The hunt is on to find some specialist expertise to support North East Lincolnshire Council to help make Cleethorpes a year-round resort. As recently reported, the Council is looking for some external support to create a new Masterplan for the…
Installation of Grimsby Artist’s Annabel McCourt’s new public artwork Murmuration will begin on Tuesday 26 October when hundreds of tiny copper silhouettes will begin to appear in St James’ Square. Like a flock of birds, moving as one. The artwork,…
The Great Grimsby Ice Factory Trust (GGIFT) is pleased to announce the re-appointment of Fleet Architects Ltd as the Design Team who – with Project Managers Banks Long & Co – will take the Peterson’s Project through to completion. Planning…
Four “Heritage Starter” grants have just been awarded to local organisations to support heritage projects, small and large, made possible through the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Over the next 18 months, the programme aims to encourage people from North East…
A second project on Grimsby’s historic docks has received a heritage grant worth £121,490 to help them turn their plans into reality. The Alfred Enderby Smokehouse has been awarded a grant to undertake conservation repairs and reinstate historic features at…
On the shores of the Humber Estuary in North East Lincolnshire, a new haven for wildlife is starting to appear. In this interview with Roger Wardle, who heads up a specialist consultancy that creates these sites, he explains the aims…
The restoration of two shop fronts on Alexandra Road in Cleethorpes has been completed in the last month as part of the Discover Cleethorpes’ Heritage programme. This follows the reveal of another shop front further up the road last week…
“Corporation Bridge is one of Grimsby’s survivors and a reminder of our town’s great maritime past,” says David Ornsby, operations manager at Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre and part of the Special Interest Group for Corporation Bridge. “The bridge is one…
AS the first anniversary of North East Lincolnshire Council’s ownership of Freshney Place approaches, there’s good news for the shopping centre in a number of key areas. A report being presented to a special Freshney Place Cabinet meeting at the…
Corporation Bridge will no longer reopen in December 2023 after its condition has been found to be much more severe than originally expected. Multi-disciplinary bridge works specialist Spencer Group was appointed contractor for the works in November 2022, with works…
Work has finished on the latest project to receive Townscape Heritage Funding on Cleethorpes’ historic Alexandra Road. The Townscape Heritage Project for Cleethorpes, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, co-funded the works to No. 24 Alexandra Road, …
DFDS, which employs over 1,000 people on the Humber, have taken the first steps in creating a new combined commercial office in the area by purchasing seven acres of land on the Pioneer Park development, located in Stallingborough. Plans are…
The Clee Fields site development is nearing completion with the latest section, the installation of the two artificial grass 3G football pitches, finished a few weeks ago. The new changing facilities are nearing completion, with the main interior already finished,…
Refurbishment works to the iconic Corporation Road Bridge in Grimsby are progressing. Grit blasting works to the undersides of the bridge for spans 1, 2, 3 and 4 have allowed a detailed inspection of the structure, and this revealed an…
Restoration and repair works to Grade II listed structure, Corporation Road Bridge, have been progressing. Engineers on site will be carrying out work over the a number of weekends in March, taking advantage of expected low tide levels, to continue…
Works to Grade II listed structure, Corporation Road Bridge, have been progressing. The steel work repairs are ongoing to both sides of the bridge deck. Application of the primer and paint coatings has also been ongoing along with required preparation…
Engineering works to the 100-year-old Grade II listed structure, Corporation Road Bridge, are continuing. The steel work repairs are ongoing to both sides of the bridge deck. Primer and coatings of paint are also being applied to sections of the…