# The Things Network Manchester

A local community of The Things Network: people building an open, free LoRaWAN® network for the Internet of Things in and around Manchester.

- Country: [United Kingdom](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/united-kingdom/)
- Status: Official community
- Founded: 2015
- Members: 53
- Location: 53.4722, -2.2236
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/manchester/

## About

The Internet of Things should be for everyone and we are starting out on our journey to crowdsource an Internet of Things network for the benefit of all in Greater Manchester - From the Pennine hills to the Cheshire plain and everywhere in-between. **Join us and let's make it happen.**

If the Internet of Things (IoT) is going to be a revolution then everyone should have the opportunity to participate. Inexpensive long-range technology is now available that can help us create an open and free network covering the rural and urban areas of Greater Manchester, and the 2.8 million people who live and work here. By building the network we will enable people and organisations to innovate and build stuff that will have benefit for themselves and their communities.

Join us on and let's make it happen

## Contact

Julian Tait - The Garden.io julian@thegarden.io +44 (0)7802 851 394

## Resources

- [The Things Network Manifesto](https://github.com/TheThingsNetwork/Manifest)
- [Things Manchester](http://www.thingsmanchester.org.uk/)
- [November Open IoT Surgery](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thingsmanchester-november-open-surgery-tickets-28774996790)
- [TTN - Generic Presentation](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49WRBg1NvMgM2lBcXRTU2ZqREU/)

## Partners

- [Bytemark](http://bytemark.co.uk/)
- [Digital Innovation at MMU](http://diginnmmu.com/)
- [Manchester Digital](http://manchesterdigital.com/)
- [Spaceport X](http://spaceportx.com/)
- [Telcom](https://telcom.io/)
- [The Garden.io](http://www.thegarden.io/)

## Recent updates

- [The Things Conference 2026](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/manchester/post/the-things-conference-2026.md) (2026-08-13)
- [The Things Conference 2025 - Amsterdam](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/manchester/post/the-things-conference-2025-amsterdam.md) (2025-08-18)
- [The Things Conference 2024](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/manchester/post/the-things-conference-2024.md) (2024-07-22)
- [The Things Conference 2022 - September 2022, Amsterdam](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/manchester/post/the-things-conference-2022-september-2022-amsterdam.md) (2022-06-16)
- [The Things Virtual Conference April 16 2020](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/manchester/post/the-things-virtual-conference-april-16-2020.md) (2020-03-20)
- [Things Manchester Meetup - March 2019](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/manchester/post/things-manchester-meetup-march-2019.md) (2019-02-10)
- [Let's have a #LoRaWAN New Year](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/manchester/post/lets-have-a-lorawan-new-year.md) (2017-12-12)
- [University of Salford - Government & Public IoT Conference Complimentary Places](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/manchester/post/university-of-salford-government-public-iot-conference-complimentary-places.md) (2017-08-30)
- [Things Happening](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/manchester/post/things-happening.md) (2017-08-10)
- [Things Network winning](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/manchester/post/things-manchester.md) (2017-06-20)

More updates: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/manchester/posts