Hallé St Peter’s

The Hallé Kitchen space is home to Café Cotton at Hallé St Peter’s. This independent café, restaurant and bar is open to the general public seven days a week offering great coffee, delicious homemade food and cakes to eat in or takeaway. Walk-ins are welcome and for reservations, please visit https://www.cafecotton.net/

Due to the flexible nature of Hallé St Peter’s no two events in our spaces are ever the same. The Hallé Venues Team and Chapman Holmes work with clients to ensure that they have all they require for a successful event. A highly experienced team of Event Managers and Coordinators is available to support your event from inception to delivery, assisting clients wherever required, working only with top quality suppliers to meet all technical/AV, décor, stewarding and security needs.

Hallé St Peter’s hold both a full Premises Licence and a Wedding Ceremonies Licence. Weddings at the venue are delivered in collaboration with our Catering and Events Partner Chapman Holmes http://chapmanholmes.com/ . Chapman Holmes were selected by the Hallé for their ability to cater, at a consistently high standard, to a broad range of cuisines and dietary needs.

Travel Policy

In keeping with the Hallé St Peter’s Travel Plan the use of cars to visit the venue is discouraged in favour of Public Transport/Walking/Cycling.

Public Transport

With parking in Ancoats at a premium, it is our strong recommendation that visitors to Hallé St Peter’s use public transport when visiting. Ancoats is a 10 minute walk from Manchester Piccadilly Train Station, Piccadilly Gardens and Shudehill Bus Terminals and Metrolink stops and a 15 minute walk from Victoria Train Station.

There is a short direct walk to Hallé St Peter’s via the Ancoats Jubilee Bridge and Murray Street from New Islington Metrolink Station.

From Piccadilly Gardens the easiest walking route is along Newton Street and straight across Great Ancoats Street, which takes approximately 5 minutes.

Nearest Bus Stops

EB2438 – GT ANCOATS ST, DEAN STREET towards PICCADILLY
EB2437 – GT ANCOATS ST, JERSEY ST towards DROYLSDEN
EB3235 – OLDHAM ROAD, BENGAL STREET towards MANCHESTER
EB2435 – OLDHAM ROAD, OPP BENGAL ST towards OLDHAM
Bus routes: 24, 74, 76, 77, 78, 80, 83, 88, 89, 180, 181, 182, 184, 216, 217, 218, 231, X84

Bike Racks

There are bike racks for visitors to Hallé St Peter’s located on the Hood Street side of the building. Additional Bike Racks are available in Cutting Room Square. All bikes should be well locked and are left at the owners risk.

Parking

For visitors who do visit by car there are a number of paid street parking bays (two hour time limit) on Blossom Street itself and further street bays on adjacent streets including George Leigh Street, Sherratt Street, Jersey Street Cornell Street.
Charges are £1.20 for two hours. Parking in the bays is free of charge between 6pm and 8am and on Sundays and Bank Holidays.

Disabled Parking

Drivers displaying a blue badge can use the aforementioned parking bays for free and for an unlimited time. Blue Badge Holders may also park for up to three hours on single or double yellow lines as long as there are no loading restrictions and the clock on the badge is set to show the time of arrival.

Car Parks

Numerous paid Car Parks are available, within a 10 minute walk away, including the following locations:

SIP: Gun Street, George Leigh Street, Poland Street, Radium Street, Port Street
Europark: George Leigh Street/Poland Street
Northern Group: Flint Glass Wharf
NCP: Goulden Street, Northern Quarter, Port Street
Wing Yip: Wing Yip Superstore, Oldham Road
Citi Park Tarriff Street
Landlord: Addington Street

The cheapest tariff currently available is £3 for 12 hours parking at the Europark car park on George Leigh Street/Poland Street

On street parking

A very limited amount of free street parking on single yellow lines is available after 6pm and before 8am. Visitors are advised to park wisely and in keeping with the conditions of the Highway Code. Cars parked illegally will be ticketed and in extremis, removed.

Public Transport Access Routes and Drop Off Points

The nearest Metrolink Station is Piccadilly Gardens Station which is 0.5 miles away. There are major national rail links via Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Victoria less than a mile away from the venue and several bus stops within the immediate vicinity on Oldham Road and Great Ancoats Street.

Building Entrance

Access at Hallé St Peter’s reception is on the Ground Floor via Cutting Room Square. A ramp with a shallow incline provides access for wheelchair-users. If you have any special access requirements please let us know in advance.

Getting Around

Hallé St Peter’s has three floors (Basement, Ground Floor, First Floor). Each floor has level access and can be accessed via staircase or a wheelchair accessible passenger lift. Seating Non-fixed cushioned seating is available throughout.

Public Telephone

There is no public telephone on site. A phone in the reception desk can be used in an emergency or to book taxis for disabled visitors.

Assistance Dogs

We welcome assistance dogs and a bowl of water can be provided if requested.

Accessible Toilets

There is a unisex accessible toilet on each floor. The basement also has an unisex accessible shower room.

Fire Alarms

The fire alarms give audible and visual warnings. A member of staff will assist in the event of a fire alarm. If you are unlikely to be able to hear the alarms or will need assistance to exit the building if the fire alarm sounds, please tell a member of staff on your arrival. Evacuation Chairs are available at all stairwells.

Staff Training

All staff are trained in customer care, diversity and disability awareness. They are here to help vistors enjoy the time they spend in our venue. If there is anything that we can do to make your visit more enjoyable, please contact us, we will be happy to assist you.

Access Statement

Every attempt has been made to make Hallé St Peter’s as accessible as possible however certain aspects of the original Grade II listed building make it difficult to make everything fully accessible with both the fire exits to Hood Street and the fire escape to Blossom Street having small steps to street level. Temporary Ramps or staff assistance can be provided to ensure easy access/egress.

The Hallé Venues are places of work for the Orchestra and our Ensembles, where these groups prepare for public performances. Accordingly it is not typically possible to attend rehearsals. Occasionally some rehearsals are made open to small groups who are members of the Hallé Patron Programme and Chair Endowment Scheme.