Northern Quarter Car Park

Use this car park regularly as the early bird rate of £6 for 12 hours is good considering the location. HOWEVER, now that this rate has increased to £8 in the space of just a week i won't be using any more!

Great location for Northern Quarter bars and restaurants. A bit pricey ... but I feel on a par with Manchester City centre prices. A bit "pongy"... but then again I was not there for a picnic.. just parking g the car.
It is tight .. spaces are not a bad width, but with our medium sized SUV it was a task to get onto the up and down ramps when there were cars sticking out. Very tight
But have used it twice .. and will probs use it again
Pay on the app so you can extend your parking time rather than guessing how long you are going to be ... seems to have a few options of app

Pretty car park which fits in with the trendy surroundings. Smells like urine in the stairway, all the time. Lovely view from the top until the security guard asks if you've paid to be there.

Beware of parking in this place. Had our back window smashed and a few bags of baby clothes and the babies nappy bag taken out the back. No cctv and although security were helpful and appologetic, we still paid over £20 to park here overnight and had to cancel our weekend plans to get it sorted.

Someone smashed our passenger side front window and stole things out of the console: phone charger ($6 on sale), old fanny pack, flash light, glasses ($520). Whole day wasted on getting new window! That said, the people at the car park were really helpful thru the whole thing. Left us a note in the car telling us what to do, had us park in a safer area afterwards, etc.

Expensive, Insecure, and no lighting, it seems an urinal with all the awful smells, the elevators look like they are going to fall in any moment. I truly can’t understand how a place like this is still working.
And as if none of this were enough it has an horrendous system of parking which is poorly described by some hidden signs.

I haven’t used the car park as I opt for pay and display, however I love the ever changing graffiti art displayed around the car park. It’s great for photography and the area is rich in trendy alternative culture!

The one star I have awarded this car park is for its great location. Other than that, it should be viewed as last resort option.
Entry from Tibb St is easy enough, signs aren't overly clear about charges and how/where to pay when you drive in, but it's once inside that you realise why it might not be a good idea to park there.
It's dark, it feels dangerous, there were a few unsavoury characters milling around. The smell, no, stench, of urine in the stairwells is appallingly overwhelming, quite horrific. It must be topped up several times a day. It's as sharp and rank as the dirtiest of mens urinals. Graffitti, damage, yellow prison style bars across the entrance, poor lighting. It feels like the set of a Death Wish movie.
It is horrifically overpriced considering just how awful it is. Furthermore they now have a "guess how long you're going to be system" with ANPR cameras and a litigious fines department, they are doing everything they can to make it easier to incur a penalty charge. It should be illegal how they operate, but there you go, it isn't.
I wouldn't park there and would urge any maps users to try literally anywhere else before chancing this place and rewarding the craven operators of such a dank urine stained hell-hole.