Travel by Train

By Train: Closest mainline station is Eccles. From Manchester Victoria & Piccadilly, trains run to Eccles every hour, this takes 10 mins.  From the station walk down Church Street until you see NatWest bank, take a left onto Regent Street, walk along the road past the Lamb Hotel, Inner Light is 100m past Lamb Hotel. (5mins walk)

Both train stations Piccadilly and Manchester Victoria have got tram stations in the station area. The tram station to get off at is Eccles, it takes 40 mins from Victoria and Piccadilly and the cost is about £5 return. It is less than a 1 minute walk from Eccles Tram station to the Centre.

Travel by Car

From M60 junction 12 follow signs for M602 towards Salford,  at junction 2 take the A576 to Trafford Park/Eccles, at the roundabout take the 3rd exit onto Gilda Brook Road A576, go slightly left onto Ladywell roundabout, stay in the right-hand lane, take the 3rd exit following signs to Eccles interchange, this is Regent St, you will see sign saying buses and taxis only from a certain point.  Follow Regent Road (trams on the left) Inner Light is on the right, look for purple frontage.

Parking

There is a small car park, this is a free car park but has limited spaces so first come, first served.  If full continue to follow the road round and you will see signs for parking, it is £3.50 for all-day parking.
Alternatively, if you continue on Regent Street, past the Lamb Hotel, there is a car park which is £2 for all-day parking.

By Air

Manchester Airport is the closest to this venue and it will be either a 30 minute train journey direct from the airport (check timetable) to Eccles train station or a 30 minute taxi journey from the airport to the venue, or by tram 45 mins http://www.metrolink.co.uk/Pages/default.aspx.  The tutor will email you all this information to help you plan your journey after you have made your booking.

The reason why we do not give out the full address of the venue is because in the past sometimes students have turned up on the day hoping to join a class which is not possible. A deposit payment has to be taken first to secure your booking & wasted journeys are now avoided by us giving out full address details after a booking has been taken!

When you book online, after your deposit payment has been taken you will receive an email from our web site with a link giving you all the course tutor and venue details. You are able to print out the venue address or make a note for your reference. For those paying over the web site, you will be sent the full address of the venue and directions after your booking & your deposit has been taken. The tutor will be in touch with all the information you will need.

We do however include a link to Google maps so you can easily see where the venue is located, you are secure in the knowledge we book 200 - 300 students each week on our courses for many many years and you are in good hands. The tutor once you book will give you all the details you need so you can easily find the venue, full directions and they are also on hand if you have any other questions before your course start date.