Well connected

Rochdale is extremely well served by motorways and boasts a first rate transport infrastructure.

Straddled by three major motorways - the M60, M62 and M66 - you can be in Manchester city centre within 30 minutes, and Leeds and Liverpool in an hour.

Metrolink

The UK’s premier light rail network, Metrolink, will be arriving in Rochdale by 2012 offering a fast direct route to Manchester city centre and beyond.

The Metrolink will have dedicated stops both in the £13 million town centre interchange, due to be completed by 2010, and at Kingsway Business Park.

Train

Frequent trains connect Rochdale to the whole region and you won’t have to wait more than 20 minutes for a direct train to Manchester.

The Trafford Park World Freight Centre, the largest road/rail interchange outside of London, is just a 30 minute drive from Rochdale.

Bus

Rochdale enjoys direct bus links into Manchester city centre and around the borough and surrounding areas.

Air

Manchester Airport, the largest in the UK outside of London, is just a 45 minute drive from Rochdale. It serves more than 200 destinations throughout the world.

The airport’s world freight terminal employs 1,000 people and around 140,000 tonnes of export and import cargo is handled there every year.

Sea

Rochdale is a 45 minute drive from the port of Liverpool and 90 minutes from Humberside’s ports. Liverpool handles over 30 million tonnes of freight each year and is increasingly becoming a feeder port for Transatlantic cargos. Humberside is home to the UK’s main ports for a wide range of European, Scandinavian and Baltic destinations.