Exchange Arcade and Fleming Square
Award winning refurbishment of heritage building Exchange Arcade and surrounding public space Fleming Square.
Capita Blackburn Business Centre
Capita Business Centre regeneration. The Capita Blackburn Business Centre is a new £3.5 million landmark building on the corner of the new Barbara Castle Way extension. The state of the art multi-storey office complex features glass walls and coloured render and is located in a previously under utilized part of the town
Café Beee’s buzzes into Blackburn town centre
Café Beee’s buzzes into Blackburn Town Centre......
A huge amount of investment is planned in Blackburn which will help transform the town centre environment and economy.
Blackburn College regeneration. Already attracting over 25,000 students to the town, Blackburn College is a major driver of the town centre economy and a major investment programme has been taking place over the last few years at Blackburn College.
Sudell Cross and Northgate improvements
Details of the Sudell Cross and Northgate improvement proposals
Blackburn Cathedral project is a £400,000 scheme to complete Blackburn Anglican Cathedral was undertaken in 2000/2001. The main focus of the work involved the re-building of the east end roofs and parapets, together with the construction of the high profile piece of public art on the blank eastern gable.
The Boulevard - bus - rail interchange
Railway station regeneration. Improvements to the Boulevard have created closer links between the town centre retail core and the bus-rail interchange. Pedestrians can now move between the two without crossing busy carriageways. Railway Station regeneration.
Darwen Street environmental improvements
Read about Darwen Street's award winning environmental improvement scheme.
Cathedral quarter, new Mall shopping centre, College redevelopment, new town centre health centre…. The list of regeneration developments in Blackburn town centre goes on and on, as the town bucks the trend and the building boom continues.
The development of the cathedral quarter is part of the new town centre strategy, which will provide a series of themed areas or ‘districts’ within Blackburn town centre. It will build on the inherent and distinct uses of existing areas, which will help to encourage a unique sense of place within the town centre.
Blackburn town centre renaissance neighbourhood voices project
Blackburn town centre neighbourhood voices
Whalley Range area development
View the details of the Whalley Range area proposals
Recent regeneration work has transformed Church Street into an attractive pedestrian friendly public space.
Blackburn town centre renaissance business meeting
Blackburn town centre neighbourhood voices