STREET furniture designed to rest, chat or exercise on has been installed along Cleethorpes’ North Prom – but it comes with a reminder for people to comply with lockdown and resist the temptation to use or view it straight away.…
THE huge structures that will together form Garth Lane’s new centrepiece footbridge are being constructed at a specialist workshop. By the end of March, the new bridge will be in position across the River Freshney as the £3.5m grant-funded transformation…
GRIMSBY’S fishing community and its supporters have welcomed the return of the town’s Fishermen’s Memorial Statue to St James’ Square as the transformation of this key public space reaches its final stages. They have also highlighted the memorial’s importance and…
A LEGACY to Novartis Grimsby will take the shape of a unique wildlife site, which will provide industrial opportunity along the South Humber Bank in the decades ahead. When the pharmaceutical giant leaves the town in December 2021 after 70-years…
THE Great Escape, a venue where creativity inspires people to achieve their dreams, is planning to further its work on Grimsby docks’ historic Kasbah with the help of a heritage grant. With its main base within the Conservation Area, the…
A unique opportunity has become available for Creative Workspace providers and organisations to help shape the Grimsby Creates cultural development programme. Earlier this year, world-renowned architects, Donald Insall Associates were appointed to create redevelopment plans for a group of heritage…
THE re-modelling of Cleethorpes’ street scene continues next week, with the next phase of work undertaken as part of the wider regeneration of the Sea Road area. The continuation of this work, making the area pedestrian-friendly with better connections between…
YOUNGSTERS swimming out to ‘peanut’ boats to pinch the cargo, 1pm Friday Fish Dock races and the day Queen Victoria visited – just some of Grimsby’s history that is reflected in a unique pathway being installed in St James’ Square.…
GRIMSBY’S new Garth Lane footbridge will start to take shape in December as detailed work begins on its construction. With delivery and installation due in the spring, planning permission has now been passed by North East Lincolnshire Council, giving the…
Loyal to Local team sprinkle Christmas cheer to highstreet retailers’ lockdown with the launch of the Loyal to Local Facebook Christmas Market NE Lincs. A brand new virtual Christmas market has been launched to help support North East Lincolnshire’s local…
THE reinvention of a notable Grimsby building into a multi-million-pound Youth Zone is the key piece of a jigsaw puzzle, which is being completed as part of the town’s new Heritage Action Zone (HAZ). Those behind the HAZ have welcomed…
CDI Alliance is seeking to commission up to three North East Lincolnshire-based suppliers to deliver branding; website; and social management to the freshly launched business development programme through Grimsby Creates. Suppliers can pitch for one or all elements of the…
SEVEN major projects in the heart of Grimsby have been submitted to Central Government as part of the Town Investment Plan. If approved, the projects will receive a slice of £25m Government cash, which has been ringfenced for investment in…
GRIMSBY’S Fishermen’s Memorial statue will stand proudly in its permanent St James’ Square home when it returns to the re-modelled public area in the coming weeks. The 15-year-old bronze monument, dedicated to the hundreds of men who lost their lives…
A plan to reinvent Grimsby’s Riverhead Square into a safe and attractive ‘heart of the town centre’ was approved by councillors at the Cabinet meeting yesterday (4 November), following a £1m funding boost from central Government. Designs have been released…
Press release, images and words provided by Alfred Enderby Ltd Grimsby Traditional Fish Smoker Alfred Enderby have been named overall winner in the Fish and Seafood category at this year’s Great British Food Awards for their traditional smoked haddock. The…
WITH the roof now on and the walls being assembled, the first building at North East Lincolnshire’s new business park is well on its way to completion. Representative of the South Humber Bank’s emergence as a green energy hub, the…
SEVEN major projects in the heart of Grimsby will be put forward to receive a slice of £25m Government cash, which has been ringfenced for investment as part of the Towns Fund. Councillors have approved plans today (14 October) for…
The work at St James Square is continuing at pace. Using Scoutmoor Yorkstone, initial work concentrated on the wider footpath in front of St James’ Hotel. This reopened on Monday and allows direct access between the underpass and the Wilko’s…
A 500-tonne crane took just 15 minutes to lift Grimsby’s Garth Lane footbridge skyward yesterday as it was taken out in preparation for the area’s transformation. With the necessary checks complete, passers-by watched as the structure that led people over…