The Palace Hotel is directly opposite Oxford Road Station and about 5-10 minutes walk from Piccadilly Station. (From Piccadilly Station, use the main exit but immediately turn right down stairs to Store Street. Turn left at the bottom of the stairs, walk out of the tunnel and cross London Road. Walk up Fairfield Street - Whitworth Street is immediately ahead of you.)
Coaches stop at either the Chorlton Street bus station (above centre on the map), or at Piccadilly Gardens (just off the top of the map). For bookings, go to www.nationalexpress.co.uk
From the North and West (Liverpool): At J12 on M62 - keep right and follow M602. Get in lane for A57, Manchester. Continue onto Regent Road until you see Harry Ramsdens on the right hand side. Go through traffic lights and under the bridge. Bear left and at roundabout get into the left hand lane and take 1st exit. Go past Piccadilly Radio Key 103. At lights turn right onto Whitworth Street - follow road through 1st set of lights. At 2nd set - The Palace Hotel is situated on the right hand side. To find Euro Car Park (marked "P" on the map) carry on through lights and turn right onto Princess Street. At the next set of lights turn right onto Charles Street. Take your first right onto Pritchard Street.
From the South (and Wales): The M56 becomes A5103. After approximately 4 Miles turn right on to Moss Street (B5219). Turn left on to Oxford Road (B5117). Oxford Road becomes Oxford Street. The Palace Hotel is after the railway bridge and opposite Oxford Road Station. To park, after seeing the hotel, turn right at the traffic lights into Whitworth Street. Take the next right onto Princess Street. At the next set of lights turn right onto Charles Street. Take your first right onto Pritchard Street. (The car park is marked "P" on the map)
From Sheffield or Derbyshire: A57 through Glossop OR A6 through Stockport
to Apollo Theatre (Ardwick). At roundabout follow the sign for City Centre.
At 3rd set of traffic lights, turn left onto Fairfield Street. The Palace Hotel
is on the corner of Oxford Street and Whitworth Street. To find Euro Car Park
(marked "P" on the map) after turning onto Fairfield Street. Turn left at 2nd
set of traffic lights into Princess Street. Take the 1st right at lights into
Charles Street. Then 1st right onto Pritchard Street.
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