Guide Bridge railway station serves the area of Guide Bridge, approximately 5 miles from Manchester city centre. It is a stop on both the Glossop and Rose Hill Marple lines.
The station is accessible to wheelchair users and has a changing places toilet pod for customer use. Visitors to the station can also enjoy looking at some of the fascinating Glossop Line history boards that have been created by Neil Williams from the Friends of Glossop Station.
Guide Bridge has it’s own Friends of Guide Bridge Station group, which was formed in 2015 and is focusing on five projects to make the station welcoming and pleasant for those using it. These projects include creating a memorial gardens and a schools allotment garden, as well as adding foliage on platforms and installing picture boards. In addition to the station projects, the group has also formed the Woodhead Railway Heritage Group and are looking to open a Woodhead Railway Museum.
The station is located by the Ashton Canal, 7 miles of waterway connecting the centre of Manchester with Ashton under Lyne. Walkers can access the canal path via an access ramp from Guide Lane, to the north of the station entrance.
Another nearby attraction is the Portland Basin, 1 miles from the station. Find out more about it via this guide produced by the Canal and River Trust: Portland Basin.