Team Building Events in Manchester

Manchester Team Building Ideas

From Treasure Hunts and Crystal Maze challenges to Olympic Sports Days, we offer over 50 team-building activities in Manchester for your team. Our indoor and outdoor activities are designed to foster a positive workplace culture. We can host these events in Manchester city centre or find a venue outside the city if you prefer to escape the hustle and bustle of this Northern Powerhouse.

Top 12 Team Building Activities & Events in Manchester for 2024

1. Crystal Challenge

A favourite in Manchester is our Mobile Crystal Maze activity. We can run it as a full or half-day event and encourage teamwork and cooperation as you work together to complete different challenges and games while battling them out in an inflatable dome.

2. The Betrayers

Play a game of detection as you must find out who the betrayers are among the group. There will be various tasks for you to try and uncover who the saboteurs are.

3. Smartphone City Treasure Hunt

Our most popular outdoor team building event in Manchester. The city treasure hunt will have your teams exploring Manchester city centre, answering questions, challenges and tasks to earn points!

4. Pub Olympics

If you want something fun, the pub Olympics will be perfect. Go head to head in pub-related games like table football, air hockey and casino tables!

5. Stop the Clocks

Add something fun and competitive into your day as you race against the clocks to complete different fast-paced challenges and games.

6. Cocktail Making

One of our best team-building events in Manchester is our cocktail-making class. Held indoors at city centre bars, your staff will learn to make cocktails from professional mixologists while having fun and building strong relationships.

7. Retro Showdown

Get everyone involved in classic retro gameshows in an experience perfect for small and large groups. Play games like Wheel of Fortune, Bullseye and Catchphrase.

8. Smartphone Pub Treasure Hunt

A superb outdoor team pub crawl for you to enjoy, make your way around Manchester in smaller groups and answer different pub trivia questions and challenges to gain points!

9. Battle of Olympus

The ultimate outdoor team building that tests skill and problem-solving while developing communication between the group. Go head to head in a variety of different team challenges to gain points and go towards becoming the winners.

10. Crime Scene Investigation

Are you looking for a unique team activity? With this realistic CSI investigation team workshop, you will have to work together to solve a murder mystery with different forensic procedures and feel like real detectives.

11. Chocolate Making

An interactive chocolate-making workshop where you'll melt and mould your own dark, white, and milk chocolate bars, along with smaller bites

12. Desk Accessory Painting

Your team will receive a ceramic mug, coaster, and desk design to personalise. All necessary equipment, including paints, brushes, and aprons, is provided for a creative experience

Why Choose Manchester for Team Building Activities?

Competitive Team Building Activities in Manchester

Manchester Christmas Party Ideas

Hosting a Christmas party in Manchester is a fantastic way to end the year, and adding a team-building twist makes it even better. Whether it's fun festive activities or creative team challenges, we can offer plenty of choices to help you create the best Christmas party ever.

Explore our Christmas Party Team Building Events for ideas that will make your work do stand out.

Indoor Team Building Ideas & Activities in Manchester

Let’s face it: it rains a lot in Manchester! That’s why we’ve created over 30 indoor team-building activities that can be held rain or shine, including favourites like Chocolate Making and Stop The Clocks. We can set these up in city centre locations such as hotels, offices, or conference rooms, and we also serve Greater Manchester areas like Bolton, Wigan, Trafford, Altrincham, Stockport, and Oldham.

If you're struggling to find a suitable venue to host your team event, our event planners can help you find one at no extra cost.

Outdoor Team Building Ideas & Activities in Manchester

Are you looking to get your team outside? Our outdoor team building events in Manchester are designed for fun in the fresh air. A top choice is our Smartphone City Treasure Hunt, which doesn’t require a venue and takes place throughout the city centre, making it easy to arrange. Another popular outdoor option is our Corporate Sports Day, where small teams compete in fun games like egg and spoon races and sack races. Our experienced event planners can help you find the perfect activity for your group - reach out to us today.

Company Away Days in Manchester

Get the whole company together and treat them to a day to remember. Our company away days in Manchester vary from large team events like Battle of Olympus and Olympic Sports Days, where everyone can get involved in fun mini-challenges and games, to smaller events like our Challenge 100 and Qubed, perfect for 20-30 people.

We can also offer a free venue-finding service to help you discover venues in Manchester that will capture your staff's imagination.

Unusual Team Building Ideas & Events in Manchester

Get the team to try something different. Our dynamic and dynamic and extraordinary unusual team building activities in Manchester have been put together to strengthen team relationships, improve communication and deliver a unique twist.  We have created some quirky events like Qubed, which has staff completing mini-challenges to escape the cube, and Crime Scene Investigation, which has a real Scotland Yard detective helping you to solve a crime. Manchester's unusual team events offer a fresh perspective to team building, benefiting the staff's confidence and morale for years.

Manchester Team Building Days Out

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