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Heritage Projects
Lion Salt Works, Northwich
We worked closely with the Director of the Lion Salt Works Trust to prepare a business plan for the site. This forms a vital part of a Stage 2 Heritage Lottery bid for the restoration of the Lion Salt Works and its development as a major new visitor and educational attraction in the proposed Weaver Valley Regional Park. We also assisted with research on the potential of the site for educational visits and helped to provide targets for visitor numbers and their associated spending.
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Ashton Gardens, St Annes-On-Sea – Audience Development Plan
We prepared an audience development plan for the Grade II listed gardens in St Annes-on-Sea in Fylde Borough. The contract involved local consultation with interest groups and identified a range of projects that would better present the park to local people and to visitors. The attractive former Ashton Institute building will be relocated to the centre of the park and used as a café and space for community groups to use. We prepared a business plan for the operation of the building. In April 2007 the HLF awarded a Stage 2 pass for the park and the scheme is now being implemented. |
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Parks For People Programme
We prepared Audience Development Plans for four urban parks in the north of England as a key part of Heritage/Big Lottery bids. We worked on the bids with landscape architects Bertram Hyde and Chris Burnett Associates. The parks are Queens Park Bolton, Heaton Moor Park Stockport, Hale Park Halton and Eastwood Park Chesterfield. All involved local community consultation and the production of a budgeted action programme designed to encourage more public engagement with the parks. |
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Dunston Staiths,
Gateshead
A study with Donald Insall Associates of
the historic Tyne River coal staiths and
how they can be regenerated and presented.
The work involved significant community
consultation, the formation of a local
residents group and a plan for the interpretation
of the structure and the wildlife interest
of the tidal lagoon. |
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Corby Heritage
Strategy
A strategic plan prepared with Oxford Archaeology
for Corby Borough Council. The plan identified
the range of natural, historical and cultural
heritage assets in the Borough and identified
a range of projects to better utilise and
exploit these assets for the sustainable
development of the area. |
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Kennet and Avon
Canal Partnership
Together with Geoff Broom Associates I helped
to prepare a visitor management and public
transport plan for the Kennet and Avon canal
corridor for British Waterways. This involved
extensive consultation and workshops with
local communities and user groups. The plan
includes a section about sustainability indicators
and a monitoring programme. |
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Brymbo Steelworks,
Wrexham
A study with Donald Insall Associates of the
historic Brymbo Steelworks site near Wrexham.
The study recommended to the Wrexham Council
how to develop the site for recreation and
education and how the heritage features could
be interpreted to the public. The funding
mechanisms in connection with substantial
housing development were a key aspect of the
report. |
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Halton Castle,
Runcorn
A study, with Donald Insall Associates, to
prepare a Heritage Lottery bid to enhance
the conservation and presentation of the castle
in the Halton Village Conservation Area. The
work involved the preparation of an access
plan and an audience development plan. |
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Llanymynech Heritage
Area, near Oswestry, Shropshire
A study (with Donald Insalls, Marketing Planning
Associates and AAA Archaeological Advisors)
of the Hoffman Kiln and other industrial archaeological
features associated with the limestone industry
and the Montgomery canal at Llanymynech. The
study made proposals and costed the restoration
of the heritage features and put forward a
number of options for the scale of development
appropriate for the site. |
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Maryport Educational
Settlement
A business plan and community consultation
exercise to seek agreement over the redevelopment
of an historic building in Maryport, West
Cumbria. The plan involved wide consultation
with training and community development organizations
and to relaunch the centre as a training and
arts venue. |
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Sion Mills, Strabane,
Northern Ireland
An initial appraisal of the interpretation
and education potential of a large flax mill
which is planned to be restored for mixed
use development. The work was carried out
for Donald Insall Associates and was part
of a wider conservation management plan. |
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