Venue / Travel

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Letter for VISA Application

Invitation letters for VISA application need to be requested during author registration.

Travel to UK

Entering the UK: Here

Foreign travel advice: Here

Location

The Welcome Reception of the attendees will be located at the Manchester Art Gallery, Princess Street, Manchester, M2 3JL, UK.

IEEE CEIDP 2025 will be hosted at the Conference Centre at the University of Manchester, Nancy Rothwell Building, Booth St E, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.

Conference Centre at the University of Manchester, Nancy Rothwell Building

Floorplan:

There are regular trains every 20 minutes from Manchester Airport to Manchester Piccadilly Train Station. The journey duration is approximately 20 minutes – this is the cheapest and quickest mode of transport from the airport.

Manchester Piccadilly Train Station is well connected to all major UK cities and beyond.

The University buildings are located in central Manchester, a short walk from Manchester Piccadilly Train Station. 

Accommodation

Please note that this year, IEEE CEIDP 2025 is in the university of Manchester. Therefore, no hotels and room blocks are pre-booked for attendees. Each attendee has to find and book his/her room on his/her own.

Instead, we propose below a list of the nearby hotels with the approximately walking time on foot to reach the venue.

Suggested HotelsDistance from UniversityLink to website
Hyatt Regency5 minute walkhyatt-regency-manchester
Ibis Styles, Portland Street20 minute walkIbis Styles
Manchester Marriott Hotel Piccadilly15 minute walkmanchester-marriott-hotel-piccadilly
Mecure Manchester Piccadilly20 minute walkmercure – manchester
Holiday Inn Express10 minute walkholiday- inn -express
Ibis, Princess Street10 minute walkIbis Princess Street
Townhouse Hotel15 minute walktownhouse- hotel –manchester
Hilton, Deansgate24 minute walkhilton-manchester-deansgate
Leonardo Hotel Manchester Piccadilly24 minute walkleonardo-hotel-manchester-piccadilly
Kimpton Clock Tower15 minute walkkimpton-clock-tower-hotel

Conference room rate range: The room rates of these hotels are between $50 and $150 per night.

How to get there

Manchester is the major international and cosmopolitan city in the North of England, widely regarded as the central hub of the ‘Northern Powerhouse’. The city offers easy access for both national and international delegates with Manchester Airport offering flights from over 200 destinations and has direct rail services across the country, with a journey time of just over 2 hours from London.

Manchester Airport has many direct flights. More details
Regular train services to Manchester Oxford Road and Piccadilly stations
Metrolink trams towards city centre
London approx. 3h by train

The University buildings are located in central Manchester, a short walk from Manchester Piccadilly Train Station. Manchester Piccadilly Train Station is well connected to all major UK cities and beyond.

Visitor information

Known throughout the world as the birthplace of the industrial revolution, Manchester has a proud history in science, politics, music, arts and sport. And today the city combines this heritage with a progressive vision to be a city that delivers surprise and delight in equal measures.

To discover what to see and do please visit – www.visitmanchester.com