Planning a visa appointment from Manchester starts with identifying the centre attached to your destination and provider. The closest listed option is the VFS Global Manchester Visa Application Centre at 50 Devonshire Street North, 2.8 miles and an estimated 10 minutes by road from the centre of Manchester. This guide also covers the TLScontact and BLS International centres in Manchester, plus the BLS Spain centre in London. It sets out the listed routes, practical travel checks and how MyVisaPing cancellation Alerts can help you watch for appointments without promising availability.
Centre and route research checked 1 August 2026
Every route below is linked to a current appointment provider and an active Cancellation Finder product.
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Distances start from the centre of Manchester and follow a road route where available.
Check the destination-specific VFS page and appointment confirmation before travelling.
The centre is close to Piccadilly Gardens. Check the provider page for appointment-specific arrival instructions.
Check the current submission time and courier requirements before travelling.
Attend only with the documents and appointment confirmation required for your visa category.
Driving distances and times are estimates calculated from the centre of the named location. Live traffic, road closures and the applicant starting point can change the journey.
The nearest listed centre for Manchester is the VFS Global Manchester Visa Application Centre, 50 Devonshire Street North, Manchester M12 6JH. Its recorded driving estimate is 2.8 miles and 10 minutes from the centre of the named location. The centre record connects it with the Italy, Netherlands and Portugal routes on this page. Check the destination-specific VFS page and your appointment confirmation before travelling, as the centre guidance specifically puts that check first. Treat the mileage and time as estimates, not a fixed arrival schedule, because live traffic, road closures and your actual starting point can change the journey.
Manchester also has a TLScontact centre at 1 Portland Street, M1 3BE, listed at 3.7 miles and 11 minutes, for the France and Germany routes. The BLS Spain Visa Application Centre is at Unit 1, 205 Chapel Street, Salford, Manchester M3 5PF, with a 4.4-mile, 13-minute estimate for Spain. A further Spain option is the BLS centre at 20 St Andrew Street, London EC4A 3AG, 197.6 miles and 239 minutes away in the estimate. These are provider and route pairings, so confirm the right city before booking.
Use the road estimates as a starting point for planning rather than as a promise of journey time. From the centre of Manchester, the listed figures are 2.8 miles and 10 minutes to VFS Global, 3.7 miles and 11 minutes to TLScontact, 4.4 miles and 13 minutes to BLS Spain in Salford, and 197.6 miles and 239 minutes to BLS Spain in London. The data source is OpenStreetMap with OSRM calculations. Before leaving, allow for the caveat supplied with these figures: traffic conditions, closures and your starting point may alter the actual trip.
Your route determines the centre you should check. VFS Global's Manchester listing is attached here to Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal; TLScontact Manchester is attached to France and Germany; BLS Manchester is attached to Spain; and BLS London is another listed Spain route. Open the relevant official booking page and centre guidance before you commit to travel. For BLS Manchester, the supplied guidance highlights checking the current submission time and courier requirements. For BLS London, check the documents and appointment confirmation required for your visa category.
Confirm destination, provider and address before setting off. The Manchester VFS record covers only the Italy, Netherlands and Portugal routes shown here, while TLScontact covers France and Germany and BLS covers Spain. Check the destination-specific official page and appointment confirmation so you do not travel to a centre linked to another route.
If your appointment is with BLS Spain in Manchester, check the current submission time and any courier requirements on the provider page before travelling. The centre is listed at Unit 1, 205 Chapel Street, Salford, Manchester M3 5PF. Keep the address alongside your appointment confirmation, rather than relying on a general Manchester search.
If you are travelling to TLScontact Manchester, the supplied guidance places the centre close to Piccadilly Gardens and asks applicants to check appointment-specific arrival instructions. Its listed address is 1 Portland Street, Manchester M1 3BE. Recheck those instructions shortly before the journey because provider guidance can change.
For a London Spain appointment, use the BLS London address in your confirmation: 20 St Andrew Street, London EC4A 3AG. The listed estimate from Manchester is 197.6 miles and 239 minutes by road, so build your plan around the long journey and the possibility that live conditions alter the timing.
This guide was researched on 1 August 2026. Provider details can change, so confirm the current instructions before booking or travelling.