ᐅ Optimal Walkway Width in the Garden

It depends on what you want to do there. We chose 8 bricks (clinker NF), so just under 1 meter (3 feet) for the path from the driveway to the house and will extend it this spring in width towards the garden shed. That’s plenty wide for a wheelbarrow; a single-seat bike trailer is almost that wide, and a two-seater is definitely too wide. You’ll need a bit more width for curves.

For a simple footpath, though, 40 cm (16 inches) is sufficient.

The garden shed will only be used as a storage shed for garden tools, bicycles, and similar items.

The garden shed is located directly on the property boundary at the fence, and the pathway will be extended from the terrace to the garden shed.

My question is which width would be optimal.

The pathway should also serve as an edge for mowing since the robotic mower would otherwise have trouble mowing right next to the fence.

We have a welded wire mesh fence with privacy strips, which creates constant shade directly at the fence during winter.

Well, if you want to push the bicycles through there, it should be at least 80 cm (31.5 inches) wide – or what were you thinking?

I would consider 80cm (31.5 inches) as the minimum.

I am still in favor of the stepping stones in the lawn. The lawn also withstands daily bike pushing.