Invest in Irwell River Park

Irwell River Park will be a new city centre place providing quality public open space of exceptional scope and ambition encompassing an 8km stretch between Salford Quays and The Meadows. As a strategic regional site, Irwell River Park will connect more than £3 billion of public and private sector investment along its route, creating new linkages between employment and visitor centres, which will enhance and increase economic connectivity and accessibility to support future economic growth.

New premier public realm and placemaking will strengthen the Regional Centre’s economic vitality, environmental quality and ability to attract substantial housing and commercial investment. The development of high-quality, continuous, sustainable and accessible routeways and transport corridors from MediaCityUK to the heart of the Regional Centre and beyond will help to create a single destination for businesses, residents and visitors alike, second only in importance to London.

With one of the largest student communities in the UK, the Regional Centre has a significant residential population, with significant potential to house future residential growth. Recent acclaimed residential developments on the fringes of Irwell River Park have played a major role in supporting regeneration and a high-quality attractive waterside destination will, for the first time, connect all residential developments along the 8km route with business, leisure and retail opportunities across the Manchester city region.

Facts and Figures

Irwell River Park provides a new sustainable connection linking the heart of the Regional Centre, MediaCityUK and Trafford Quays. The developments at these locations are now among the most important economic assets in the region. The potential benefits of the Park will be wide-ranging as individual projects are brought forward over the next decade, building confidence among investors, developers, businesses, local communities and visitors alike.

Over the next decade as all of the projects are delivered across the Park, major regional benefits will be achieved:

  • 13.7 Hectares of brownfield land reclaimed or redeveloped;
  • 6,996 metres of new waterside route;
  • 6 new bridges;
  • 16,000 jobs;
  • £605m of new investment;
  • £734m new GVA growth; and
  • 6 million additional visitors.