The Great Northern is an entertainment, leisure and retail complex on Deansgate in Manchester city centre. It’s situated in a building that was once the goods warehouse for Manchester Central Train Station.
Entertainment options here are the AMC Cinema, Manchester235, and All Star Lanes.
The AMC Cinema is one of only two cinemas in Manchester city centre (the other is the Odeon Manchester at the Printworks). It offers 16 screens (including 3D theatres) and an amusement arcade.
Manchester235 is a Las Vegas style casino with gaming tables, slot machines and a poker lounge. The restaurant here features the modern British cuisine of celebrity chef James Martin (star of Saturday Kitchen), while the Vega Lounge is a glamourous venue offering live entertainment at the weekends.
All Star Lanes offers a tenpin bowling experience for trendy, young professionals. The centre boasts eight lanes and an American style restaurant and cocktail bar.
Almost Famous is a burger joint catering to a hip young crowd. Its neighbour, Home Sweet Home opened in October 2015 and specialises in breakfasts, brunches, pancakes, and milkshakes.
The Lifestyle Fitness gym is also here and offers a great free weights section. Monthly membership rates are reasonable and day passes are available.
The Deansgate side of the Great Northern houses a range of businesses at street level. Occupants here at the time of writing (November 2015) include Pane Vino (Italian café), Leaders (estate agents), Suttons City Living (estate agents), Julie Twist Properties (estate agents), Peter Regan (hair salon), CP Hart (luxury bathrooms), The Tanning Lounge, Evuna (Spanish restaurant), Wesley-Barrell (upholstered sofas and armchairs), and Feather & Black (beds and bedroom furniture).
The Great Northern is located on Deansgate in the Petersfield area of Manchester city centre.
Visitors travelling by car can leave their vehicle in the NCP Great Northern Warehouse car park. The entrance is on Watson Street (postcode M3 4EE).
The nearest train station is Deansgate and the closest Metrolink station is Deansgate-Castlefield. Both are just 200 yards from the Great Northern.
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Map showing location of Great Northern.
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Great Northern
Address and postcode
Deansgate
Manchester
Greater Manchester
United Kingdom
M3 4EN
john says
Yea! They crashed my car too!
Ben Manchester says
Manchester235 Casino – Shockingly Poor Customer Service !
The casino itself is a great place and a great alternative to other bars and night clubs in Manchester. However once incident has let it down for me.
To cut a long story short the Valet parking is very disorganised and is absolutely chaotic at busy times and because of this they managed to reversed my car into a mini-bus causing significant damage. This is fine as we all make mistakes. What is not fine is that other than the poor guy who was driving it NO ONE else has even said sorry or taken it seriously. After over a month and many unreturned calls and excuses plus a letter to the casino director I finally got exactly the cost of the repair. Not even a letter of a apology or compensation for having to take 2 days off work to have the repair completed myself.
With customer service like this I would strongly recommend avoiding their valet service and other facilities.