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Press & Media

In this section you'll find resources for Press and Media including
broadcast facilities, filming agreements, print resources and
using the Centre as a film and TV location.

Press enquiries

The intu Trafford Centre Press Office is open for news enquiries and
interview requests. The Press Office is open standard times (9am
until 5:30pm Monday to Friday), and operates an emergency
out-of-hours number for urgent press enquiries. Please use contact
details below:

The Press Office
Management Suite
intu Trafford Centre
Manchester
M17 8AA

Tel: 0161 746 7777

Emergency Out of Hours Tel: 07917 156 010

Email the Press Office here >

Interviews

Intu Trafford Centre has a limited number of media-trained staff who are available for recorded interviews for TV and Radio. Unfortunately, we are unable to front other members of staff including customer services or security staff, but the Press Office is happy to field set questions on behalf of media who are looking for an informed, expert opinion in any of the areas relevant to The Centre. Please apply to the intu Trafford Centre Press Office in the first instance.

Press Releases

Intu Trafford Centre Latest News section is in the Press Centre area of this site. It is regularly updated with releases from the intu Trafford Centre Press Office, and augmented with images in the Gallery section. If there is a story which is not covered in Latest News, please don’t hesitate to contact the Press Office here>

Logo & Branding Guidelines

If you require an intu Trafford Centre logo for use in print please download and complete the Asset Release Form and return the Press Office here.

Directions, Maps and Opening Times

Intu Trafford Centre is located very close to junctions 9 and 10 on the M60, making it very accessible to car users.

You will find comprehensive travel information including an online journey planner here >

Opening times here >

The address information for your Satellite Navigation System is:

Intu Trafford Centre

Manchester

M17 8AA

News Filming

For enquiries on filming for a news programme where time is of the essence, please call the Press Office in the first instance to ascertain whether or not we are able to help. We can offer safe and accessible filming locations, as well as access to our shoppers for vox pops.

The Centre operates several locations for cabled live broadcasts and microwave uplink broadcasts.

If we are able to accommodate your news filming, you will need to complete a filming application (below), and email or fax that to the Press Office before a date can be confirmed.

Documentary/drama filming

For planned shoots in or out of opening hours, you will need to follow the filming application procedure with our locations team at Space2North. Recent shoots include BBC Survivors, BBC Britain From Above, Coronation Street and Shameless. We will need at least 10 working days between your application being received and the proposed filming date to enact all our procedures, so please get your application in with plenty of time. Please apply in the first instance to Space2North, by email or phone.

Commercial Filming

For commercial filming requests such as training videos and advertisements, a fee structure applies. Please complete a filming application form (below) in the first instance and email it to the Press Office for a speedy decision on whether or not we can help, and a first estimate of what any costs might be.

Radio

Intu Trafford Centre welcomes radio crews who wish to record vox pops on the Malls, and we also have several ISDN locations for live on-air broadcasts. Walk-and-talk broadcasts are possible because of the long sight-lines on the Malls which carry ISDN points.

Student Visits

Students are welcome to visit the Centre for their course requirements, and take photographs of the public facilities. Filming by student groups can only be permitted with authorisation by the Press Office.

Students wishing to carry out any filming in the Centre must complete a student filming application form (below), and email it together with a letter on headed paper from their course tutor detailing the name of the course and the teaching establishment. Interviews with customers are not permitted except with express authorisation from the Press Office.

Student Projects

Intu Trafford Centre welcomes hundreds of students a year, who use the location for filming and photography for their studies. We need from you a completed Student Filming Application form for all work carried out in the Centre, accompanied by a letter of introduction from your course tutor. Please email this to the address contained in the form. We are sorry, but we are unable to facilitate research visits or questionnaires on the Malls. You can read further student guidelines via the link below.

Download student filming application form >>

Download student media guidelines >>

Events Photography

Intu Trafford Centre’s calendar is a year-round list of managed events ranging from the Christmas Lights Switch On, to fashion shows and concerts.

All professional photographers require accreditation from the Press Office. If you are a freelance photographer selling your pictures direct to the media, an agency photographer or an in-house photographer for a newspaper or magazine, you will need Press Office accreditation for each individual event you would like to cover.

For accreditation, you will need to fill in and email a photography application to the Press Office, or you will be refused access to the event.

IMPORTANT: For in-store events, book signings and celebrity appearances that take place within the shops and restaurants themselves, you DO NOT require intu Trafford Centre Press Office accreditation. You should enquire for access with the venue concerned – the list of numbers of each store is here >