Neville Street
Project Status: Planning permission granted work due on site early 2008
Neville Street is a key arterial route into the heart of the city of Leeds. On the South of the city, Neville Street passes under the railway and connects South Leeds, Holbeck and Beeston with Leeds City Station, City Square and Wellington Street.
The tunnel emerges at the Scarborough Arms, one of Leeds’ oldest public houses, which marks the perimeter of the original city walls, and also connects into Dark Neville Street, more commonly known as the Dark Arches, leading visitors into Holbeck.
Neville Street represents a link between Leeds’ commercial centre, and the burgeoning South Leeds business area. It is a conduit between emerging new developments, such as Holbeck Urban Village and Leeds’ established, business core.
It is also dark, noisy, grimy and an unfriendly inhospitable environment for the tens of thousands of people who use the street every day.
For this reason Leeds City Council and Yorkshire Forward are investing heavily in an artistic, creative and technically challenging solution to Neville Street's current problems.
By engaging leading architects Bauman Lyons to head up a creative team including local graphic designer Andy Edwards, international artists Hans Peter Kuhn and leading engineering company Arup, the city will create a truly unique gateway worthy of one of Europe's leading cities.
