CASE STUDY - THE WATERFRONT, BARROW-IN-FURNESS
Waterfront project wins the highest honour in the BALI awards
A team of landscaping experts from UPM TiIhill’s Kirkby Lonsdale offices have helped to revive a waterfront area in Cumbria and have won a British Association of Landscaping Industries (BALI) award in the process.A Principal Award, the highest honour available in the Land Renewal and Regeneration Scheme category, was presented to UPM Tilhill for the redevelopment and regeneration of The Waterfront in Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria.
Special consideration had to be given to introducing new vegetation to an exposed coastal location and preserving the habitat of the protected wildlife species. A major achievement of the project was the relocation of the formerly scattered allotments into a modern, purpose-built area with better facilities and security.
The Waterfront in Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria, is an unused former industrial area which spreads across 80 hectares, is rich in wildlife and includes a large number of allotments. The UPM Tilhill team was commissioned to landscape much of the open space while making sure the habitat of protected wildlife species such as slow worms was preserved. A major achievement of the project was the relocation of the formerly scattered allotments into a modern, purpose-built area with better facilities and security.
The UPM Tilhill team, working for the principal contractor Carillion, also had to landscape a business park area and provide a high-quality working environment with attractive public areas and distinctive gateway features linking green areas.
The regeneration project involves Cumbria County Council, West Lakes Renaissance, Carillion and Capita Symonds who are working together to redevelop a portion of the Barrow Waterfront regeneration area. Funding for the project was provided by the North West Development Agency and the European Union ERDF.