Afflecks
Afflecks is a shopping centre in Manchester’s Northern Quarter that offers something a little different to chain stores in the Arndale and Trafford Centre.
The Manchester institution has features over 50 independent stalls and shops selling everything from fancy dress clothes to beads and jewellery. It even boasts a hair salon, tattoo and body piercing shop, and a photography studio.
Shops & Stalls
Shops at Afflecks include:
Ground Floor
- Hempology – cannabis seeds and hemp products
- Retitled – vintage clothing and accessories
- Ghosts in the Machine – theatrical costumes
- The Northern Cutter – hair salon
- Cyberdog – futuristic clothing and accessories
- Extreme Largeness – jewellery and accessories
First Floor
- The Studio – tattoos and body piercings
- Teeth Tech – laser teeth whitening
- Mollie & Loela – handmade dresses and accessories
- Clothing with a Conscience – eco-friendly clothes for women and children
- Strutt – unique shoes for women
- Waxworks – nail bar, hair and beauty salon, ear piercings
- The Bead Shop – beads and jewellery making supplies
- Panic Posters – posters, badges, t-shirts, and accessories
- Milner & Webb – vintage clothes and paraphernalia
- Elysia – gothic clothing
- Strawberri Peach – well established store offering prom dresses, club wear, handmade corsets, and evening wear
Second Floor
- Carousel – folk art including Japanese (Kokeshi) dolls and Russian (Matryoshka) dolls
- Oh Hell – vintage and customised clothing
- Punk’d Image – alternative fashion
- Projekts Skate Shop – skateboards, skate shoes and clothing
- American Graffiti – retro clothing from the 1940s to 1980s and fancy dress, one of the original tenants
- Tokyo Royale – Japanese influenced fashions
- Mashed – army surplus shop selling combat trousers, books, rucksacks, gas masks etc.
- Palace Barbers – hairdressers
- Rubber Plantation – condoms, adult and fancy dress outfits, stag and hen night costumes
- Vampire Bunnies – handmade ladies clothes
Third Floor
- Top to Toe – bags
- Zen – menswear
- Cindy’s House – customised clothes
- Woodchip Boutique – handmade dresses, bags, and accessories
- The Crystal Emporium – new age store
- Pants – men’s underwear
- Resurrect Studios – photography studio
- Café 3 – vintage-style café
- Me&Yu – hand-printed street wear
- Hannah Makes Things – bespoke jewellery
Opening Hours
Afflecks is open Monday to Friday 10.30 am to 6 pm, and Saturday 10 am to 6 pm. On Sunday only the ground floor is open (11 am to 5 pm). Opening times on bank holidays are 11 am to 5 pm.
Location & Directions
Affleck’s is located in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, at the junction of Church Street, Dale Street, and Tib Street.
The nearest car parks are the NCP car park on Tib Street and the NCP multi-storey car park on Church Street.
Shoppers travelling on the Metrolink should exit at Market Street. Afflecks is just 100 yards away along Tib Street.
History
The market was established as Affleck’s Palace in the early 1980s by Elaine Walsh. It took its name from previous tenants, the Affleck and Brown department store.
Affleck’s Palace subsequently became the shopping destination of choice for many of Manchester’s biggest names in music such as the Happy Mondays and Inspiral Carpets. Wayne Hemingway of Red or Dead and Tom Bloxham of Urban Splash also launched their businesses here.
In 2007 it looked destined to close after Elaine Walsh decided not to renew her lease on the building with landlords Bruntwood. However, in early 2008 Bruntwood took over the management of the market, rebranding it as Afflecks.
Reviews / Comments / Additional Information
It is now fully let and the place to come to buy anything that's NOT mainstream.
Open late till 7:00pm all Thursdays in December and open EVERY Sunday throughout December
Owners Bruntwood have taken over management and have vowed to keep it open without significantly changing its off-beat focus. It was re-launched on Saturday as ‘Afflecks’.
nooooo
that would be awful