New Coworking Space in Central Manchester Launches with Memberships from £50 a Month

Manchester businesses now have a new address to consider. District (55 King Street) has opened a new flexible coworking space right in the city centre. Operated by North West workspace provider Orbit Spaces, it opens as demand for flexible working keeps growing. The hub offers coworking desks, private call booths, and stylish breakout areas, with memberships from £50 per month and day passes from just £10. 

The launch is aimed at businesses across Manchester, Greater Manchester and Lancashire. Freelancers, small teams and hybrid businesses can all use the space on their own terms. And at these prices, the traditional office lease suddenly has serious competition.

Inside District (55 King Street)

District sits on one of Manchester’s most recognisable business streets. The coworking hub accommodates up to twenty people alongside soft seating, private call booths and breakout areas. Members get fast, reliable wifi and refreshments, including a high-quality coffee machine. Air conditioning, heating and plenty of natural light complete a genuinely comfortable working environment.

The design deserves a mention of its own. This is not a room of grey desks in a converted unit. Think warm wood panelling, statement furniture and a space built for both focus and conversation. For anyone whose “office” is currently a kitchen table, the upgrade is immediate. For businesses meeting clients, a King Street address makes exactly the right impression.

Affordable Coworking Memberships from £10 a day

Three simple options cover most working styles, and none involves a contract measured in years. A day pass costs £10 and provides hub access, wifi and refreshments for the day. The standard membership costs £50 per month. It includes hub access five days a week, plus discounted meeting room bookings.

The fixed desk membership costs £150 per month for those who want a permanent base. It adds a reserved desk with monitor and laptop dock, free locker storage and business address registration. That last perk matters for new companies: a prestigious registered address without a lease attached. All prices exclude VAT, and enterprise packages are available.

There is one more advantage worth underlining. These affordable coworking memberships in Manchester work across every Orbit Spaces location, not just District. Members can also use the company’s coworking spaces in Stockport Bolton, and Warrington. For businesses with people spread across the region, one membership covers everyone, everywhere.

How much is your office really costing you?

For many small businesses, far more than it should. A leased office means rent plus rates, utilities, broadband, insurance, cleaning and fit-out. A coworking membership replaces all of it with one monthly payment from £50. That gap deserves an honest look at renewal time.

Hybrid working makes the sums worse for the lease. If your team is in two or three days a week, you are paying full price for a half-empty room. A membership only charges for what people actually use. A five-person team could be based at District for £250 per month before VAT. Most Manchester leaseholders will read that sentence twice.

New to Manchester or moving in?

District is also built for arrivals. Businesses relocating to the North West can be operational the day they land, with no property search required. Remote workers who have moved to Greater Manchester or Lancashire get a professional base without a daily commute to a fixed office. A flexible coworking space offers something a lease never can: a ready-made community. Working alongside other founders, freelancers and teams is the fastest introduction to the city’s business scene.

Need more space some days?

This is the worry that keeps many businesses tied to a lease. They assume coworking cannot handle client meetings, training days or bigger gatherings. At District, it can, because professional meeting rooms sit on demand beside the hub, and members get discounts off meeting room bookings.

Three meeting rooms cover everything from interviews to twelve-person sessions, all with full AV and large screens. The largest pairs a 98-inch screen with a privacy curtain for confidential sessions. For networking events and team briefings, the event space holds between 20 and 30 people. 

That combination changes the whole calculation. A business no longer needs to lease a boardroom it uses twice a month. It can hold a £50-per-month membership and book premium rooms only when required. The space flexes around the business, rather than the other way round.

A smarter way to be in the city

Manchester’s business community keeps growing, and so does the cost of being part of it. District (55 King Street) offers a different route: a premium city-centre base, priced for real businesses. From a £10 day pass to a £150 fixed desk, every option avoids the lease trap. Add discounted meeting rooms, an event space and access across the North West, and the case makes itself.

The space is open now, and viewings can be arranged through the Orbit Spaces website. For any business rethinking its workspace this year, it is well worth a look before signing anything longer.