Where a car takes you from Manchester
These are the day trips from Manchester on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Stockport Stockport, fifteen minutes south of Manchester by train
- Bury Bury, seven miles north of Manchester by Metrolink
- Eccles Eccles in Salford, four miles west of Manchester
- Altrincham Altrincham, thirty-five minutes south-west of Manchester by tram
- Glossop Glossop, forty minutes east of Manchester by train into the Peak District foothills
- Knutsford Knutsford, thirty-five minutes south of Manchester in Cheshire's affluent belt
Booking a car in Manchester
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 10.86 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Avis, Dollar, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz, Keddy, National
- Pick up at
- Manchester Airport
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.