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The Writing Squad, a group of talented writers based in Stockport, spent a day working with local business and building owners in Underbank to help them tell their stories about their history within the area. By doing this, they captured the character of the Underbanks and produced a website to share this…

Stockport Council has appointed Peter Haymes as the new Townscape
Heritage Manager for the Underbanks. Peter will be the main point of
contact for building work and heritage in the Underbanks and will be
managing the five year Townscape…

The first scheme to be successful in securing National Lottery Heritage
Funding Grant began work earlier this year to repair and reinstate 30-32
Little Underbank. The works so far have included replacement of both shop fronts and painting of…

As part of the Townscape Heritage scheme and Town Centre Access
Plan, we are developing phased improvement works to the road along
Little Underbank and part of Lower Hillgate. The works will involve
structural repair of the road, pavement resurfacing, improved…

On the 8th September, Stockport Council and Stockport's Heritage Trust hosted an Edwardian themed event in the Underbanks to tie in with the Heritage Open Day, a national festival of history and culture that takes place once a year. The street was filled...

We've teamed up with Illustration students from Stockport College who were tasked with focusing on a historic building of their choice from the Underbanks to research its history and create a piece of artwork based on what the shop/building used to be. We plan to...

In early 2017, £1.8 million was awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to the ‘Rediscovering the Underbanks’ project. Working with the local community and businesses, the project will help breathe new life into the area, celebrating its truly unique townscape....