A message from Eric Wright Civil Engineering regarding temporary 2-way traffic signals on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd March 2023.

The iconic fishstones and lamppost at the heart of Kirkham’s Market Square have been temporarily removed to allow the public realm works, being carried out through the Kirkham Futures Programme, to progress and will be returning once the project is near completion.

Advance notice is now being provided that from the week commencing 9 January 2023, the areas outlined in red on the plans below, known as Eagles Court Car Park and Market Square, will cease to be available for the movement or parking of vehicles or access on foot.

A team of contractors has been appointed to deliver the first phase of the Shop Front Grant Improvement Scheme on Kirkham High Street. The project is designed to restore and enhance the shop frontages in Kirkham Town Centre by re-instating their historic, pre-WW1 style.

Kirkham Town Centre is about to be transformed by four artists whose creative talents will be unleashed on local shop windows. Each artist has been commissioned to come up with designs inspired by lines from a Christmas Carol. The local community have been asked to rewrite the well-known, “Twelve Days of Christmas “, by changing it to the Twelve Days of Kirkham, with each day inspiring a window design.

Read more about the Golden Threads scroll, the Heritage Town Trail, and find out about more exciting events!

From the week beginning 22 August 2022, the area to the rear of the property known as Hillside, 48 Preston Street, Kirkham, outlined in red on the plan below, will cease to be available for the movement or parking of vehicles or access on foot, other than to the land owned by the adjacent Stables Bar.

Progress continues to be made on the Kirkham Futures regeneration scheme, as Fylde Council’s elected members voted unanimously to approve a capital expenditure of £4m for the Phase 1 Public Realm works and to award the contract to Eric Wright Civil Engineering Ltd following a successful procurement exercise.

Come to Kirkham Market Square on 13th August 2022 between 10:30am - 2:30pm to meet the artists commissioned to transform Kirkham's Town Centre, and have a go at creating your own artwork using the techniques being demonstrated by the artists!