Species Believed Extinct Spotted on Longcauseway
Simple evidence of the failure of Keith Ramsay as the Chair of Dewsbury Town Board to deliver effective communication with the community.
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Principal town of North Kirklees . Home to two new College buildings in the Dewsbury Learning Quarter and now investing £60 million pounds in our Town Investment Plan.
A historic market town, 19th century manufacturing centre of the Yorkshire Heavy Woollen District distributing woollen textiles to all corners of the British Empire. First recycling centre in the world where 'mungo' and 'shoddy' cloths were developed, one of 14 founding members of the National Chamber of Trade in 1897, home to Dewsbury Minster, mother church of much of Yorkshire since the 13th century, and the Dewsbury Rams Rugby League team since 1898.
FOR WORK: A central location and high frequency rail services mean
you can reach Leeds in 20 minutes and Manchester in 40 minutes - faster than you can drive there.
FOR PLEASURE: with the Yorkshire Dales to the north and Peak District to the south
there is endless beautiful countryside within easy reach.
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Active Travel – Dewsbury Riverside
Active Travel by walking or cycling from the Dewsbury Riverside development to the town centre has been the subject of earlier posts as we sought to bring attention to the disconnected nature of the existing footpaths and cycleways. Click here for the earlier post on Dewsbury Riverside and a second on Dewsbury Riverside to the
Read MoreDewsbury Town Deal Monitoring Report – 3 Oct 2024
Information about progress on the nine projects included in the Dewsbury Town Investment Plan has been hard to come by given all the changes occasioned by cost inflation and other problems. However, the Town Board who took over in May 2024 from the Town Deal Board has now published a Monitoring Report with the Agenda for
Read MoreDewsbury – spelling it out
A new art installation using recycled materials was unveiled in the town centre in April 2023. The installation features recycled letters that spell out the town’s name to welcome visitors to the town centre. This artwork was commissioned as part of the Dewsbury Creative Town Arts Programme, which is aimed at breathing new life into
Read MoreCatastrophic Failure of Communications
In June 2021 the Dewsbury Town Deal Board was cock-a-hoop with Dewsbury’s success in receiving government approval in principle to the Town Board bid for £25 million of Towns Fund money. This was to be matched by a similar amount from Kirklees Council making up a total with some private development money of close to
Read MoreTessella
Tessella is a permanent gateway feature for pedestrians arriving in the town centre via the pedestrian underpass. Incorporating a tiling design using 3,000 unique tiles designed by Saba Rifat who drew inspiration from urban patterns found in the town. The previous tiling incorporating designs by a number of local artists were carefully photographed in situ
Read MoreDewsbury Christmas Lights 2022 – in pictures
Saturday, 3rd December dawned with the good news for the Dewsbury Christmas Lights of a weather forecast of only 5% probability of rain – which was music to our ears after the soaking we got last year. But fate wasn’t finished with us yet as we waited for Covid test results to come in for
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