Glasgow Canal Regeneration Project
Revitalising the Forth and Clyde Canal
Our Project Area
Speirs Locks
The Partnership aims to create an outstanding, attractive and successful place which celebrates the rebirth of the canal and the heritage of the area, through sensitive regeneration; a busy place where people will choose to live, work and visit. This area has the potential to be developed as a truly exemplar sustainability project in terms of regeneration, environment and design and should win awards in years to come. A Design Competition was launched in August 2007.
Whitehouse Bar, Maryhill - exciting plans emerging for vacant historic building
Glasgow Canal Partnership is looking at ideas for bringing a redundant public bar back into use – but not as a bar!
A public house has occupied the site at Maryhill Road since before the Forth & Clyde Canal was completed in 1790. It would originally have served construction workers and those working on the nearby coal wharf. It became known as the Whitehouse when it was painted white and became a local landmark. The Whitehouse is one of the few historic canal-related buildings left in Maryhill – and some suggest it might even be the oldest.
Delivering Change around Maryhill Locks
The Partnership has identified Maryhill Locks as an immediate priority for development and regeneration. We aim to transform the area into a family orientated, vibrant and sustainable place where people choose to live and visit, distinguished through its waterside activity and heritage. This transformation will not be delivered by the Partnership alone – we are working closely with other organisations such as Glasgow Housing Association, Maryhill Housing Association and Cube Housing Association to ensure that there is a co-ordinated approach to delivery, something that will be essential in bringing about real and lasting change to the area.
Illuminating Links
The Partnership was proud to be a key sponsor of the Illuminating Links canal festival, the centrepiece of which was a stunning torchlight procession to mark the rebirth of Glasgow’s historic canal corridor. School children living in and around the canal created a series of spectacular lanterns which were paraded along the canal to Firhill Basin as the finale to Illuminating Links, a day long series of community activities on Saturday 6th October. The event was also used to bring residents up to speed with long term regeneration plans by the Partnership for the Glasgow branch of the Forth & Clyde Canal, plans that aim to bring the canal alive over the next 15 to 20 years.
New Canal Basin Opens in Glasgow
The Partnership has already delivered this £6.2 million project, which has seen the creation of 300 metres of new canal, a mooring basin, spectacular cascading wall of water and two lock structures between Speirs Wharf and Pinkston Basin in Port Dundas. As a result of the works boats can now travel past Speirs Wharf for the first time in over 40 years.
The completion of the new waterspace on the Glasgow branch of the Forth & Clyde Canal represents the first stage in a long-term regeneration initiative that will deliver a powerful force for positive change in North Glasgow. New links and sensitive development will combine to bring the historic canal to life once again and help to create and enhance canalside communities across the canal corridor.
To mark the occasion of the opening, the Rt. Hon. Michael Martin MP, Speaker of the House of Commons, formally named “Speaker Martin’s Lock” at the entrance to the new basin.
£3.5 Million Canal Project Will Help Link North Glasgow to City Centre
The Partnership has unveiled a £3.5 million landscaping and public realm project at the site of the spectacular new canal basin at Port Dundas which will help push forward the regeneration of Glasgow’s canal corridor.
The project will play a key role in the creation of a thriving canal quarter and new events space for Glasgow, with the improvements helping to link the new canal basin to the city centre. Works will include the creation of an entrance plaza, improved lighting and a direct cycle/walkway to the basin.
The investment includes £1.5 million from the Scottish Executive, £1.25 million from Glasgow City Council and £0.5 million from Scottish Enterprise Glasgow.
Preparing the Way with a Local Development Strategy
In order to co-ordinate all of the emerging development activity along the canal corridor, Glasgow City Council prepared a Local Development Strategy for the Canal in North Glasgow. This was approved by Council Members in February 2007.
Download Forth & Clyde LDS (pdf, 20mb)
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