Furniture Village in Manchester
1 showroom · Mid-High (£££)Est. 1989
Furniture Village is a family-run retailer with 54 showrooms across the UK. They offer one of the largest in-store sofa selections, spanning budget to premium ranges, with frequent promotions and interest-free credit options.
Known for: Quality & style focus
Furniture Village occupies that sensible middle ground — better than the budget lot, less pretentious than the designer crowd. Over 200,000 Trustpilot reviews at 4.8 stars prove they're getting it right for most people. Fifty-nine showrooms nationwide, genuinely nice pieces if you're willing to dig, and a customer track record that speaks for itself.
“200K reviews prove the middle ground works”
Showroom Details
Furniture Village Manchester
Manchester, M16 0RP
What to Expect at Furniture Village
- Price Range
- Mid-High (£££)
- Trustpilot Rating
- ★ 4.8 / 5(Positive)
- Sofa Styles
- Contemporary, Traditional, Classic
- Style Focus
- Modern & traditional blend
- Customisation
- medium
- Delivery Time
- 6-8 weeks
- Delivery Type
- Mostly 3rd-party delivery
Finance Options
0% APR via Novuna Personal Finance (Mitsubishi HC Capital). Terms: 20mo (£625+), 30mo (£1,250+), 40mo (£2,500+). 10% min deposit (options: 10%/20%/50%). No arrangement fees. Early repayment allowed. FCA authorised credit broker.
Warranty
20-year structural guarantee (frames, springs, webbing, timber, veneers, joints) on orders from 07.06.2019+. 2-year on recliner mechanisms, sofa bed actions, motors, covers & stitching, handles/hinges/runners. 7-year garden furniture. Clearance items: 2-year structural.
After-sales: 20-year structural guarantee; 45+ stores for in-person support
Returns Policy
14 days from receipt. Self-return to any FV collection point: full refund. Paid collection: 25% of item price. Cancel before delivery at no charge. Exceptions: bespoke/custom, clearance, used mattresses, opened hygiene items.
Sustainability
Low (limited public eco-initiatives)
Contact Furniture Village
- Phone
- 0345 646 1702
- Live Chat
- Available on website
- online@furniturevillage.co.uk
Benny's Take — Furniture Village in Manchester
Furniture Village's Manchester showroom (M16 0RP) sits at White City Retail Park in Stretford, sharing the cluster with Natuzzi Editions and the IKEA/DFS catchment — a properly useful furniture-day corridor. Floor mix follows the chain's usual playbook: G Plan, Parker Knoll, the Stressless wall, plus the brand's own ranges in the mid-high bracket. Sales staff tend to be more product-knowledgeable than the typical retail-park chain. Interest-free finance is the headline. M60 J7 is the easy access; midweek visits get you a far calmer conversation than the Saturday football-traffic afternoons.
Sofa Shopping in Manchester
Manchester's 15 showrooms across 14 brands give it the strongest top-end coverage of any northern city, which is a fact local sofa-shoppers don't shout about loudly enough. Roche Bobois Manchester on Great Ancoats Street at 121-125 — the same street as Timothy Oulton Manchester at number 140 — gives the Northern Quarter a luxury double-act you won't find in Leeds or Liverpool. The Trafford Centre area is the volume hub: John Lewis Trafford Centre, Natuzzi Italia at Trafford Palazzo on Barton Square, and Dunelm Trafford Retail Park on Trafford Way all in one trip. White City Retail Park on Chester Road in Stretford bundles Furniture Village Manchester at M16 0RP, Natuzzi Editions Manchester at Unit 9, Oak Furnitureland at Unit 10, ScS Manchester, and Sofology Manchester under what's essentially a one-stop sofa park. King Street in the city centre houses BoConcept Manchester at M2 4LQ for the Scandi end, and Sofas & Stuff have a city showroom at 40 Dearmans Place on The Bridge — strong British craftsmanship within walking distance of Deansgate. The Chesterfield Company at Newbury House, Ford Lane in Salford handles the buttoned-leather specialists for anyone after the proper deep-buttoned look. Castlemore Retail Park hosts DFS Manchester at Throstles Green for the budget end, and IKEA's out at Wellington Road, Ashton-under-Lyne for the Allen-key crowd. Practical reality: the Trafford Centre car parks are mercifully huge and free, but the M60 around it grinds during weekends and school holidays. The Metrolink from town gets you to MediaCity but not the Trafford Centre directly — drive or get the bus. Northern Quarter parking is paid, but Roche Bobois and Timothy Oulton are walkable from town. Two luxury showrooms, three high-end, four mid-high — proper breadth for the North West's furniture capital. Manchester doesn't do things by halves.
Browse all sofa showrooms in Manchester →Compare Sofa Brands in Manchester
In Manchester, Furniture Village is one of 14 sofa brands with showrooms. Benny rates Furniture Village 4/5. Here's how it compares:
| Brand | Rating | Price | Showrooms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Furniture Village | £££ | 1 | |
| BoConcept | £££ | 1 | |
| DFS | £ | 1 | |
| Dunelm | £ | 1 | |
| IKEA | £ | 1 | |
| John Lewis & Partners | £££ | 1 |
+ 8 more brands in Manchester. View all →
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