Find us
Unit 12, Ashburton Works.
Trafford Park, Manchester M17 1QT. Twenty minutes from the city centre, on the canal, behind a very large blue shed that is not us.
Getting here
However you are coming
By car
M60 junction 9, then follow signs for Trafford Park. Turn onto Ashburton Road West and Gate 3 is 400m on the left, marked with a yellow barrier.
Forty free spaces, four of them accessible bays right by the door. It fills up on Sunday mornings — if it is full, there is on-street parking on Praed Road two minutes away.
Sat nav: M17 1QT. Ignore it when it says you have arrived on Trafford Park Road; keep going to the roundabout and come back on yourself.
By tram
The Trafford Park line to Village stop. From there it is a seven-minute walk: right out of the stop, over the canal bridge, and Gate 3 is on your left.
From Manchester Piccadilly the whole journey is about 25 minutes with one change at Cornbrook.
By train
Trafford Park station is a 15-minute walk. Come out, turn left, follow Westinghouse Road to the canal and turn right along the towpath — it is the nicest way in.
Manchester Piccadilly and Victoria both connect via Deansgate.
By bike or on foot
The Bridgewater Canal towpath runs right past the back of the works, traffic-free all the way from Castlefield. It takes about 35 minutes from the city centre and it is flat the whole way.
Sheffield stands for eight bikes under cover at Gate 3.
Opening times
| Monday – Friday | Factory shop 9:00am – 5:00pm |
| Saturday | Shop 10:00am – 4:00pm · Tours 10, 12, 2 |
| Sunday | Shop 10:00am – 4:00pm · Tours 10, 12, 2 |
| Works Café | 9:30am – 4:00pm, seven days |
| Bank holidays | Shop open, no tours |
Closed 24 December to 2 January, and the last week of July for the annual line refit.
What is here when you arrive
- The factory shop — the full range, plus seconds and end-of-line pairs at half price
- The Works Café — sandwiches, soup, and the sausage roll
- The twenty-millionth pair in a case by reception
- Arthur’s grinding wheel, still turning, still making a noise
- Toilets and baby change at Gate 3 reception
- Lockers — 20p, and you get the 20p back
Get in touch
Ring us, honestly.
The phone goes to the desk at Gate 3 and somebody who makes goggles will pick it up. It is nearly always quicker than email.
Otterwell Goggle Works
Phone
0161 496 0142
Mon–Fri 9–5, Sat–Sun 10–4
Email
hello@otterwell.co.uk
Tours: tours@otterwell.co.uk
Post
Unit 12, Ashburton Works
Ashburton Road West
Trafford Park
Manchester M17 1QT
Send a message
We answer messages within two working days. For anything about a booking on this weekend’s tours, please ring instead.
While you are here, take the tour.
Seventy-five minutes, £16 a person, and you build a pair of goggles at the bench and keep them.
Check dates and book