Manchester Craft and Design Centre

Manchester Craft & Design is established to foster and promote the advancement of education of the public in contemporary visual art, craft and design by developing artistic understanding and participation, stimulating and promoting high standards, and providing greater access to the arts to the public.An oasis of calm in the city, Manchester Craft & Design Centre is just five minutes from Manchester’s main shopping areas of Market Street, the Arndale Centre and Afflecks Palace. Situated in the heart of Manchester’s vibrant Northern Quarter with its coffee shops, restaurants, bars and independent retailers, our Victorian building – once the home of the city’s retail fish market – now features two floors of contemporary craft studios but is still complete with many of its original and quirky fixtures and fittings.