--- title: "Maer Staffordshire to Manchester – 3 ways by car, bus, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Maer Staffordshire to Manchester is 59 km. Fastest: drive in 1h 20m. Cheapest: drive from £8. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/maer-staffordshire-to-manchester" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/maer-staffordshire-to-manchester.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Wyld%2C_William_-_Manchester_from_Kersal_Moor%2C_with_rustic_figures_and_goats_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/1920px-Wyld%2C_William_-_Manchester_from_Kersal_Moor%2C_with_rustic_figures_and_goats_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" --- ![Manchester](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Wyld%2C_William_-_Manchester_from_Kersal_Moor%2C_with_rustic_figures_and_goats_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/1920px-Wyld%2C_William_-_Manchester_from_Kersal_Moor%2C_with_rustic_figures_and_goats_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) # How to get from Maer Sta­f­f­o­r­d­s­h­ire to Manchester [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Maer+Staffordshire&to=Manchester) [Manchester to Maer Staffordshire](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/manchester-to-maer-staffordshire) [Wyld, William (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wyld%2C_William_-_Manchester_from_Kersal_Moor%2C_with_rustic_figures_and_goats_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) **Fastest:** 1h 20m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** £8\ by car\ **Distance:** 59 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** 3\ from 08:00, Sun 8 Nov\ ## 3 ways to travel 59 km apart. Times are the timetables for Sun 8 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best 35 min quicker than the bus and £35 cheaper. - [**Drive** best fastest cheapest 1h 20m£8–10 Estimated 84 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Maer+Staffordshire&to=Manchester) - [**Bus** 1h 55m£43–65 Estimated next 4 from 08:00 · FlixBus](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Maer+Staffordshire&to=Manchester) - [**Taxi** 1h 20m£120–170 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Maer+Staffordshire&to=Manchester) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, search by Photon](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from United Kingdom; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Exercise increased caution in United Kingdom** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.gbr.html) Travel advice: US State Department. ## Departures today 1. [09:41 → 11:36 1h 55m · direct FlixBus UK980£66–98](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Maer+Staffordshire&to=Manchester&date=2026-11-08&time=08%3A00&it=t1snof8q) 2. [09:59 → 12:48 2h 49m · direct Northern Rail Northern£65–97](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Maer+Staffordshire&to=Manchester&date=2026-11-08&time=08%3A00&it=t1wgzwdz) 3. [11:51 → 13:42 1h 51m · direct FlixBus UK076£43–65](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Maer+Staffordshire&to=Manchester&date=2026-11-08&time=08%3A00&it=tduexqn) The next departures from 08:00, not the whole day. Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Maer Staffordshire to Manchester? The fastest way is by car: about 1h 20m door to door. The straight-line distance is 59 km. What is the cheapest way from Maer Staffordshire to Manchester? Driving is the cheapest, from £8. That figure is a fuel estimate, not counting tolls or parking. How much is the bus from Maer Staffordshire to Manchester? Buses take about 1h 51m and cost £43–65 depending on operator and seat type. This page lists the next 3 from 08:00; the planner has the rest of the day. How far is Manchester from Maer Staffordshire by road? About 84 km, roughly 1h 20m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around £8–10; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Buses - FlixBus - Northern Rail Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Manchester City and metropolitan borough in England Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in North West England, at the centre of the eponymous county of Greater Manchester. It had a population of over 589,000 in 2024. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million. 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