Piccadilly Gardens-Etihad Stadium

On match/event days use the official route to the Ehihad and Coop Live. This goes through the backstreets, for example, Newton Street, right onto Dale Street, left onto Dulcie Street, then joins Ashton Canal on the right (see access image). Which goes to Etihad Stadium, via a bridge to the shop. There’s background to this walk. Since the stadium was built in 2002 the council then Manchester City have tried to encourage people to walk to and from the Ehihad. They have built a well‐signposted, wide path with street‐lighting that flows to Holt Park tram station, then stops. After that, the walk to the city centre is bad—watch people cut right to the New Islington tram stop, which was never intended as a footpath, or use Pollard Street—anything to avoid Merrill and/or Every Street. The path here will not carry a football crowd but, if it’s not a match day and daylight, this is the way.