Exclusive: Mayfield Tours, Including Manchester’s Most Spectacular Abandoned Building
December and January tours: The torchlit series. It may be dark but we get to see everything, and if you've already been on the tour, we visit areas we haven't reached previously.
The most atmospheric tour in Manchester this winter.
Meeting point: Granby Row side of The Bull's Head Pub, M1 2PN, close to Piccadilly Station.
Abandoned for years Mayfield depot is now poised for redevelopment as U+I and the Mayfield Partnership transform 24 acres of central Manchester into one of the most exciting urban areas in the kingdom.
READ ABOUT THE EXCITING PLANS FOR MAYFIELD'S DEVELOPMENT HERE.
I've teamed up with The Mayfield Partnership and The Warehouse Project to give Mancunians and visitors a rare opportunity to view this extraordinary location.
The tours include a visit into one of the great jaw-dropping interiors in the north of England, Mayfield Station Depot. This is epic civil engineering from 1910 where mighty iron columns stretch into the distance. It’s almost as though a scene from a fantasy or sci-fi movie has come to rest in the city. It never fails to astonish those who enter. Each tour will also take a trip up the huge brick causeway to the lofty platforms of the former station with their equally impressive engineering.
The tour covers the rich history and background of Mayfield and throws in a trailer for one of the very first Zombie movies from 1970s, The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue, featuring one of the former buildings on the Mayfield site. Daft zombies aside, there are love stories, drama and tales of raw industrial power, plus lots of humour. BEWARE of ghosts, as described here. This is a very complete tour which also looks at the future of the site as U+I and the Mayfield Partnership develop their ideas.
We'd like to put a call out to former rail or Royal Mail workers who may have been employed on the site. We’d love to hear their memories of what life was like in this mighty building.
Tickets £15. Meeting point: Granby Row side of The Bull's Head Pub, M1 2PN, close to Piccadilly Station.
Please book on Paypal below. The receipt Paypal emails back to you operates as the ticket. Sensible footwear is required and you will have to agree to the terms and conditions of visiting the site as stated by the guide when you turn up. On rare occasions some areas will not be available to visit.
PLEASE CHECK THIS WEBSITE 24 HOURS BEFORE THE TOUR IN CASE A SITUATION ARISES WHICH MAY AFFECT THE TOUR.
You can book for gigs and events at The Warehouse Project here.
READ ABOUT THE EXCITING PLANS FOR MAYFIELD'S DEVELOPMENT HERE.
I've teamed up with The Mayfield Partnership and The Warehouse Project to give Mancunians and visitors a rare opportunity to view this extraordinary location.
The tours include a visit into one of the great jaw-dropping interiors in the north of England, Mayfield Station Depot. This is epic civil engineering from 1910 where mighty iron columns stretch into the distance. It’s almost as though a scene from a fantasy or sci-fi movie has come to rest in the city. It never fails to astonish those who enter. Each tour will also take a trip up the huge brick causeway to the lofty platforms of the former station with their equally impressive engineering.
The tour covers the rich history and background of Mayfield and throws in a trailer for one of the very first Zombie movies from 1970s, The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue, featuring one of the former buildings on the Mayfield site. Daft zombies aside, there are love stories, drama and tales of raw industrial power, plus lots of humour. BEWARE of ghosts, as described here. This is a very complete tour which also looks at the future of the site as U+I and the Mayfield Partnership develop their ideas.
We'd like to put a call out to former rail or Royal Mail workers who may have been employed on the site. We’d love to hear their memories of what life was like in this mighty building.
Tickets £15. Meeting point: Granby Row side of The Bull's Head Pub, M1 2PN, close to Piccadilly Station.
Please book on Paypal below. The receipt Paypal emails back to you operates as the ticket. Sensible footwear is required and you will have to agree to the terms and conditions of visiting the site as stated by the guide when you turn up. On rare occasions some areas will not be available to visit.
PLEASE CHECK THIS WEBSITE 24 HOURS BEFORE THE TOUR IN CASE A SITUATION ARISES WHICH MAY AFFECT THE TOUR.
You can book for gigs and events at The Warehouse Project here.
About U+I
U+I is a specialist regeneration developer and investor.
With a £6bn portfolio of complex, mixed-use, community-focused regeneration projects including a £200m investment portfolio, we are unlocking urban sites bristling with potential in the London, Manchester and Dublin city regions. We exist to create long-term socioeconomic benefit for the communities in which we work, delivering sustainable returns to our shareholders.
www.uandiplc.com
About The Mayfield Partnership
The Mayfield Development Partnership is committed to delivering the regeneration of Manchester’s historic Mayfield site. It comprises LCR, wholly-owned by the Department for Transport; Manchester City Council; Transport for Greater Manchester and regeneration and property development company U+I.
www.mayfieldmanchester.co.uk
About the Mayfield site
Mayfield is a 24-acre site next to Manchester Piccadilly station. The partnership’s vision is for Mayfield to become a distinctive new urban quarter, delivering 1,300 homes, 75,000 sq m of office space, a 350-bedroom hotel, retail and leisure facilities and a new city park over the next decade.
www.uandiplc.com
U+I is a specialist regeneration developer and investor.
With a £6bn portfolio of complex, mixed-use, community-focused regeneration projects including a £200m investment portfolio, we are unlocking urban sites bristling with potential in the London, Manchester and Dublin city regions. We exist to create long-term socioeconomic benefit for the communities in which we work, delivering sustainable returns to our shareholders.
www.uandiplc.com
About The Mayfield Partnership
The Mayfield Development Partnership is committed to delivering the regeneration of Manchester’s historic Mayfield site. It comprises LCR, wholly-owned by the Department for Transport; Manchester City Council; Transport for Greater Manchester and regeneration and property development company U+I.
www.mayfieldmanchester.co.uk
About the Mayfield site
Mayfield is a 24-acre site next to Manchester Piccadilly station. The partnership’s vision is for Mayfield to become a distinctive new urban quarter, delivering 1,300 homes, 75,000 sq m of office space, a 350-bedroom hotel, retail and leisure facilities and a new city park over the next decade.
www.uandiplc.com
