News

The Heritage and Real Estate Webinar took place on the 22nd June 2020 which featured Michael Fisher (Growth Manager) and Natasha Ahmed (Townscape Heritage Assistant) covering all things Market…

New information boards have been installed in two locations in the Underbanks, including outside the White Lion, Great Underbank and on the hoardings of 1-3 Lower Hillgate. The purpose of the boards is to inform…

Works to divert the gas main between Royal Oak Yard and St Petersgate overbridge have been completed. Tarmac was laid in this area on a temporary basis to maximise pedestrian accessibility in advance of further works…

The Town Centre Access Plan (TCAP) work to support the Rediscovering the Underbanks project has resumed in Little Underbank to improve the road and public realm, including new street furniture, paving upgrades and road…

The Council are following Government advice in relation to construction activity during the COVID-19 pandemic and is shutting down all its non-essential schemes where it is not possible to work safely within the public health…

The first phase of the resurfacing works began on the 24th February in Lower Hillgate which will involve carefully lifting the existing failed setts and laying a temporary coloured surface from the bollards at Robinsons Brewery to…

Great news for Stockport as the Underbanks gain more claims to fame! The BBC filmed their new advert for Sport Relief in Little Underbanks and new Netflix series “The Stranger” also features both the Underbanks and the Market Place…

Stockport Council commissioned Eamonn Murphy, a local artist to produce an illustration of the Underbanks, viewed from St Petersgate Bridge. The artwork was printed on to laminated aluminium sheets and has now been installed on Lower Hillgate, opposite the bottom of Mealhouse Brow…

The Writing Squad, a group of talented writers based in Stockport, spent a day working with local business and building owners in Underbank to help them tell their stories about their history within the area. By doing this, they captured the character of the Underbanks and produced a website to share this…