Alison Drake, Chairman of the Castleford Heritage Trust

15. Lol Coxhill in a skip
Concept Simon Thackray. Produced by The Shed. Photo: Tony Bartholomew

22. Designers arrive

26. Community Partners
• Castleford Heritage Trust • Castleford Riverside
• Focal Group
• Cutsyke Community Group • Lock Lane Community
• Lock Lane Residents
Association • Sagar Street Traders
• Friends of the Green • Castleford Town Centre
• Wilson Street Community Partnership
Triangle • Castleford Parks
• Fryston Village Group Partnership
• Friends of Fryston Wood
• GREAT Group
• Beancroft Blond Group

27. Community Champions

28. Project Partners/Funders
• Wakefield Metropolitan • British Waterways
District Council • Waste Recycling Group
• Yorkshire Forward (WREN)
• English Partnerships • Ibstock
• Channel 4 Television • Big Lottery
• CABE • Edinburgh House Estates
• Arts Council England • Sure Start
• Coalfields Regeneration • Scarman Trust
Trust • Heritage Lottery Fund
• Groundwork Wakefield • Geographers Association
• Environment Agency

31. Designs on display

32. Who decides?

60. Impacts to date
(since March 2003)
• 10 new public realm projects created and delivered
• 3 new community groups & 1 business association
formed
• £100k seed grant from Channel 4 developed in to
£14m capital & £3m revenue fund
• New retail, residential and cultural development plans
in place for the town
• Involvement of local, national and international
designers and artists
• Involvement of over 10,000 local people

63. Lol Coxhill in a skip
Concept Simon Thackray. Produced by The Shed. Photo: Tony Bartholomew

64. Lol Coxhill in a skip
Concept Simon Thackray. Produced by The Shed. Photo: Tony Bartholomew

66. Timeline
• March 2003: Project Start
• July 2003: First community involvement
• Autumn 2003: Design Competition
• 2004: Design Development/Fund-raising/Contracting
• March 2005: First project completes
• Summer 2005: Open space projects complete
• Spring 2007: New town square opens
• Winter 2007: Bridge construction completes
• Spring 2008: Broadcast TV series

67. http://www.castlefordheritagetrust.org.uk/
www.channel4.com/castleford