Stourbridge College has revealed the plans for its new £11 million state of the art Creative Industries Centre in Brierley Hill. At a presentation to Brierley Hill Civic Society, Vice Principal Andy Sylvester told the meeting that the Centre, due to open in September 2011 will bring 600 full time students to the heart of • Read More »
Anyone interested in preserving and promoting the heritage of Brierley Hill Town Centre is welcome to attend the launch of the new Civic Society for the town on Monday, 15th February, 2010 at St Michaels Brierley Hill. The event starts at 5.30pm. As well as agreeing a constitution for the Society, the meeting will elect • Read More »
Brierley Hill Civic Society will be holding its official launch next month at St Michael’s Church Brierley Hill. The launch will commence at 5.30pm on Monday 15th February. The Society is being set up to promote research into the history of area, a sense of civic pride, and local arts and cultural events. It will • Read More »
Members of Brierley Hill’s newly formed civic society will get their chance to have a say on the town’s Area Action Plan – a strategic document to guide the development of the town – at its next meeting on Monday, 18th January. The meeting will start at 5.30pm and all residents are welcome to attend.
The Civic Society visited Moor Street Glass Centre on Monday 16th November. The building was opened in 1904 and funded by Andrew Carnegie. For many years it provided the town with its library, technical institue and glass museum. The future of the building is now uncertain. Dudley College no longer needs to use the building • Read More »
You are invited to a meeting of the Brierley Hill Civic Society to take place at 5.30pm on Monday 16th November 2009 at St Michael’s Church, Brierley Hill. Please note: Steve Greaves from Dudley College will open up the former Glass Centre in Moor Street at 4.30pm prior to the meeting to give us a • Read More »
The designation of Brierley Hill High Street as a conservation area will help to maintain the best of its buildings and provide a framework for the much needed improvements in the area – supporting the development of a special Brierley Hill sense of place as the regeneration of the area progresses – said Pete Boland, • Read More »
Bats, Kingfishers, Watervoles and other special species will get their own regeneration proposals with the new Brierley Hill Area Action Plan to be published by Dudley Council on 30th November. Speaking at a meeting of Brierley Hill Civic Society Nicki Dale, principle planning officer with Dudley Council, described the surprising number special species of wildlife • Read More »
Following the insolvency of the Civic Trust, civic societies up and down the country have been seeking ways of networking nationally. On 16th October Civic Societies met together as part of the Civic Society Initiative. Read about the event and download the “Own the Future” document by clicking here.