Walking and Cycling Links to RHS Garden Bridgewater

The RHS Walking and Cycling Links route is a scheme designed to improve walking and cycling links to RHS Garden Bridgewater in Worsley and to other local facilities, including Walkden train station, Parr Fold Park and Boothstown Marina.

Funded jointly by the Mayor’s Cycling and Walking Challenge Fund, Growth Deal and Salford City Council, the completed scheme connects residents of Boothstown, Walkden and Worsley with RHS Garden Bridgewater. It provides 6.2km of new or upgraded walking and cycling routes, 4.6km of which are traffic free – including a link along the north towpath of the Bridgewater Canal.

Getting to the RHS Bridgewater

Please see the map at the bottom of the page for fill details of the route to RHS Bridgewater.

To get to the RHS Bridgewater from Walkden train station head into Parr Fold Park and follow the signed route through the park and along Broadway.

MOSA bike hire

To help you get to RHS Bridgewater there is an opportunity to rent a bike for free.

The bikes are located directly outside Walkden train station and can be hired by downloading MOSA’s APP.

For more details go to their website: MOSA - RHS Bridgewater

Access to RHS Bridgewater

For residents of Salford entrance to RHS Bridgewater is free on Tuesdays.

If you are not a resident of Salford or visiting on a different day if you walk, cycle or arrive by public transport you can receive a discounted entrance fee to the gardens.

More information can be found on their website: RHS Bridgewater

The £3.2m RHS Cycling and Walking Links scheme is part of the Bee Network, connecting communities in all ten Greater Manchester authorities, benefiting 2.7 million people and making cycling and walking a real alternative to the car.

RHS Cycling and Walking Links was developed in partnership with Salford City Council, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), Peel L&P, the Worsley Park Marriott Hotel and Country Club and Asa Homes.

This page was last updated on 21 July 2026