Based in Manchester. Operating from the city we know best.
Our home city
R5 is based in Manchester, and it is the city we drive every day. We know which Spinningfields entrance the early flights leave from, where the chauffeur kerb sits at the Midland and the Edwardian, and how Deansgate behaves at half five on a wet Friday. We know the airport terminals as a pattern rather than a postcode, and we read MediaCity, Old Trafford and the Etihad by their fixtures as much as their addresses. Family-run and Manchester-grounded, we carry that local fluency nationwide.
Coverage
From the Terminal 1-3 forecourts to the towers of Spinningfields, the routes we run most often across the city and Greater Manchester.
Terminals 1, 2 and 3. Flight-tracked pickups with a name board in arrivals and meet-and-greet from the short-stay car park.
The Midland, The Lowry, King Street Townhouse, Stock Exchange Hotel, Edwardian Manchester and Kimpton Clocktower.
Match-day transport to both grounds and Co-op Live. Pre-positioned drop, post-event meet point confirmed before kick-off.
BBC, ITV, dock10 and the Lowry Theatre. Talent, crew and production-day transfers around the docks.
The financial and legal core, plus St Peter's Square, King Street and Albert Square. Account-managed corporate cover at peak.
Stevenson Square, Tib Street and the canalside around New Islington. Creative agencies, restaurants and late-bar pickups.
What we offer
Airport runs to MAN, account corporate work across Spinningfields and the city, and multi-vehicle cover for events and production days.
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
From the M3 towers to the M20 suburbs, door-to-door pickup from any Manchester address. The areas below are our most-booked.
The financial and legal core. Daily corporate pickups from 1 and 3 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 discreet footballer chauffeur 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.
The Fairfield Street set-down 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 the 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. We also work as a hotel concierge partner for several Manchester properties.
Mana, Higher Ground, Erst, Adam Reid at the French, Hawksmoor and Tattu. Concierge or door pickup, with plate-only correspondence available so the maître d' isn't naming the principal across the room.
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