Getting to SEA LIFE Manchester is easy!
SEA LIFE Manchester is located within Trafford Palazzo (previously known as Barton Square). It's right next door to the The Trafford Centre, which can be accessed from Trafford Palazzo via an indoor footbridge.
We are situated right next to the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre just next to the Trafford Palazzo Car Park (known as Trafford Centre West car park on Google Maps).
Our address is:
SEA LIFE Manchester
Trafford Palazzo
Trafford
Manchester
M17 8AS
You can access SEA LIFE Manchester easily via a bus connection from Manchester's biggest train station:
Guests planning to travel by train to our attractions can visit Northern Railway, Avanti West Coast, Cross Country Trains, to find their nearest train station and plan their journey.
Manchester Piccadilly: Then catch the express X50 or 250 bus from Piccadilly Gardens, a few minutes’ walk away.
There is a bus stop right outside which you can walk easily to the Centre or a stop at The Trafford Centre.
We are situated right next to the Trafford Palazzo Car Park at The Trafford Centre. Parking is free all day, every day.
Directions: Located off the M60, via junction 9 or 10.
PARKING
The Trafford Centre has free parking for 11,500 cars, including disabled and parent and child spaces. If you are visiting during peak periods please allow plenty of time to find somewhere to park.
Motorbikes are welcome in the centre car park. Bicycles are not permitted within the centre, however, bike racks are easily accessible and are located throughout the site. The car park is not suitable for bicycles.
Parent and child
Our car parks provide easy, safe and direct access into the centre for guests with little ones. There are plenty of parent and child spaces in Trafford Centre car parks.
Disabled parking
There are spaces reserved especially for disabled shoppers in all the Trafford Palazzo car park. Please ensure you have a valid disabled badge on display when parking in one of our disabled spaces.
Buses run regularly from all over the Greater Manchester region to our own on-site Bus Station:
- Service 18 to Trafford Park and Eccles.
- Service 18 to Davyhulme, Flixton, Ashton upon Mersey, Sale, Baguley, Wythenshawe and Manchester Airport.
- Service 20 to Eccles, Worsley, Walkden, Little Hulton, Logistics North, Deane and Bolton.
- Service 21 to Eccles, Monton, Swinton, Clifton and Agecroft.
- Service 22 to Eccles, Monton, Swinton, Farnworth and Bolton.
- Service 23 to Davyhulme, Urmston, Stretford, Chorlton, Didsbury and Stockport.
- Service 25 to Davyhulme, Lostock, Stretford, Chorlton, Fallowfield, Withington and Stockport.
- Service 52 to Eccles, Salford, Broughton and Cheetham Hill.
- Service 100 to Irlam, Cadishead and Warrington.
- Service 100 to Eccles, Salford and Manchester.
- Service 126 to Boothstown, Astley and Leigh.
- Service 132 to Boothstown, Atherton, Tyldesley and Wigan.
- Service 150 to Stretford, Chorlton, Fallowfield, Levenshulme, Longsight, Belle Vue and Gorton.
- Service 245 to Davyhulme, Flixton, Stretford, Sale and Altrincham.
- Service 247 to Davyhulme, Flixton, Partington and Altrincham.
- Service 250 to Trafford Park, MUFC, Hulme and Manchester.
- Express Service X22 to Bolton. (Saturdays only)
- Express Service X50 to Trafford Park, MUFC, Old Trafford and Manchester.
For more Public Transport Information visit: beenetwork.com or phone 0161 244 1000
Trafford Palazzo (where SEA LIFE is situated) is very close to the Barton Dock Road tram stop. The line runs from the Manchester City Centre Cornbrook stop.
Plan your tram journey here.