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Virgin Media Outage Report in Manchester, England

Problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: internet, tv and wi-fi.

The latest reports from users having issues in Manchester come from postal codes M61, M15, M1, M32, M3, M23, M20 and M30.

Virgin Media offers mobile phone, television, broadband internet and phone service over the cable network. Virgin Media is part of NTL:Telewest. Virgin's mobile service is available under the Virgin Mobile brand, which operates as a mobile virtual network operator using the T-Mobile and Orange networks.

Problems in the last 24 hours in Manchester, England

The chart below shows the number of Virgin Media reports we have received in the last 24 hours from users in Manchester and surrounding areas. An outage is declared when the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line.

Virgin Media Outage Chart in Manchester, England 08/16/2025 15:10

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Virgin Media users through our website.

  1. Internet (44%)

    Internet (44%)

  2. TV (22%)

    TV (22%)

  3. Wi-fi (13%)

    Wi-fi (13%)

  4. Total Blackout (13%)

    Total Blackout (13%)

  5. E-mail (6%)

    E-mail (6%)

  6. Phone (2%)

    Phone (2%)

Live Outage Map Near Manchester, England

The most recent Virgin Media outage reports came from the following cities: Manchester, Bolton, Stockport, Wilmslow, Altrincham, Oldham, Cheadle, Leigh, Rochdale, Sale, Bury, Salford and Westhoughton.

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City Problem Type Report Time
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Community Discussion

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Virgin Media Issues Reports Near Manchester, England

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in Manchester and nearby locations:

  • tadhg50 Tim O'Ryan (@tadhg50) reported from Oldham, England

    @virginmedia @BabakGanjei Tried this number-no broadband in the OL4 area for over 24 hours and lots of tweets went to @virginmedia to suggest not individual- and got informed ‘there are no reported issues in your area’. C’mon now VM. Texted the other number too-still no response!! Not a good service peeps

  • NicNic67 Nicky Waller (@NicNic67) reported from Poynton, England

    @virginmedia please provide an email for customer service regarding my application for a new contract

  • Dave_mona David Monaghan (@Dave_mona) reported from Walkden, England

    @virginmedia I’ve been trying for nearly 2 weeks now to cancel my services and each time I call or use live chat no one can help! Please just let me leave!!! It’s beginning to feel like my divorce all over again 🤬🤬

  • DrCEMJarvis 🌈Charles E Jarvis, PhD (@DrCEMJarvis) reported from Cheadle Hulme, England

    .@virginmedia broadband is down. Lots of green flashing lights. Argh

  • staceycav Stacey MacNaught (@staceycav) reported from Oldham, England

    @ryangibsonuk @virginmedia Intermittent at best with signal :-/ Fingers crossed it’s an hour so thing rather than 6 or 7

  • OggyGhost 👻 OggyGhost 👻 (@OggyGhost) reported from Stockport, England

    @virginmedia broadband down again as well as your website and app won’t work either what’s going on

  • woolhead1989 James Woolhead (@woolhead1989) reported from Rochdale, England

    @zombeebee @virginmedia The whole country of virgin media customers has gone down

  • RHJOfficial 🔥 яєαℓιѕт נανѕтαн 🔥 #StayHomeSaveLives (@RHJOfficial) reported from Oldham, England

    Normal service has been resumed. Reboot the router people! #virginmedia

  • Andy666666 Andrea Colley (@Andy666666) reported from Oldham, England

    @virginmedia OL4 2SZ internet back on devices BUT NOT ON TV HELP PLEASE

  • RHJOfficial 🔥 яєαℓιѕт נανѕтαн 🔥 #StayHomeSaveLives (@RHJOfficial) reported from Oldham, England

    I can't even access the status page on 4G. WTF is going on @virginmedia - seems like some sort of outage. #virginmedia

  • micky69er mike atkinson (@micky69er) reported from Stockport, England

    @SonosSupport I am having issues with my beam at the moment . I have played movies from a couple of sources for eg Apple TV & virgin media through Xbox one & the settings dream to be showing playback as 2.0 not 5.1 & not sure why.

  • BListAtCapital 🐝-List at Capital (@BListAtCapital) reported from Manchester, England

    @MelanieCmusic @I_Dont_Know_Her @virginmedia @BBCTheOneShow sounds like your connection is Goin’ Down

  • RB10__ rafik (@RB10__) reported from Bolton, England

    Absolute stinker of a service @virginmedia provides

  • moonie3131 andy howard (@moonie3131) reported from Middleton, England

    @virginmedia landline not working AGAIN!!! M24 postcode.... what gives!!

  • toewad1 toewad1 (@toewad1) reported from Salford, England

    Just got my bill of @virginmedia they gave me some wi-fi boosters for free, because the hub3 is so bad, but they have charged me for them, "what" I know they were free, but I have a trick up my sleeve, I'm out of contract, you knobheads!!!

  • tadhg50 Tim O'Ryan (@tadhg50) reported from Oldham, England

    @BurtLeach @virginmedia Same here -in OL4 area too! Got an email last night saying the issue was fixed-it wasn’t and still no BB today. 24 hours now. Using personal data for work purposes now. C’mon VM.

  • woolhead1989 James Woolhead (@woolhead1989) reported from Rochdale, England

    @SkyNews virgin media broadband had gone down all over the country

  • Maylor Phil Maylor (@Maylor) reported from Salford, England

    @HobbitsWife @virginmedia No, our issue was because the signal strength from the street box was wrong, which had been exacerbated because of all the extra network traffic recently.

  • lawrencewarde1 Lawrence (@lawrencewarde1) reported from Manchester, England

    @virginmedia fix your ******* shjt

  • gkse16 Graham Henderson-King (@gkse16) reported from Salford, England

    @wearysole4 @virginmedia @bt_uk I thought it was just us but totally agree the network speed is shite round here.

Virgin Media Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • ValeOfPrunes The Vale of Prunes (@ValeOfPrunes) reported

    @virginmedia Funny that! The service has just gone down again with more outages registered on Down Detector than at the worst/peak point this morning. Get your act together

  • chrisleonarduk Chris Leonard (@chrisleonarduk) reported

    @virginmedia It’s down again

  • _The_Recidivist The Recidivist (@_The_Recidivist) reported

    @virginmedia It came back... But it's down again. Managed a good 3h of work today 👍

  • shans_edits_x 🦋 (@shans_edits_x) reported

    @virginmedia fix your WiFi paying stupid amounts a month and it never works!!

  • kieranw513 KieranJgaming (@kieranw513) reported

    @virginmedia Me wifi still not working ive been out all day an come back home for me wifi still down cant use me firestick or anything else joke this

  • Asgardpaul Paul Linnane (@Asgardpaul) reported

    @virginmedia Internet down again, what's worth this huge money you charge

  • Madz42909522 Madz (@Madz42909522) reported

    @virginmedia hi, I paid for premier inn ultimate wifi, but obviously have not been able to utilise the wifi since its been down and still is down. How do I request a refund as the hotel have directed me to you

  • ben_blogs Ben (@ben_blogs) reported

    @virginmedia Wifi is completely down once again in Southwark. Please can you resolve this?

  • DiscoChickLisa Lisa (@DiscoChickLisa) reported

    Not sure if this is a #virginmedia issue. I can get Google to load but nothing else on my desktop computer

  • astronomer1971 Burning Astronomers (@astronomer1971) reported

    @virginmedia How do I claim compensation for loss of service?