piccadilly Gardens

A 5 km radius reaches Salford Quays, Old Trafford, the Etihad Stadium, MediaCityUK, the universities, Withington, and the inner edge of Trafford. Most of central and inner-suburban Manchester is inside.

Inside the circle

✓Salford Quays and MediaCityUK
✓Old Trafford and the Etihad
✓University of Manchester
✓Hulme, Moss Side, Rusholme
✓Withington
✓Cheetham Hill and Crumpsall

Just outside

✗Manchester Airport (~12 km south)
✗Stockport town centre
✗Bury town centre
✗Oldham town centre

10 km from Piccadilly Gardens

A 10 km radius covers most of inner Greater Manchester — Salford fully, all of Trafford, most of Stockport (north of the M60), Bury's inner edge, and the western half of Tameside.

Inside the circle

✓All of Salford
✓All of Trafford
✓Stockport (north of the M60)
✓Inner Tameside (Audenshaw, Denton)
✓Sale

Just outside

✗Manchester Airport (just outside southern edge)
✗Bury (~13 km north — just past the edge)
✗Altrincham (~13 km southwest — just past the edge)
✗Rochdale (~16 km north)
✗Bolton (~17 km northwest)
✗Wigan (~28 km west)

25 km from Piccadilly Gardens

A 25 km radius reaches all 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester comfortably — Bolton, Wigan's eastern edge, Rochdale, Oldham, Stockport, Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Bury, Tameside — plus parts of Cheshire and the Peak District foothills.

Inside the circle

✓All 10 Greater Manchester boroughs
✓Manchester Airport
✓Bolton, Rochdale, Oldham fully
✓Wilmslow and Knutsford's northern edge
✓The northern Peak District foothills

Just outside

✗Wigan (~27 km west — just past the edge)
✗Liverpool (~50 km west)
✗Sheffield (~55 km southeast)
✗Preston (~50 km north)
✗Macclesfield (just outside southeast)

50 km from Piccadilly Gardens

A 50 km radius from Manchester reaches Liverpool, Preston, Sheffield (just barely), the Peak District National Park, Crewe, and most of Cheshire. Encompasses much of the North West and the western edge of the Pennines.

Inside the circle

✓Liverpool and Merseyside
✓Preston and most of Lancashire
✓Most of the Peak District
✓Crewe and central Cheshire
✓Halifax and Bradford's western edge

Just outside

✗Sheffield (~52 km southeast — just past the edge)
✗Leeds (~60 km east)
✗Hull
✗Birmingham (~125 km south)
✗Newcastle

How Manchester radius maps get used

City-specific scenarios where a radius is the right tool — and the typical radius sizes professionals use.

Conurbation-wide trade area

Greater Manchester is one of the most urbanised regions in the UK with no rural gaps between boroughs. A 15 km radius from the centre captures roughly 2 million people — the practical "Greater Manchester market" for retail and service-area planning.

Typical radius: 15 km for the GM conurbation

Stadium event catchment

Old Trafford, the Etihad, and the AO Arena draw heavily from a ~25 km radius for matchday and concert traffic. Bus and tram coverage inside this radius is dense; outside, car parking and rail capacity dominate planning.

Typical radius: 25 km for matchday and concert reach

Tram and rail catchment

Metrolink (the tram) covers the inner ~12 km radius effectively, with park-and-ride extending it to about 15 km. Beyond, the Northern and Avanti rail networks become the dominant commute mode. A 12–15 km radius is the right tram-friendly zone.

Typical radius: 12–15 km for tram-aligned planning

Northern Powerhouse logistics

A 50 km radius from Manchester reaches Liverpool and the western edge of Sheffield — the rough core of the "Northern Powerhouse" region. Logistics and distribution centres often use this radius to define overlap with the M62 corridor markets.

Typical radius: 50 km for North West + Pennine reach

Geographic quirks of Manchester radius mapping

Local geography and infrastructure that change how a radius behaves here. Skipping these is the most common reason a radius decision goes sideways.

No rural gap between Manchester and its boroughs

Unlike many large UK cities, Manchester is fully conurbated with its 9 surrounding boroughs — there are no green-belt gaps until you reach the edges of Greater Manchester. A 15 km radius is unbroken urban fabric.

The M60 ring road is an informal radius marker

The M60 forms an orbital motorway at roughly 6–8 km from the city centre. It is the most common "central Manchester vs outer suburbs" dividing line for delivery zones, parking restrictions, and rate cards.

Manchester Airport pulls travel time south

Manchester Airport sits about 12 km south of the centre — outside the 10 km radius but inside 15 km. Service planning for hotels and ground transport often uses the 15 km radius specifically to include the airport.

FAQ — Radius mapping in Manchester

How big is a 10 km radius in Manchester?

A 10 km radius from Piccadilly Gardens covers Salford, all of Trafford, most of Stockport north of the M60, the inner edge of Bury, and western Tameside. Manchester Airport is about 12 km south and sits just outside.

Does a 25 km radius cover all of Greater Manchester?

Yes, comfortably. A 25 km radius from the city centre includes all 10 metropolitan boroughs of Greater Manchester (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan), plus Manchester Airport and parts of Cheshire.

What's within 50 km of Manchester?

A 50 km radius reaches Liverpool to the west, Preston to the north, Sheffield to the southeast, most of the Peak District, and Crewe to the south. Leeds (60 km east) and Birmingham (125 km south) are outside.

How does the M60 relate to a Manchester radius?

The M60 is an orbital motorway around Manchester at roughly 6–8 km from the centre. A 10 km radius extends slightly beyond the M60 in most directions. The M60 is the most common dividing line for "central" versus "outer" Manchester in delivery rates and zone-based pricing.

What's the catchment radius for Old Trafford and the Etihad?

Both stadiums draw from roughly a 25 km radius for matchdays — most of Greater Manchester. Concert events typically pull from a wider 50 km radius because they include casual visitors from Liverpool, Sheffield, and Leeds-bound rail towns.

How is a Manchester radius different from a London radius?

Manchester is more uniformly conurbated — a 10 km radius is unbroken urban fabric, whereas a 10 km radius in London is heavily segmented by the Thames, parks, and green-belt land. Manchester radii are also better proxies for transit time because Metrolink and bus networks roughly follow concentric distance.