4 Piccadilly Place, Manchester: The Complete Guide
Everything you need to know about 4 Piccadilly Place, one of Manchester's landmark mixed-use developments on the southern edge of Piccadilly Gardens.
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4 Piccadilly Place is one of the more recognisable buildings on the southern edge of Piccadilly Gardens in central Manchester. Part of the wider Piccadilly Place development, it sits near the transport interchange at Piccadilly Station and is home to major office tenants, ground-floor food and drink venues, and a distinctive modern facade that dominates the approach from Piccadilly Gardens.
What is 4 Piccadilly Place?
Piccadilly Place is a mixed-use development by Argent (who also delivered the Spinningfields development) on the southern edge of Piccadilly Gardens. Buildings 1 to 4 make up the main complex, with 4 Piccadilly Place being one of the taller office blocks. The development includes offices, hotels, retail, and food and drink venues on the ground floor.
How to get there
Train: 3-minute walk from Manchester Piccadilly station
Metrolink: Piccadilly stop is the nearest, or St Peter's Square for the city centre
Bus: multiple routes stop at Piccadilly Gardens
Parking: NCP Piccadilly Place and several nearby car parks
What's inside
4 Piccadilly Place is primarily an office building, with a range of tenants from professional services firms, tech companies, and creative agencies. The ground floor hosts food and drink venues that serve both the office population and pedestrians passing through. The building connects into the wider Piccadilly Place walkway system.
History
The Piccadilly Place scheme began in the mid-2000s as part of a wider regeneration of the area around Piccadilly Gardens and Piccadilly Station. Argent delivered the development in phases, with the modern glass-and-steel aesthetic becoming one of the defining architectural statements of central Manchester's post-2008 commercial boom.
What else is nearby
Piccadilly Gardens — 2 minutes' walk
Manchester Piccadilly station — 3 minutes' walk
The Pen and Pencil, Dishoom, and other central restaurants — 5–10 minutes' walk
The Northern Quarter — 8 minutes' walk
4 Piccadilly Place is mostly a working office building, but the ground floor and surrounding walkways are open to the public and worth knowing about if you're travelling through central Manchester.