Roman Gardens, Castlefield

Funded on
11 Jun 2015

Welcome to the future, two thousand years ago. You're standing right in the heart of Roman Manchester, just outside the North Gate. But wait...

£37,342 Raised of £37,633

130 Backers

99%

Costs

Taking the project to planning £18,980
Project consultancy and stakeholder management £6,375
Landscaping consultant £3,075
Project management and community consultancy £2,880
Masterplanning and guidance £2,775
Lighting consultant £1,800
Tree Survey £480
Target: (inc. fees) £37,633

http://www.ourcastlefield.co.uk

Castlefield Forum is a Community Group open to anyone who lives, works or has an interest in Castlefield. Our objectives are to preserve and improve the area to make it an even better place to live, work and visit.

You can contact the project team by emailing Calum McGowan on [email protected]

Calum heads up the local community team looking after the project. We have a healthy working group of 14 looking after the project and are indebted to BDP for their assistance with the Roman Gardens masterplan. The level of effort and commitment to draw up the plans, including all the nighttime modelling, has been outstanding. http://www.bdp.com/en/locations/uk/manchester/. We have also been helped by Manchester Garden City, who kicked things off for us: http://cityco.com/project/manchester-garden-city/

We meet around every 6 weeks or so, or more often when we have key activity going on. You're welcome to join us and we can give you a tour of the gardens and show you our plans. Drop us an email as above.

If you've a few minutes and would like to brush up on your Roman history in Manchester, here are a couple of interesting links for you: http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/image_galleries/100408_roman_altar_gallery.shtml and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamucium

More on the Castlefield Forum here: http://www.ourcastlefield.co.uk and http://www.facebook.com/ourcastlefield or on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OurCastlefield

Thanks for reading! Please contact us with thoughts, questions, feedback: [email protected]

Project Owner: Castlefield Forum The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.

Contractors : BDP,Urban Green Space The team responsible for building or installing the project.