Archive for the ‘Burnley’ Category

Several new buildings and landmarks in the North West have been shortlisted for the 2008 Structural Steel Design Awards. The Liverpool Echo Arena, the Halo sculpture in Rossendale, the Singing Ringing Tree sculpture in Burnley, and the Turning the Place Over public art display in Liverpool will compete against the likes of Terminal 5 at Heathrow for the prestigious design award.

The winner will be announced at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum on July 8.

Burnley’s Queen Street Mill Textile Museum was voted Best Tour in Lancashire by the Association of Industrial Archaeology (AIA) at its annual conference, held at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston. The AIA is a national organisation for people and professional bodies with an interest in Britain’s industrial past.

Burnley Football Club has announced that manager Steve Cotterill has left the club by ‘mutual consent’. The club currently stand 15th in the Championship, having won just one of their last ten matches. Assistant manager Steve Davis will take charge of the match against Leicester City on Saturday.

A new free bus service has been launched to ferry visitors between Burnley town centre and Towneley Park. The Towneley Shuttle will run every hour, on the hour, between noon and 4pm, taking passengers from Burnley bus station to the park. The service will run in the summer months on weekends and bank holidays.

The Singing-Ringing Tree at Crown Point, Burnley has won a National Award for Architectural Excellence from the Royal Institute of British Architects. The musical sculpture, by architects Tonkin-Liu, produces a low hum audible only at close range as the wind blows around it. It is part of East Lancashire’s ambitious Panopticon arts project.

The Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board held its annual awards ceremony at the De Vere Heron’s Reach hotel in Blackpool last week. The winners were:

Bed and Breakfast of the Year: Riverside Barn, Ribchester
Small Hotel of the Year: The Millstone at Mellor, Mellor
Large Hotel of the Year: Lancaster House Hotel, Lancaster
Small Visitor Attraction of the Year: ILPH Penny Farm, Blackpool
Large Visitor Attraction of the Year: Blackpool Zoo
Caravan Holiday Park of the Year: Sunset Park, Hambleton
Self Catering Holiday of the Year: Clough Bottom Farm Cottages, Bashall Eves
Taste of Lancashire and Blackpool Award: Kwizeen Restaurant, Blackpool
Business Tourism Award of the Year: Bartle Hall Country Hotel, near Preston
Best Tourism Experience of the Year: Keeper for the Day, Blackpool Zoo
Best Tourism Business Newcomer: The Fat Giraffe, Padiham

Burnley Councillor Roger Frost planted the first of 71 new trees on the Avenue at Towneley Park. The new trees will replace older ones that were suffering from decay. The replanting programme is expected to take 2 weeks to complete.