Manchester Velodrome

National Cycling Centre

Manchester Velodrome
Panorama image of the Manchester Velodrome
Location	Stuart Street Manchester England M11 4DQ
Owner	City of Manchester
Operator	British Cycling
Capacity	3,500
Field size	250 metre track
Construction
Opened	September 1994
Architect	FaulknerBrowns Architects
Services engineer	R.V. Webb (Velodrome track)
Tenants
Sky Track Cycling (UCI Track Cycling) Team Sky (UCI ProTeam) Manchester Wheelers' Club
Website
manchestervelodrome.com Major events hosted 2002 Commonwealth Games UCI Track Cycling World Championships (1996, 2000, 2008) Revolution Cycling series

Manchester Velodrome is an indoor Olympic-standard cycle-racing track in Manchester, England, which opened in 1994. Part of the National Cycling Centre, the facility has been home to British Cycling since 1994 and the four time Tour de France-winning UCI ProTeam Team Sky since it formed in 2009. The Manchester Velodrome has been cited as the major catalyst for Britain's successes in track and road cycling and has been described by Cycling Weekly as the "beating heart of British Cycling’s ascension to the top of world cycling".

For 18 years from opening, it was the only indoor Olympic-standard track in the United Kingdom before the completion of the Lee Valley VeloPark for the 2012 Summer Olympics and is one of the busiest velodromes in the World used by both professional cyclists and members of the public from 8am to 10pm.

The venue hosted track cycling for the 2002 Commonwealth Games and forms part of the Sportcity complex, located adjacent to the City of Manchester Stadium, host stadium for the 2002 Games and home of Manchester City F.C. It has also hosted the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 1996, 2000 and 2008 and hosts regular meets of the Revolution track cycling series. The National Indoor BMX Arena adjacent opened in 2011 and the Velodrome can be accessed from the Metrolink Velopark tram stop on the East Manchester Line.