There is a charge for admission to the Centre, but this is kept as low as possible. Equipment is also available for hire. It also has a conditioning room, climbing room, and squash courts. The Firs Athletic Ground and Wythenshawe. Sports Ground consist of a total of 121 acres of ground set out for games including rugby, soccer, hockey, cricket, netball, tennis and lacrosse.
Facilities also exist at other sites in and around Manchester for boating and yachting.
All full-time students are members of The University of Manchester Union, which is run by students for students. The main Union building contains bars, eating places, a shop, an optician, a second hand bookshop, a mini market, a travel agency, photocopying services and two nightclubs, as well as a welfare office, an advice centre and numerous other facilities. Adjacent to the main building is the Manchester Academy, a recently opened venue for concerts, conferences and other functions. The Union supports student initiative by funding over 150 socieites which cover almost every imaginable interest, including religious, political, recreational, social and cultural activities. It publishes a weekly newspaper, Mancunion, to which students are invited to contribute.