Altrincham
Altrincham is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is located south of the River Mersey, 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Manchester, 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Sale and 10 miles (16 km) east of Warrington. Wikipedia
Population 52,419 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 03 of daylight
- February: 9 h 50 of daylight
- March: 11 h 48 of daylight
- April: 13 h 58 of daylight
- May: 15 h 52 of daylight
- June: 16 h 58 of daylight
- July: 16 h 31 of daylight
- August: 14 h 50 of daylight
- September: 12 h 45 of daylight
- October: 10 h 39 of daylight
- November: 8 h 40 of daylight
- December: 7 h 32 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Altrincham
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Altrincham's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 2
1 to 2 hours· 11
- Salford1h 01
- Bolton1h 23
- Warrington1h 32
- Sheffield1h 35
- Chester1h 39
- Shrewsbury1h 42
- Huddersfield1h 43
- Runcorn1h 45
- Wigan1h 49
- Liverpool1h 50
1 moreFewer
2 to 3 hours· 19
3 to 5 hours· 50
- Worcester3h 04
- Peterborough3h 12
- St Albans3h 13
- Stevenage3h 15
- Cheltenham3h 16
- Kingston upon Hull3h 17
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll3h 18
- Llandudno3h 25
- Nelson3h 27
- Gloucester3h 28
40 moreFewer
- Reading3h 28
- Stratford-upon-Avon3h 32
- Guildford3h 34
- Chelmsford3h 36
- Middlesbrough3h 38
- Windsor and Eton3h 38
- Cardiff3h 40
- Crawley3h 41
- Oxford3h 42
- Cleethorpes3h 44
- Cambridge3h 45
- Farnborough3h 46
- Ely3h 48
- Southend-on-Sea3h 55
- Tewkesbury3h 57
- Brighton3h 59
- Folkestone4h 01
- Newcastle upon Tyne4h 02
- Scarborough4h 02
- Colchester4h 06
- Winchester4h 06
- Durham4h 08
- Bristol4h 09
- Swindon4h 12
- Eastleigh4h 15
- Canterbury4h 21
- Aberystwyth4h 23
- Southampton4h 24
- Sunderland4h 25
- Ipswich4h 26
- Lille4h 28
- Swansea4h 35
- Arundel4h 35
- Bath4h 36
- Annan4h 38
- Glasgow4h 42
- Portsmouth4h 43
- Hastings4h 46
- Salisbury4h 47
- Eastbourne4h 49
5 hours or more· 72
- Brussels5h 07
- Bournemouth5h 07
- Warminster5h 12
- Norwich5h 14
- Exeter5h 15
- Lanark5h 17
- Tywyn5h 24
- Berwick-upon-Tweed5h 27
- Edinburgh5h 29
- Greenock5h 29
62 moreFewer
- Kraainem5h 36
- Stirling5h 39
- Helensburgh5h 42
- Leuven5h 44
- Kortrijk5h 47
- Aalst5h 52
- Mechelen5h 52
- Paris6h 01
- Ghent6h 02
- Charleroi6h 04
- Antwerp6h 11
- Disneyland Paris6h 11
- North Berwick6h 11
- Amiens6h 12
- Plymouth6h 15
- Torquay6h 15
- Calais6h 19
- Perth6h 19
- Kirkcaldy6h 21
- Cromer6h 24
- Lier6h 25
- Saint-Cloud6h 29
- Ath6h 30
- Bruges6h 31
- Namur6h 32
- Rotterdam6h 34
- Liège6h 36
- Hasselt6h 37
- Sint-Niklaas6h 37
- Versailles6h 41
- Schiedam6h 43
- Ypres6h 49
- Delft6h 49
- Dundee6h 50
- Ostend6h 56
- Fontainebleau6h 58
- The Hague7h 02
- Dinant7h 08
- Breda7h 09
- Reims7h 16
- Dordrecht7h 16
- Leiden7h 17
- Amsterdam7h 22
- Tilburg7h 25
- Spa7h 25
- Gouda7h 28
- Whitby7h 34
- Le Mans7h 35
- Zaandam7h 36
- Haarlem7h 37
- Weesp7h 37
- Hilversum7h 38
- Maastricht7h 39
- Tenby7h 39
- Rouen7h 46
- Utrecht7h 48
- Almere7h 49
- Eindhoven7h 49
- Bussum7h 49
- Metz7h 50
- Amersfoort7h 50
- 's-Hertogenbosch7h 52
From Altrincham's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 3
1 to 2 hours· 10
2 to 3 hours· 19
3 to 5 hours· 47
- Nottingham3h 02
- Lincoln3h 13
- Cheltenham3h 22
- Kingston upon Hull3h 23
- Cleethorpes3h 25
- St Albans3h 26
- Stevenage3h 28
- Stamford3h 29
- Scarborough3h 32
- Newcastle upon Tyne3h 33
37 moreFewer
- Peterborough3h 34
- Worcester3h 37
- Durham3h 39
- Gloucester3h 43
- Reading3h 43
- Oxford3h 45
- Stratford-upon-Avon3h 48
- Chelmsford3h 53
- Guildford3h 55
- Cardiff3h 55
- Crawley3h 56
- Middlesbrough3h 58
- Sunderland4h
- Annan4h 03
- Farnborough4h 04
- Canterbury4h 06
- Southend-on-Sea4h 07
- Bristol4h 08
- Windsor and Eton4h 08
- Aberystwyth4h 08
- Swindon4h 10
- Cambridge4h 11
- Tewkesbury4h 13
- Colchester4h 18
- Berwick-upon-Tweed4h 18
- Folkestone4h 18
- Ely4h 18
- Brighton4h 22
- Bath4h 30
- Winchester4h 36
- Hastings4h 38
- Ipswich4h 40
- Glasgow4h 41
- Edinburgh4h 47
- Eastleigh4h 47
- Eastbourne4h 49
- Southampton4h 57
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guideWithin a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 30 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
- Altrincham - Railway Street 250 m
- Altrincham - The Causeway 470 m
- Altrincham Interchange 640 m
- Altrincham 660 m
- Hale 770 m
- Hale - Ashley Road 900 m
More train stations: Navigation Road 1.5 km, Ashley 3.3 km, Manchester Airport 5.9 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.