Tag : St Helens

11 Aug 2026

A Town Built on Glass Gets Ready to Welcome the World

As the International Festival of Glass arrives in St Helens for the first time, the district’s world-changing heritage is helping shape a new creative future. When people think about the Liverpool City Region’s global influence, music, maritime heritage and sport often take centre stage. Yet few places can claim to have shaped the modern world quite like St Helens. For generations, the town stood at the forefront of glassmaking innovation, producing materials, expertise and ideas that travelled across continents and […]

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21 Jul 2026

BREATH OF FRESH AIR: THE WALK THAT LEADS TO THE DREAM

A former colliery turned wide-open woodland, a quiet walk that builds to something unexpected and a sculpture that asks you to slow down and look again. This is a place where the past lingers beneath your feet but the view ahead offers a rare sense of perspective. This is The Dream. A 20-metre-high sculpture by artist Jaume Plensa, set at the highest point of Sutton Manor Woodland in St Helens, part of the Liverpool City Region. Rising from the former […]

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11 May 2026

International Festival of Glass to be held in Liverpool City Region’s St Helens

The 2026 International Festival of Glass (IFoG) is being brought to St Helens borough for the first time in its 20-year history! The Glass Art Society — the world’s leading organisation for contemporary glass art — has chosen St Helens as its central venue, a recognition of the borough’s significance in global glassmaking and contemporary glass culture. The St Helens community has a chance to be involved! Taking place over the August bank holiday weekend, the Festival will bring together […]

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08 Apr 2026

Spotlight on what makes St Helens Borough special key to UK Town of Culture bid

The story of Liverpool City Region’s St Helens Borough will be the focus of a year of events that chart the borough’s industrious past and impressive living heritage, its community of hard-working people who are grounded, gritty and full of heart and a place of huge potential which is reaching for greatness again. This all blends together for St Helens Borough’s bid for UK Town of Culture 2028, which is a nationwide competition which could bring in more than £3 […]

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02 Mar 2026

St Helen’s Council Budget Confirms Investment in Transformational Town Centre Regeneration

St Helens is preparing for a landmark period of renewal as St Helens Borough Council confirms its 2026/27 budget, unlocking a series of once‑in‑a‑generation regeneration projects set to reshape both St Helens and Earlestown town centres. The budget, approved by Cabinet on 26 February 2026, forms a central pillar of the borough’s long‑term strategy to modernise key civic spaces, strengthen cultural identity and enhance the overall visitor experience. At the heart of the transformation is the ambitious redevelopment of The Gamble Building, a […]

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02 Jan 2026

Four FANTASTIC things to experience in Liverpool City Region's St Helens.

SO MUCH IS HAPPENING IN ST HELENS RIGHT NOW

St Helens is entering one of the most dynamic periods in its modern history. Across the borough, visitor attractions, cultural institutions, major venues and the town centre itself are undergoing bold and forward-looking change. Taken together, they tell a story of a place that is building confidently, investing intelligently and welcoming visitors and businesses with a renewed sense of ambition. From the thrill of race days at Haydock Park to the energy of Saints rugby, from the reinvention of the […]

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