Regenerating Shrewsbury's northern corridor

The Northern Corridor stretches from the Shrewsbury Railway Station (a key arrival point to the town centre), towards the Flaxmill Maltings (a key, internationally recognised heritage restoration regeneration project in the ownership of Historic England) and through the Castlefields and Ditherington areas, adjacent to the town centre.

The Northern Corridor is also one of the three key routes into the town centre, alongside the medieval English Bridge and Welsh Bridge to the east and west respectively. Traffic converges under the rail bridge and close to the station frontage resulting in congestion and high levels of pollution. Feedback from public consultations define it as an “unloved, neglected area of town” and an uninviting, predominately ‘industrial’ area, accommodating the Royal Mail’s sorting office and small scale manufacturing under railway arches, adjacent to a rich mixture of early 20th Century housing. 

A major infrastructure investment from the UK Prosperity Fund will introduce 2.3kms of cycle lanes into the north of the town centre, dramatically improving the public realm through street furniture and greening around the northern road entrance to the town centre and the railway station by March 2025.

This area has huge economic growth potential, and with appropriate masterplanning and a cooperative investment approach from the private and public sector, could transform into a vibrant mixed-use, residential-led environment within easy access of the town centre.