Wirral’s new green village to be named ‘Borough Yard’
The developer of a major new neighbourhood in Birkenhead has announced it will be known as Borough Yard.
Preparatory works are already underway at the development in the Hind Street area of the town, which will ultimately see derelict land between Birkenhead Central and Green Lane train stations turned into a new community of more than 1,500 new homes, a new park, improved transport links, commercial space and leisure facilities.
There will also be works to provide new roads, active travel links, the start of the Dock Branch Park project, as well as the eventual removal of adjacent flyovers to give the new development pedestrian-friendly links to the town centre.
The project is being delivered by Wirral Council in partnership with ION Developments, with initial combined funding of £52m secured from Homes England and Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
The name Borough Yard has been chosen to reflect the site’s heritage as a former railway sidings and gas works around the Borough Road gateway.
Leader of Wirral Council, Cllr Paula Basnett, said:
This is another positive step forward in a transformational project for Birkenhead town centre. As work continues on site and ION and Picture This begin to take the development to market, defining what our new urban neighbourhood will look and feel like – and how it will benefit not just those who live there in the future but also the wider town – is an important part of bringing Borough Yard to life, helping to build excitement and a sense of community over the coming years as work moves forward.
Steve Parry, managing director at ION Developments, said:
As we move forward with the Hind Street plans, it is important that we give the development an identity that will tie it into the fabric of the area and attract people at various stages of life to want to move in and build a life here.
Borough Yard will be a dynamic and varied mix of houses and apartments to meet a range of needs, connected by well-designed paths, new streets, green spaces and communal areas, where people feel safe and better connected, both to each other and to the wider Liverpool City Region.
Shannon Conway from Picture This, ION’s strategic development partner, added:
We want people to know that Borough Yard is not just another housing development. This will be a neighbourhood which will work hard to benefit the whole community, not just those who will eventually be living and working within it. We'll be working hard to get that message out, through actions as well as words.
For more information, visit www.borough-yard.co.uk.
