TLScontact Manchester Visa Application Centre
1 Portland Street, Manchester M1 3BEThe centre is close to Piccadilly Gardens. Check the France provider page for appointment-specific arrival instructions.
Visa applicants in Wrexham have supported options concentrated in Manchester, with an additional listed BLS Spain route in London.
Centre and route research checked 2 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 Wrexham and follow a road route where available.
The centre is close to Piccadilly Gardens. Check the France provider page for appointment-specific arrival instructions.
Check the destination-specific VFS page and appointment confirmation before travelling.
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.
Visa applicants in Wrexham have supported options concentrated in Manchester, with an additional listed BLS Spain route in London. The nearest supported centre is the TLScontact Manchester Visa Application Centre at 1 Portland Street for France. Other Manchester centres cover Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. This guide explains the supplied addresses and driving estimates, while the Cancellation Finder helps you follow a selected route and receive email and SMS notifications as you confirm current provider instructions.
The TLScontact Manchester Visa Application Centre is at 1 Portland Street, Manchester M1 3BE, near Piccadilly Gardens, and is linked to France. The VFS Global Manchester centre is at 50 Devonshire Street North, Manchester M12 6JH, with listed routes for Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal. BLS Spain uses Unit 1, 205 Chapel Street, Salford, Manchester M3 5PF. Match each destination to its provider and address before relying on the city name in your booking plan for travel planning.
The supplied centre-card estimates from central Wrexham are 71 minutes to the TLScontact and VFS Global Manchester sites, and 67 minutes to BLS Spain in Salford. The BLS location is not the nearest by the supplied distance measure, despite its shorter time estimate. Live traffic, road closures and your starting point can change any journey, so treat these figures as planning references. Allow extra planning time on appointment day for the journey from Wrexham itself.
The Manchester centres are all in different buildings, even though they share the application city. France uses Portland Street, the Italy, Netherlands and Portugal routes use Devonshire Street North, and Spain uses Chapel Street in Salford. Check the full postcode for your destination before travelling. The Manchester guidance also points applicants to provider or destination pages and appointment confirmations for current arrival details. Keep that information with your booking paperwork for reference during the journey.
With an estimated 67 to 71 minutes of driving from central Wrexham, the Manchester journey may still be affected by traffic, road closures and your actual starting point. Choose a departure time that leaves room for those variables. If your route is the London Spain option, its estimate is 234 minutes, and the BLS London address is 20 St Andrew Street, London EC4A 3AG. Use the route-specific confirmation before making the longer journey from Wrexham.
France is handled at the TLScontact centre, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal at VFS Global Manchester, and Spain at BLS Manchester. Write the destination beside the provider and postcode in your notes, because the application city alone does not identify the correct building.
Before leaving Wrexham, read the official page for your destination and provider alongside the appointment confirmation. TLScontact gives France-specific arrival guidance, VFS directs applicants to destination-specific information, and BLS Manchester asks applicants to check current submission time and courier requirements.
The supplied Manchester times range from 67 to 71 minutes from central Wrexham, while the London Spain estimate is 234 minutes. These are driving estimates, not promises. Allow for traffic, road closures and your starting point, then leave a buffer before the confirmed appointment time.
Keep your appointment confirmation and the documents required for your visa category together. For Spain, check BLS Manchester's submission time and courier requirements. For other routes, use the TLScontact or VFS Global instructions, and do not assume guidance from one destination applies to another.
This guide was researched on 2 August 2026. Provider details can change, so confirm the current instructions before booking or travelling.