Attracting more people into Birkenhead town centre with improved leisure and residential opportunities alongside promoting new business uses and bringing in more shoppers are key elements of the plans for improving Birkenhead’s town centre.
As well as helping attract more visitors to the town centre the ambitious plans being put forward for St Werbugh’s in Birkenhead aim to significantly increase leisure and residential opportunities.
The striking Copper Mill and Steam Yard apartment blocks at waterside residential development, Millers Quay, have reached 80% capacity just ten weeks after completion.
The £9m plus revamp of Woodside ferry terminal is underway as part of a major regeneration project to turn the area into a ‘vibrant and unique waterfront destination’.
Plans to kick-start the regeneration of a former gasworks in Birkenhead and create an urban village adjacent to the town centre have moved a step closer thanks to a massive new funding approval from Homes England.
Since reopening in Autumn 2023 following a £2.7m revamp, Bidston Sports and Activity Centre has welcomed residents in their thousands to stay active in state-of-the-art facilities - with a brand-new high specification gym and free weights area, immersive cycling studio and two cafes on offer.
The masterplans form key planning documents for the future development of large swathes of Birkenhead town centre and underpin the council’s Local Plan that focuses on a ‘brownfield first’ approach.
As the school term starts and the journeys to and from school return, more of our children will be travelling actively thanks to the efforts of Wirral schools to become Modeshift accredited.
Theatre lovers can look forward to a bumper package of shows next week as the first Wirral Theatre Festival brings 18 productions to The Floral Pavilion as part of Wirral’s Borough of Culture celebrations.
