Development schemes
- Ancoats Hospital Site /
- Bascule Bridge /
- Chips /
- Cotton Field /
- Guest Street /
- Health Centre /
- House /
- Islington Square /
- Old Mill Street /
- Redhill Street Bridge /
- School /
- Stubbs Mill /
- The Botanic /
- The Dispensary /
- Tutti Frutti /
- Urban Barns /
- Water /
- Weybridge Road /
Cotton Field
It may be convenient living so close to Toys R Us, but we appreciate that people don't necessarily want to sit in their armchairs looking at the back of it! We needed to create some space between the back of the retail park and the new homes. If we were going to create space it may as well be glorious!
Parks are vital to the creation of special places and are a key resource for the residents living and working in the City.
So New Islington includes some great spaces. A swathe of green land sweeps across the scheme, from the Rochdale Canal through to the Ashton. Much of this will be accessible. The spaces between the building “fingers” each have a different atmosphere, so there will be space to do all those things you like doing when it stops raining… sitting, chatting, reading, playing, eating, drinking.
In fact, nearly half of New Islington is open space or open water!
The four acre park, named “Cotton Field” includes huge Scots Pines and a community orchard, these are joined by wildflowers, reed beds and more foliage to attract wildlife to the park, making it a great green asset, not only for New Islington but for Manchester city too.
Contact name: Richard Hattan
Developer's: Homes and Communities Agency
Designer's: Grant Associates
