How to find our main council offices
If you're planning a visit to the city council's offices we've produced two Google maps below to help you.
Swinton
Click the pointers to see the location of our Salford Civic Centre buildings, including Unity House, Innovation House, Elmstead House and Crompton House.
Eccles
Click the pointers to see the location of Emerson House, Orbit House and Turnpike House.
Gateway centres
These new centres provide a way to access city council and Primary Care Trust services throughout the city. Find out more about the Eccles, Pendleton and Walkden centres.
Directions to Salford Civic Centre, Swinton
Salford Civic Centre is on the A6 Chorley Road in the centre of Swinton at its junction with the B5231 (Partington Lane), approximately a quarter of a mile north of the A580 "East Lancs" road in north west Greater Manchester.
Getting to the civic centre from the M60 Manchester Orbital
If you are driving to the civic centre via the M60 motorway, eastbound (clockwise) traffic should exit at Junction 13 (Worsley) and follow the A572 towards Swinton. Westbound (anti-clockwise) traffic should leave at Junction 16 (Swinton) and turn left onto the A666. NB: there is no eastbound/clockwise exit on the M60 at Junction 16.
A visitor's car park is available at the front of Unity House, all visitors must obtain a ticket as soon as they arrive and display this in their windscreen. Parking is free for the first two hours (automatically credited to the ticket) and then £1 per hour thereafter.
Getting to the civic centre by public transport
Council offices on and around Chorley Road in Swinton are well served by public transport. During working hours bus number 36 operates between Bolton and Manchester every 10 minutes and so provides links between Swinton and Little Hulton, Walkden and Salford University.
Other services that operate between Manchester and Swinton are the 32, this is the fastest route but stops on the East Lancs and so requires a 10 minute walk up Partington Lane to the Civic Centre. You can also take the 12, 26 and 37 (which goes via Pendleton precinct).
The 22 service (between Stockport and Eccles) runs about every half an hour. See below for timetable information.
Swinton Railway Station is a short walk away and provides direct services twice an hour to Wigan, Walkden, Salford, Manchester, Oldham and Rochdale, plus destinations further afield.
Public transport in Greater Manchester
Up to date public transport service information for the Greater Manchester conurbation is available on the GMPTE website or by calling 0161-228 7811 (Minicom available) between 7.00am and 8.00pm Monday to Friday, and 8.00am and 8.00pm on weekends and bank holidays.
Other public transport links are provided in the right hand column.
This page was last updated on 19 April 2010
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