Manchester Airport is around 9 miles to the south of the city of Manchester in the county of Cheshire. It has three terminals handling national, European and international flights, and each year a total of around 20 million passengers pass through them. If you’re planning car hire from Manchester Airport, you will the roads very easy to access, thanks to the inner-city M60 ring road. Before you head for Manchester's centre city, you might like to visit Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre with its huge radio telescope observatory on the Cheshire Plain that is open for public viewing.
Car hire from Manchester Airport will allow you to truly explore this northern gem of a city. History, culture and entertainment combine to make Manchester one of the UK’s most fascinating and vibrant regions. Of the many museums to visit, one of the most popular is the Museum of Science and Industry that tells the story of the region’s industrial past and has displays of steam engines, cars and even planes. The Whitworth Art gallery, which is part of the University of Manchester, is an art gallery set in a park and which, following a £15 million pound refurbishment, was awarded the Art Fund Prize for Museum of The Year in 2015.
