Rowers in the Manchester ship canal with IWM North in the background

Trafford Park

Where can you do indoor skiing, walk the set of Coronation Street and explore an ecology park in the centre of the city? Trafford Park is home to all of this and more.

Photo: Steve Longbottom

What's On

1 January 2026 – 31 March 2027

Festivals and Events, Trafford Park

Volunteer Insights: 10 Minute Talks at IWM North

Join IWM North's volunteers for free, daily, ten minute talks on an item or key figure linked to the museum's collection or subject matter. Find them all in the Main Exhibition Space, subject to volunteer availability.

Women from the 'Desi Grannies' group making their art around a table.

21 March – 31 December

Arts and Culture, Trafford Park

Outrageous Women: Marriage, Religion and Culture

This display is inspired by the IWM exhibition Chila Welcomes You by artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman, in which she offers a personal perspective on stories of Indian migration to Britain following the Second World War.

1 April – 31 December

Arts and Culture, Trafford Park

The Roads We Walked: The Fifth Pan-African Congress

The Roads We Walked is IWM North's newest Big Picture Show, celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Fifth Pan-African Congress, which took place at Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall, Manchester, in October 1945.

Two female actors dressed as dead twin girls staring vacantly at the camera while stood in front of a piranha display

30 October – 1 November

Festivals and Events, Trafford Park

Ascarium: The Cursed Depths

This Halloween, brave the darkness of Ascarium: The Cursed Depths at SEA LIFE Manchester. An after-hours scare awaits, where something lurks beneath the waves… and it knows you’re coming.