Based in Manchester. Operating from the city we know best.
Our home
R5 is based in Manchester. Every hotel entrance, every terminal, every shortcut — learned over years of operation.
Coverage
Terminals 1, 2, and 3. Flight-tracked pickups with meet and greet in arrivals.
The Lowry, The Midland, King Street Townhouse, Hotel Gotham, Kimpton Clocktower.
Match day transport, hospitality suites, corporate events.
BBC, ITV, production companies. Talent and crew transfers.
Deansgate, Spinningfields, St Peter's Square.
Creative agencies, restaurants, bars.
What we offer
Flight-tracked service to and from Manchester Airport and all UK airports.
Learn more →Account-managed service for Manchester businesses and organisations.
Learn more →Multi-vehicle coordination for events across Greater Manchester.
Learn more →Neighbourhoods
Door-to-door pickup from any Manchester address. The areas below are our most-booked.
The financial and legal core. Daily corporate pickups from XYZ Building, 1 Hardman Square, the Avenue, and the towers along Deansgate. Clearway zones mean we pre-position rather than circle.
Stevenson Square, Tib Street, Thomas Street. Ginnels are tight; we'll meet you on Oldham Street or Piccadilly Approach rather than block the alleys. Match-night and late-bar pickups handled the same way.
Castle Wharf, Liverpool Road, the new media district around Factory International. Common drop for production days at Aviva Studios; M15 covers Hulme and the Bridgewater Hall side.
Cutting Room Square, Cotton Field Wharf, Hallé St Peter's. Restaurant pickups (Mana, Erst, Higher Ground) and residential collections from the canalside developments.
Central business address belt. Town Hall events, Manchester Hall, Edwardian Hotel arrivals. Bookings here cluster around 7-9am and 5-7pm; pre-book to avoid the box-junction lottery.
BBC, ITV, dock-10, Lowry Theatre. Production-day chauffeur cover, late-night returns from filming, and corporate travel for the towers around the Quays. Cross-link with our production transport service.
Affluent residential south. Common pre-airport pickups, school-run-adjacent corporate cover, and wedding pickups from the southern suburbs.
We also cover Altrincham, Hale & Knutsford, Wilmslow, Stockport, Bolton, Salford, and Trafford — same fixed quote, same fleet, same chauffeurs.
Pickup points
Specific kerb-level instructions — useful when arranging a pickup for someone else.
Pickup at the taxi rank on Fairfield Street is busy and time-limited. We pre-book the official station forecourt or — for chauffeured service — meet at Gateway House on Station Approach, immediately outside the main concourse on Piccadilly side.
Hunts Bank or the Corporation Street side, depending on platform. We park on Cathedral Street if there's no live drop-off space.
Meet-and-greet from the short-stay car park (£5 included in fare). Name board at arrivals, luggage handled into the boot. See our airport transfers page for terminal-specific routing.
Match-day and event pickups. Pre-positioned drop, dedicated post-event meet point texted before kick-off. See match-day chauffeur.
Concierge handover or direct lobby meet. Most central hotels have a dedicated chauffeur kerb; we use it where available, name boarded if requested.
Mana, Higher Ground, Erst, Adam Reid at the French, Hawksmoor, Tattu — concierge or door pickup, plate-only correspondence available so the maître d' isn't naming the principal across the room.
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