Allianz Para Swimming World Championships
31 July - 6 August

About Manchester 2023

Manchester, Great Britain will host the Allianz Para Swimming World Championships from 31 July to 6 August 2023. The competition will take place at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.

It will be the 11th edition of the event and the third time it is held in Great Britain following Glasgow 2015 and London 2019.

Over 600 Para swimmers from around 70 nations are set to compete in the last World Championships before the Paralympic Games in Paris, France next year.

The venue

The Manchester Aquatics Centre, often affectionately known as the MAC, is a public aquatics sports facility south of the city centre of Manchester. The pool is home to the British Swimming Performance Centre Manchester, with a number of the country’s top Para swimmers based at the centre for training.

The venue was purpose-built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The building takes the approximate shape of an asymmetric trapezoidal prism, and from the outside, the roof resembles a wave.

In 2021 the centre began a major refurbishment and is scheduled to reopen fully to the public in the second quarter of 2023.

The host city

Located in the North West England region, Manchester has a population of 552,000, according to the 2021 Census. Known throughout the world as the birthplace of the industrial revolution, Manchester has a proud history in science, politics, music, arts and sport. And today the city combines this heritage with a progressive vision to be a city that delivers surprise and delight in equal measures.

Manchester city centre is jam-packed with unique and eclectic restaurants, bars, shops, museums, galleries, hotels and places to stay whilst the surrounding Greater Manchester boroughs offer a patchwork of visitor experiences including quaint market towns, traditional pubs and beautiful green spaces and waterways to be explored on foot or bike. The city region is easily navigated, with great transport links both in and around Greater Manchester.

More information about the city can be found on Visit Manchester website.