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Revitalising Communities: Kier’s commitment to Cheshire’s growth and development By Sarah Morton Regional director, Kier Construction North & Scotland
The devolution agenda has gathered pace in recent years, bringing a potential boost to infrastructure spending and revitalising local towns and communities, thereby accelerating local economic growth. Kier has a longstanding history of working in Cheshire, supporting the regeneration of local towns to help boost economic growth and providing improved access to employment, healthcare, and community events. We are the local contractor with national strength, bringing our multi-sectorial expertise and experience from across the country to benefit the communities in which we work. In the last five years alone, Kier has helped to transform 21 local towns and cities in the North West by building sustainable infrastructure for multiple sectors that will benefit local communities for generations to come.
The Chester History Centre
Opening in 2026, the two new history centres will feature exhibition and event spaces, new research rooms, workspace for staff and volunteers, as well as environmentally stable storage for the archives.
open and work on a new B&M superstore and garden centre set to open in 2025. There will be a new 168-space car park alongside improvements to walking and cycling access as well as dedicated cycle storage.
Cheshire West and Chester Council’s regeneration of Winsford Town Centre is the biggest investment in the town centre shopping area since the 1960s. Our redevelopment work involves the construction of a new Costa Coffee now
New open public spaces are being created for pop-ups, events, and visiting attractions, with more green space in the town centre than ever before, creating a relaxing and pleasant environment to enjoy. Our Kier team has also refurbished and relocated the town’s war memorials within a new public square in front of the library, working with the Royal British Legion and Winsford Town Council.
Inspiring communities In Cheshire, we recently commenced construction on one of two new history centres in Chester and Crewe that will host the region’s archives. Cheshire Archives, a shared service of Cheshire East Council and Cheshire West and Chester Council, looks after the county’s unique and irreplaceable written and pictorial history, which dates back more than 900 years. Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Wolfson Foundation, ‘Cheshire’s archives: a story shared’ will transform the way the archives service works and open the collections to a whole new audience.
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Staff at the new Costa Coffee in Winsford
Our award-winning project at Storyhouse, Chester, designed by Ellis Williams Architects for Cheshire West & Chester Council, was awarded the title of Best Change of Use of an Existing Building or Conversion at the Local Authority Building Control’s 2018 Building Excellence Awards. The project involved the renovation and remodelling of a Grade II listed Odeon cinema with an extension to house a new theatre and cultural centre. It became the first auditorium in the world designed to operate in two modes: