Gritting and winter service

Our highways winter service season runs every year from mid October to mid April. During this period, we're committed to providing an efficient winter service and aim to keep the highest priority roads safe and free from snow and ice as far as reasonably possible.

See our approach to gritting, salt bins and other winter service needs across the Rochdale borough.

Latest gritting updates

Find out when and where we've been gritting.

See also

• Snow and adverse weather conditions
• Bin collection changes
• School closures
• Report a pothole
• Roadworks

Gritting - your questions answered

We get asked lots of questions about gritting: why we grit some roads and pavements and not others, filling up salt bins, and how many staff we have to keep the roads clear. 

Get answers to questions about:

• Gritting
• Salt bins
• Resources (including staff and salt supplies)
• How salt works (salt, how it works, and when best to use it)
• Weather (including how we know when snow and ice is on the way)