 Logo of the Cycling Centre | |
| Full name | National Cycling Centre |
|---|---|
| Former names | HSBC UK National Cycling Centre Manchester Velodrome |
| Address | Manchester United Kingdom |
| Location | Stuart Street Manchester England M11 4DQ |
| Coordinates | 53°29′07″N2°11′27″W / 53.48528°N 2.19083°W /53.48528; -2.19083 |
| Owner | City of Manchester |
| Operator | Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) |
| Capacity | 3500 |
| Field size | 250 metres |
| Surface | Siberian Pine |
| Construction | |
| Opened | September 1994 (velodrome) |
| Expanded | 2011 (BMX complex) 2013 (Mountain bike trails) |
| Architect | Faulkner Brown Architects |
| Services engineer | R.V. Webb |
| Tenants | |
| British Cycling | |
| Website | |
| http://www.nationalcyclingcentre.com | |
TheNational Cycling Centre is a multipurpose cycling venue inSportcity,Manchester,United Kingdom. It includes an indoorVelodrome and aBMX arena and outdoormountain bike trials. It also has offices forBritish Cycling, the governing body for cycling in Britain.[1]
The velodrome of the National Cycling Centre was built in 1994 for Manchester Olympic bids. It was Britain's first indoor cycling track.[1] It hostedtrack cycling events in the2002 Commonwealth Games, theRevolution series and theUCI Track Cycling World Championships a record three times (1996,2000 and2008). More than 15 track cycling world records have been set on the track. The velodrome has been cited as a catalyst for Britain's successes in track cycling since 2002 and nowadays claims to be one of the busiest in the world.[2][3]
The centre of the velodrome has a 40m x 38m sprung wooden floor with courts marked out for 10 xBadminton, 2 xBasketball, 2 xFutsal, and 2 xKorfball.[4]
British Cycling and Manchester City Council, in partnership with New East Manchester worked together to deliver the 110,000-square-foot (10,000 m2)National Indoor BMX Centre which opened in 2011.[5] It was designed by Ellis Williams Architects, and built by contractorsSir Robert McAlpine.The £24 million complex is the only permanent indoor BMX track in theUnited Kingdom. It has 2,000 seats, a BMX area and offices for the headquarters ofBritish Cycling.[6]
There are mountain bike trails throughClayton Vale, a green space through the Medlock River Valley Corridor, since 2013. The trails are 12 km in length including four skill levels from easy to expert. The National Cycling Centre is the Trail head for this route.
There is also a Mountain Bike and BMX Skills Zone, featuring apump track and technical trail features.[1]
As well as bringing in the finest equipment and the best coaches available, British Cycling based everything on one oval track in Manchester, built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
