Manchester November 2023

Basic Details

Date: Saturday 18th November 2022
Time: Noon-6pm.
Location:
AC Hotel Manchester City Centre, 15 Mason Street, Manchester, England, M4 5FT
Price: There will be no charge for this event.

Not to be confused with the AC Hotel Salford Quays!

Signing Up To Attend

If you wish to attend the meet, could you please register using the link available from Future Events section of the SimSig web-site. It is important that people register even though there is no charge for the event so that we can advise the venue of the likely numbers attending. If you do sign up then find that you are unable to attend, please return to the event and cancel your registration. This will enable us to keep track of the numbers and give sensible details to the venue.

How To Get There

The venue is a 10 minute walk from Manchester Victoria station. Victoria is served by trains from across the North West and North East of England.

The venue is a 15-20 minutes walk from Manchester Piccadilly Station. Manchester Piccadilly is served by trains from all over the UK.

Salford Central, Deansgate and Manchester Oxford Road are all nearby as well.

Should you prefer not to walk from Manchester Piccadilly, Deansgate, or Oxford Road, you can take a Manchester Metrolink tram service to Shudehill tram stop, and walk 3 - 5 minutes from there.

Bus & Trams

Trains for Greater Manchester provide information on local bus and trams. TFGM website

Shudehill tram stop is the closest to the venue, 3 - 5 minutes walk away.

Car

Parking is available on nearby streets, and also at various car parks around the area. Watch out as some streets as strictly permit only, or a "red zone".

Facilities and Venue Details

Food

Food is available from the hotel bar menu.

We must emphasise that food and drink purchased outside of the venue must not be consumed in the venue.

Drinks

Drinks are available from the hotel bar, a variety of soft drinks, beers, wines, cider and spirits are available.

We must emphasise that food and drink purchased outside of the venue must not be consumed in the venue.

WiFi

A private WiFi network will be set up for the meet laptops to connect with each other, external internet access will not be available. (The organisers will be able to get you online to allocate any licenses you need)

The hotel has guest wifi should you need to connect to the internet.

Room Layout

*tbd*

The Meet

Times

Planned from 12noon to 6pm,

Entrance Fee

The event will take place without any entrance fee.

What's Included

Shared access to multiplayer simulations, tutorials on how to play SimSig if needed.

Where To Stay

There are hotels of all grades and prices from guest-houses to four- and five-star hotels within easy walking distance of the venue. The venue itself is also a hotel with rooms available.

Friday night

An informal meet-up may be planned on the Friday night for drinks and perhaps a meal too, but as said this doesn't always happen. More details closer to the time, once location and venue has been decided upon.

Saturday Night

TBA

Sunday

No visit has been arranged to date.

Sims to be used

TBC

What Actually Happened

Basingstoke

Doncaster Station

Last edited by headshot119 on 19/11/2023 at 15:31