High Street Connectivity

Artists Aylo Nomad and Liam Bononi will create four murals celebrating Runcorn’s history and culture in the Dukesfield area. The murals will be completed over two weeks starting with a community clean up on 26^th April, the artists will then start painting from 28^th April -10^th May. There are several events for the public to attend during these two weeks to hear more about the stories behind the murals as well as getting the chance to ask the artists questions around their approach to murals. For the event details click here. To celebrate the completion of the murals there is a live music event ‘Beyond the Walls’ with local artists performing in Society Taprooms, for tickets to this event click here

The Council is looking for an artist to transform the first (of possibly more) viaduct pillars from the Silver Jubilee Bridge in Runcorn Old Town.

You can find the Street Art Brief here, detailing the application process and requirements, as well as the timetable.

Register your interest by sending your information to [email protected] before deadline Sunday 30 June 2024.

At the beginning of 2023 Hazlehurst Studios were commissioned in collaboration with local illustrator Millie Chesters to deliver this project.

The initial moodboard and concept drawings were created and shared with the public for consultation.

A walkthrough took place with the community where the public had the opportunity to give feedback and visit the locations for the street art.

In November the Runcorn Street Art Stories Booklet was published and shared with the public, bringing the vision to life highlighting the style and stories being used in the project strand. Find out more here.

As part of the plans for improving the High Street Public realm to introduce better cycling and walking paths in the town to strengthen the connectivity in Runcorn there is a proposed alteration as to how Top Locks car park is accessed. The current suggested change makes the car park access point from Station Road only. This will not affect access to the properties or businesses. See the plans here

During the public consultation for the High Street improvements, it was identified by the community and local traders that Church Street needed some attention. Since the consultation work has been going on behind the scenes and a small amount of additional funding has been granted to improve a section of Church Street, from High Street junction to King Street, along with the wider public realm improvements. This funding allows for improvements to the street furniture from bollards, railings, benches, bike racks to traffic signs, as well as the refurbishment of a piece of street art. All whilst cleaning the overall look of the street (streetscape). These improvements will complement the wider regeneration of the area, encouraging further future investment.

The first phase of this project involves deep cleaning of the section on Church Street which is happening on 23^rd September. The next stage is to replace the street furniture in late Autumn. Followed by the final stage, the refurbishment of the Obelisk on the corner of Church Street and King Street.

This project has the opportunity to develop a small pilot project along Church Street with a local housing provider and some local businesses to become an overnight host for a seasonal planter, that during the day would be on the Church Street path where pavement space allows. If you are a business along this section of Church Street and this is something you would like to register your interest in please email [email protected] by 1^st October 2024.

Consultation on the taxi rank has been completed ahead of the drawings being produced.

Following demolition of the mews properties in 2024, a planning application for the St Paul’s Mews footprint has been submitted to show how the proposed new public realm integrates with the plans for the Brindley Green.

The occupied shop left the property in January. From then plans were drawn up and applications were drafted.  In May a planning permission application was submitted for the proposed demolition of the vacant building. The application can be viewed here.

St Pauls Mews property was acquired by Halton Borough Council to help with the delivery of some plans within the wider programme. The property consisted of four vacant shops, four vacant flats and one occupied shop.