Renaissance Awards
Projects celebrate victory in Waterways Renaissance Awards 2008
Projects from across the U.K. are celebrating after scooping top honours at this year's Waterways Renaissance Awards, run by The Waterways Trust and BURA (British Urban Regeneration Association).
For the first time in the awards' history, a project based in Northern Ireland was the recipient of an accolade. The Lough Erne Canoe Trail, which tonight triumphed in the 'Innovation' category, was recognised alongside projects organising ferry trips along the Mersey, the strengthening of a working Lock in Keadby, North Lincolnshire and a waterside education programme on a Fenland river, Cambridgeshire, as some of the best examples of waterway renewal in the country. A surprise announcement of an Award for Outstanding Achievement was also made at the ceremony which was given to Stourport Forward and British Waterways for the transformation of canal-town, Stourport-on-Severn in Worcestershire.
The winners of the Waterways Renaissance Awards 2008 are:
COMMUNITY (sponsored by Defra)
Winner: Hemlington Lake - Middlesbrough
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION (sponsored by ISIS Waterside Regeneration)
Winner: British Waterways Stainforth and Keadby Canal: Keadby Lock Strengthening and Mechanisation, North Lincolnshire
EDUCATION AND LEARNING (sponsored by Crosby Lend Lease)
Winner: The Nene Waterfront Regeneration Education Programme, Cambridgeshire
HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT (sponsored by Royal Haskoning)
Winner: Restoration of Buildings and Canal Structures, Stourport Basins, Worcestershire
INNOVATION (sponsored by Halcrow)
Winner: Lough Erne Canoe Trail - Countryside Access and Activities Network for Northern Ireland
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT (sponsored by Natural England)
Winner: Sinderland Brook and the Stamford Brook Development, Cheshire
PARTNERSHIP (sponsored by Morrison Construction)
Winner: The Rochdale Canal Festival 2007, Greater Manchester
RECREATION AND TOURISM (sponsored by St George Plc)
Winner: Mersey Ferries - Manchester Ship Canal Ship Cruises, Merseyside & Greater Manchester
STRATEGY & MASTERPLANNING (sponsored by The Wood Wharf Limited partnership)
Winner: Mersey Vale Nature Park, Greater Manchester
AREA-BASED REGENERATION (sponsored by Arup)
No winner, Commended: Cornmill Gardens, Lewisham, London
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Stourport Basins, Worcestershire
For full details of the winners and finalists click here.
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