Prescot

The vote is now open for you to choose the name of the street that will be home to the new Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot.

Prescot Carnival is set to be a great family afternoon, bursting with entertainment and activities.

Residents and visitors celebrated Prescot’s wonderful heritage at this year’s fantastic Elizabethan Fayre, on Saturday 2 June.

The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has approved a package of circa £14million from its Single Investment Fund for the Shakespeare North Playhouse and Rail Interchange project in Prescot.

The Elizabethan Fayre is back for 2018! Mark the date in your calendar and join in the celebrations for Prescot’s wonderful heritage.

Knowsley Council is launching an exciting opportunity for people to make their mark in Shakespearean history.

A local school is working on an exciting project and building a replica of the Shakespearian Globe Theatre.

Planning permission has been improved for a number of high quality apartments and houses in Prescot.

An operator has been appointed to run the café and community space at Market Place in Prescot.

The Council has entered into an Exclusivity Agreement with Aldi in relation to the Cables Way development.

The Leader of Knowsley Council, Cllr Andy Moorhead, has officially marked the start of build on a new residential development of 123 high quality homes in Prescot.

The 14th annual Prescot Festival of Music and Arts is set to return this summer! Find out what’s going on.

Callender’s Green, a Stewart Milne Homes development, will bring 68 new family homes to Prescot.

It will be a case of ‘Shakespeare in Love’ when Prescot’s new micropub opens this Wednesday, 14 February.

Ahead of the construction of the Shakespeare North Playhouse, a team of archaeologists from Salford University have carried out an investigation of the Mill Street site in Prescot.

Firefighters and neighbourhood police officers have moved into a new shared Community Fire and Police Station in Prescot.

Plans for more high quality new homes at Prescot Park have been approved.

Melwood Beer Company will be opening a Shakespeare themed micropub in the town.

From Monday 20 November, part of the public car park at Mill Street in Prescot will be closed.

Plans for a new Shakespearean themed luxury hotel in Prescot town centre were given the green light at Knowsley Council’s Planning Committee.

Hundreds of high quality new homes are set to be built across three different sites in Knowsley.

A host of exciting new developments have been given the green light in Knowsley, including a major retail scheme and supermarket in Kirkby, the Shakespeare North theatre, a hotel and hundreds of new homes.

Updated plans for the Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot have been approved by the council’s Planning Committee.

The wait is over – the council and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) have selected the winning design for Prescot Market Place.

At a recent meeting, the council’s planning committee approved a planning application that will progress plans for new high quality houses on Hall Lane.

A new colourful mosaic has been unveiled in Prescot town centre celebrating the town’s diverse heritage.

The Shakespeare North Playhouse is an iconic new theatre and education space planned for Prescot. These FAQs will help you to find out more.

A team of archaeologists has discovered pieces of Prescot’s past in test pits dug in Market Place.

There was great news for Knowsley Council in the recent Planning Awards in London.

The Elizabethan Fayre that took place in Prescot recently brought over two thousand people together to celebrate the town’s brilliant heritage.

Arts Council England has confirmed the £5 million HM Treasury funding for the Shakespeare North Playhouse to be built in Prescot town centre.

An application to build homes on land adjacent to Whitakers Garden Centre in Prescot has today been rejected by the council.

Find out more about the historic artefacts unearthed at the site of the Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot.

If you have some spare time, and enjoy arts and cultural events, you may be interested in becoming a Friend of Prescot Festival.

Four young people from Knowsley have been appointed as apprentices to support Wates Construction in the delivery of the new Community Fire and Police Station in Prescot.

Several Knowsley Projects, including the proposed Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot, are through to the next round of the Single Investment Fund process.

If you’re an owner or occupier of any of these certain buildings in Prescot, don’t miss out on your last chance to apply for a grant to repair, restore or reuse your building.

Funding of more than £400,000 will be used to create more places in the borough’s nurseries as the number of free hours some children are entitled to increases.

Improvements are being made to the Prescot Bypass which will improve safety and sustainability.

Dame Judi Dench has written about her passion for Shakespeare and her support for the exciting new Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot.

A consultation was carried out to gather people’s views and aspirations for THI’s new project, Market Place. Find out what everyone thought and what’s happening next.

Members of the public are being reassured that there should be no impact on their health as a result of the fire in Prescot on Sunday.

The Fool’s Tale is a magical walkabout fairytale happening around Prescot Parish Church vicarage woods, walled garden and surrounding areas, and tickets are now on sale.

World-famous speakers came together to talk about Knowsley’s and Prescot’s links with Shakespeare.

With many exciting plans for Prescot, including a new Shakespeare North playhouse development, the ongoing work of the Prescot Townscape…

Knowsley Council has agreed a Masterplan for Prescot Town Centre supporting ambitious plans to regenerate the area.

Are you a budding singer, dancer, actor or comedian? Why not enter this year’s Prescot’s Got Talent, and help support local good causes too.

A planning application to build 199 new properties on land in Prescot has been withdrawn. The proposal was for the…

On Saturday 18 June, the Prescot Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) will commemorate Prescot’s role in the two world wars.

Residents and visitors celebrated Prescot’s heritage and the work of William Shakespeare at this year’s fantastic Elizabethan Fayre.

Following the decision to grant planning permission for a Shakespeare North Playhouse and Education Centre in Prescot, we gathered people’s reactions

Proposals for a Shakespeare North Playhouse and education centre in Prescot have tonight been given the go ahead by Knowsley Council’s Planning Committee.

Have you been wondering how Prescot’s new Shakespeare North Playhouse might look? Take an exclusive first glimpse inside…

After plans for a Shakespeare North theatre in Prescot were given the go ahead yesterday, the development is the talk of the region! But what will it be like?

This Thursday, Knowsley Council’s Planning Committee will decide whether to grant approval for a new Shakespearean theatre and education centre in Prescot.

Get creative with free Family First art sessions at Prescot Museum on the first Saturday of every month.