Travelling to the Campuses

To make it easier to reach both campuses, we’ve put together directions for travel by the most common methods. The links on the right are useful tools to help plan your journey and there are maps for each campus located below.

Hopwood takes you further with FREE buses to Middleton Campus

The College offers a free bus service for students travelling to and from our Middleton campus from locations across North Manchester. We have nine dedicated bus routes and, with journey times of less than an hour, we get students to college before 9am and home again at the end of the day hassle free. New routes include Saddleworth in Oldham, Norden/Bamford in Rochdale, Tottington in Bury, and Radcliffe in Bury. The timetable for 2023/24 can be viewed HERE.

Our dedicated coaches pick up at any bus stop along the route. All students need is their college ID badge.

If you are not on our free bus routes, but live in the Greater Manchester area, you may be entitled to use the free bus pass - OUR PASS. For more details, click here to view the council's information booklet.

Visitor parking and information

Both our campuses have free on-site car parking. At Middleton, visitors are requested to use the one outside reception and at Rochdale you will need to use the intercom at the barrier to gain entry.

Visitors can also read our Safeguarding information Leaflet here.

Interactive bus route maps

Need to visualise our bus routes for yourself? Click HERE to access our interactive bus route maps.