A STUNNING new royal garden has been launched by the Queen with the help of a Huddersfield bridge manufacturer.

Bosses from CTS Bridges in Shepley have spoken of their pride after they were handpicked to create a bespoke structure for the £¼m revamp at Windsor Great Park’s Savill Garden.

The 25-year-old company, which has built bridges for top destinations including Alton Towers, Legoland and the O2 Arena, was set a tough challenge when it was asked to create a swirling promontory over the new rose garden.

The display of 2,500 roses is designed to look like one big rose and the Abbey Road firm was set the task of building a viewing platform that extends 34m into its centre.

Sales and marketing manager Wendy Sykes said it had been their toughest commission ever.

“The designers wanted it to rise up and resemble the prow of a ship,” she said.

“We had to design a cantilever aerial walkway that allows people to look over the rose garden and it had to look like it was rising out of the ground and had to include disabled access ramps.

“It was extremely challenging.”

The £80,000 project took almost a year to complete and involved the company’s entire 28 staff.

The steel frame was built in Shepley and transported to Windsor where it was clad with prime quality sustainably sourced oak.

The garden was officially opened by the Queen and CTS’s director John Terry was there.

Mrs Sykes said it wasn’t the largest structure they had done but was definitely the most complex.

She added: “We’ve done quite a number of structures over the years for royal parks but this is the first one that’s been opened by the Queen in her own garden.

“We are really the only company that could do this type of structure because of our expertise in both steel and timber design.

“We have an advanced design system that enables us to create a 3D model before you start designing the real thing.

“We’ve got vast experience but each structure has its own challenges and it was a complicated structure.

“It was a lot more difficult to construct than we imagined.

“Bridges normally span from one point to another but this came as a ramp with an extending cantilever.

“Everyone was involved from the directors, to platers and welders.

“Because it was such a high profile structure we had to have everyone on board to meet the deadline”.