If you read the December 2025 newsletter, you will know that a party of forty Civic Trust members visited Bradford for its Year of Culture. We went to the Cartwright Art Gallery to see the Turner Prize entrants and chose our winner. Zadia Xa gained 24 votes and was the Civic Trust’s winner with Mohammed […]
Chester Civic Trust has responded to the call from Cheshire West and Chester Council for comments around the Local Plan Review. The Government has recently re-introduced mandatory housing targets on local authorities, meaning that Cheshire West and Chester Council is required to demonstrate it can provide for 29,000 new dwellings between 2025 and 2030. This represents […]
Paul Fielding of Lovelock Mitchell spoke on October 8th, on ‘Chester’s other architect; T M Lockwood and Sons and their ongoing architectural legacy. This lecture explored the architectural legacy of Thomas Meakin Lockwood (1830–1900), a prolific Victorian architect whose work shaped the urban identity of Chester and surrounding regions. It traced his career, family lineage, […]
The sun shone on the Chester Civic Trust walk, guided by David Mottram, exploring the Old Ferry Terminal and Victorian Pleasure Gardens of Eastham. David brought back to life the wonders that must have greeted the visitors when they entered The Gardens through an arch constructed to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. The gardens contained […]
Chester Civic Trust hosted a special Anniversary dinner at Chez Jules in Northgate Street for 65 members, to celebrate 65 years of the Chester Civic Trust, its activities and achievements. Chair Christine Russell recapped some of the major milestones for the Trust over the years and thanked many people in the room and others for […]
His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester visited Chester Civic Trust at Bishop Lloyd’s Palace (BLP) in May. Personnel from the Trust were on hand to guide the Duke through the displays, exhibits and discuss Chester Civic Trust’s work and role. The discussions related to his previous visit to Chester in 1975 in European Architectural […]
The Chester Civic Trust has presented its 2025 ‘Good Bad and Ugly’ Special Award to Okells Hoole for their work restoring and bringing to life the former Co-op building in Walker Street. The awards which this year celebrate the Chester Civic Trust’s 65th year, recognise the best changes to the Chester property and civic scene […]
On April 16th Peter Cocker gave a superb and informative talk on Thomas Brassey: The World’s Greatest Railway Builder, celebrated at Chester Railway Station. Born in Buerton near Chester in 1805, Thomas constructed Chester Station and worked alongside noted engineers of his time such as George and Robert Stephenson, Joseph Locke and Isambard Kingdom Brunel. […]
Chester Civic Trust Winners of 2025 ‘Good, Bad and Ugly’ Awards The Chester Civic Trust which celebrates its 65th year this year, has given its verdict on the best examples of new development, renovation of existing buildings and community projects in its annual Good, Bad and Ugly awards for the City. Now in its 19th […]
FEBRUARY 17th (tbc) The REOPENED Harris Museum, Preston, Lytham Hall with snowdrops and meal. JANUARY 10th – Bishop Lloyd’s Palace, 7pm, New Year’s Quiz NOVEMBER 28th, – Bishop Lloyd’s Palace, 7.30pm. A talk from David Ebbsworth on ‘French Fun: We’ll Always Have Paris’. NOVEMBER 12th at the Grosvenor Museum Lecture Theatre at 7.30pm. Lecture Series: […]