5 covered walkway design ideas for rural businesses

Rural businesses are often more harshly affected by adverse weather than other businesses, but there are a number of clever ways they can use covered walkways to diminish this. It is important that rural businesses consider providing adequate protection from the elements for their visitors, whether it’s wedding guests making their way to a ceremony or a school trip to the farm. We consider five ways you can use covered walkways design to improve your rural business.

Weatherproofing outdoor attractions

Many rural businesses have diversified in recent years, transforming their properties into popular local attractions. From ice cream parlours to pumpkin picking fields to maize mazes to petting zoos, businesses which can appeal to tourists, as well as the local community, are doing really well. However, many of these attractions are adversely affected when the rain starts, and a cleverly covered walkway could be just the thing your business needs to allow it to attract visitors all year round.

Covered walkways for events spaces

It’s important that rural event spaces can be open as much as possible, and our covered walkway designs allow your guests to move around your space in comfort! If you want to offer your guests full protection from the elements, we can offer side glazing too. Covered walkways can also be a stylish and modern addition to your event space providing extra space and complimentary design. We can also offer uplighting options so your guests can clearly see where they are going at night too.

Creating routes outdoors

If you want to connect different areas of your farm or park so customers can walk around a set route, a covered walkway is a great wayfinding tool. Covered walkways can be ideal for outdoor activity centres, and they are great for providing a dry place for parents or teachers to wait. We can also customise your covered walkway, so you can choose a colour which fits in with your company, or a bright colour to clearly mark out which areas are for customers.

Covered walkways for wedding venues

There has been a huge rise in the number of rural wedding venues, which can offer couples a unique and peaceful setting for their special day. From converted barns to stately homes to woodland hideaways, providing a unique rural wedding venue can be a great business opportunity. It’s important to make sure your wedding parties are happy and comfortable, and if there is an outdoor element of your wedding venue you may need to provide protection for the guests in their wedding finery. We provide sleek and stylish covered walkways which complement the design of your venue and allow happy couples to get some outdoor photos while staying dry!

Covered walkways for garden centres

Garden centres are an important part of the rural economy, and covered walkways can transform your garden centre into an all-weather attraction. If you find customers are being put off by wet weather, providing covered walkways can allow them to browse in comfort. It can also allow customers to walk to different areas of the garden centre, like the cafe, without getting wet or worrying about their products being damaged. You can choose a transparent material like toughened safety glass or UV stable polycarbonate so your customers still get that outdoor feeling with lots of natural light.