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Transport for Greater Manchester
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Chargers everywhere

Charging up an EV is easier than ever.

Whether you’re at home or on the move, there are plenty of options.

Charging on the move

With more than 60,000 public charge point connectors across the UK, you’re never far from your next charge

For most day-to-day journeys you won’t need to charge up on the move. But if you’re travelling longer distances or just need a top-up, you’re never far from a charging point. 

You’ll find them on local streets, in car parks and in filling stations. It’s easy to plan longer journeys, with rapid chargers available at all major motorway service stations. 

In Greater Manchester alone there are over 1,300 public chargepoints.

Find all charge points in the UK

The Be.EV network

Greater Manchester's publicly owned charging points are included in the Be.EV network.

Find a Be.EV charging station

Charging at home

Most people charge up quickly and cheaply at home overnight. It costs much less than filling up with petrol or diesel.  

And you can keep costs down by shopping around for the right energy tariff to meet your needs. 

You could also get a government grant to install a dedicated chargepoint in your garage or driveway.   

While you can use a regular three-pin socket, it’s much slower and may involve running a charging cable from inside your home. Extension cables should not be used for safety reasons. 

More about the EV homecharge scheme
Electric car being charged at home

Get involved

You can help us understand where there is demand for new EV chargers in future

If you have a suggestion for a future EV charger location, simply drop a pin in the map below. We’ll use the map as we work with Greater Manchester’s ten local authorities to plan future charging point locations.

If someone has already suggested a charging point within a stone's throw of where you'd like one, simply tap or click on it to give it a vote.

Map instructions

The map shows suggested charging points across Greater Manchester.

Keyboard users

To search: Tab to the search box for ‘search for a postcode or the name of your area’. Start typing to reveal suggested entries. You can select these with the arrow key and confirm with the enter key to re-zoom the map.

Once the first charging point is tabbed to use the arrow keys to navigate to each data point in turn. Press the tab key again to tab away from the data points.

Mouse/smartphone users

To search: Select the search box in ‘search for a postcode or the name of your area’. Start typing to reveal suggested entries. You can select these with mouse to re-zoom the map.

Navigating the map: Use the +/- buttons to zoom in and out, click and drag to move around the map. Select a pin with a click or tap to bring up information.

Tap and drag with 2 fingers to move around the map. Pinch or open your fingers to zoom in and out. Select a pin by tapping on them.