Commercial Kitchen to
Rent in Manchester
Why Rent a Kitchen in Manchester M12?
Manchester is the UK’s second-biggest delivery food market by value. Our Manchester facility is central and easy to reach; less than a 15-minute walk from Piccadilly Station. We’re on the doorstep of the trendy Northern Quarter and Ancoats and are less than 10 minutes from the popular student neighbourhoods of Rusholme and Fallowfield. Our delivery radius gives you access to almost 1 million people within a 15-minute drive.
Radius Includes: Collyhurst, Beswick, Longsight, Rusholme, Whalley Range, Fallowfield, Strangeways, and more.
Average Income £30,900
Radii Population 540,110
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What's Available at
This Location?
Our Manchester site works for a few different needs. Book it by the day for events, catering contracts, or one-off projects through Day-Rate Kitchen hire; use it as a Central Production Kitchen for higher-volume manufacturing and batch cooking; or run a delivery-first brand from a Delivery Kitchen – also known as a dark kitchen, ghost kitchen, or cloud kitchen – set up for the major platforms like Deliveroo, Uber Eats, and Just Eat.
Pricing in Manchester
We keep pricing flexible so it fits the way your business actually operates. If you just need the kitchen for a day, Day-Rate hire is charged by the day; if you're setting up a permanent base, Delivery Kitchen and Central Production Kitchen space runs on a monthly membership. Either way, your fee covers the essentials – utilities, waste management, wifi, cleaning, and site management – with no separate bills to manage.
Why our pricing works
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You pay one fixed amount – never a cut of your sales.
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Utilities, wifi, cleaning, and site management are all covered, with no separate bills.
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Day-Rate hire has no minimum term; Delivery Kitchen and CPU memberships stay flexible rather than locking you into a long lease.
Our Manchester Site
Our Manchester site is located at Unit D, Aldow Industrial Estate, Ardwick, Manchester, M12 6AE – on the eastern edge of Manchester city centre. It offers Standard Kitchens (16m²) and Large Kitchens (30m²), fully fitted and ready to trade.
Our Service
Choose from a variety of different use cases and benefit from our plug and play offering.
Flexible Terms
We don’t believe in restrictive, long traditional leases. Step into flexible contracts that are tailored to your needs.
Modular Design
Take advantage of our in-house construction team that can help quote for works, advise on plans and recommend trusted tradesmen for any works planned.
Managed Spaces
We know that starting a business is tough. That’s why we’ve kept our spaces affordable and quick to launch.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Our Manchester site is at Unit D, Aldow Industrial Estate, Ardwick, on the eastern edge of the city centre. It sits just off the Mancunian Way (A635), which links directly into Manchester's inner ring road and the wider motorway network, making it straightforward to reach by car or for delivery drivers. It's also about a 15-minute walk from Manchester Piccadilly – the city's main rail and Metrolink tram hub – so it's easy to reach without a vehicle too.
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Yes. Our Day-Rate Kitchen option lets you book the Manchester site by the day with no lock-in period and no minimum term, so it works for a one-off event, a catering contract, a menu development session, or a content shoot. The kitchen comes fully equipped and ready to cook in, and your daily rate covers utilities, water, waste, pest control, wifi, and cleaning – so there's nothing extra to arrange on the day.
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It depends how you use the space. Day-Rate hire has no minimum term at all – you simply book the days you need. Ongoing Delivery Kitchen and Central Production Kitchen tenancies run on flexible terms rather than long, restrictive leases, so a kitchen can scale up or down as the business changes. The team can walk through exactly what applies to a specific setup.
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Yes. Encore Kitchens operates a network of 25+ locations and 550+ kitchens across London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Leeds, so you're not limited to a single site. You can add capacity within Manchester, move into a larger Central Production Kitchen as volume grows, or expand into another city – all under the same account and the same operational standard, without switching providers or renegotiating from scratch. You can view available locations here.
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Our Manchester site works across a range of models: delivery-first and virtual brands running on platforms like Deliveroo, Uber Eats, and Just Eat; caterers and event operators who need a fully equipped kitchen for short bursts; and food producers or manufacturers who need a Central Production Kitchen for higher-volume batch cooking and prep. With almost 1 million people reachable within a 15-minute drive, it's well placed for brands that want to serve Manchester's delivery market without the cost of building a kitchen from scratch.
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Yes. We offer tours of our Manchester site so you can see the space, the equipment, and the facilities in person, and talk through availability and pricing for the way you plan to use it before making any commitment. Book a tour to arrange a visit.