Dream to help regenerate Bold and Sutton Area of St Helens

A visualisation using V2D Software

Members of Sutton Ramblers enjoy a Friday evening stroll and picture with the Dream

The sculpture attracts inward investment , and is owned by not only the local community but business, and becomes a symbol of economic success!

signs from M62 Junction 7 lead to the sculpture

mountainbikers rest and admire the sculpture

Postcode:WA94BA
Grid Ref:SJ521906

With over 2000 people attending the launch of the Dream sculpture Sutton Manor Woodland has become a tourist destination.With firm backing from The Forestry Commission who put up 10% of the funding required for the sculpture this site could be part of a network of green recreation sites that form the St Helens Forest Park as part of The Mersey Forest

Read the latest news here:

www.merseyforest.org.uk/mft.pdf

http://www.merseyforest.org.uk/

So whilst we might think this site is somewhere to walk the dog or take a breath of fresh air it could become a destination for mountain biking courses,bird watching,mountain boarding and mountain balling in the near future.

A wider network of pathways and greenspaces could be linked with way signs and information boards and a local visitors centre or cafe (like the one pictured above) could be the springboard to making this a major local visitor destination with over 2M people already within a 20-30 minute drive from the area.

Other areas worth a walk include Daisy Fields to the north of Sutton Manor accessible through King Georges playing Fields,Clock Face Country Park to the East through the Miners Way and beyond this Maypole Wood and Griffin Wood http://www.griffinwood.blogspot.com/ and link from here to Weatacre Woodland and the Bold Colliery and Colliers Moss recreation sites.

Photo credit slideshow: photos by Minako Jackson, www.artinliverpool.com

please note that photos may change and therefore any credits as these are subject to 'tag' status

A door in the Dream

Like all good fairy tales there has to be a secret door.So even in the Dream sculpture there is one.But ,where does it lead? is this possibly a door to another world or is it possibly a place for a future electrical connection to a light or skyward beam in the future should the Highways Agency see sense in the idea of having an illuminated sculpture adjacent to their highway,just like a road sign??

Dream Sculpture Launch 31st May 2008

Dream, http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=dream+sculpture&m=tags&page=1 the dramatic new sculpture for St.Helens and the Northwest, was launched with a spectacular public event on Sunday 31 May at Sutton Manor as thousands of members of the local community and visitors from further afield attended.
The launch event started at noon, where the assembled pageant proceeded to the summit of the hill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MTDVvSypPA&feature=related

to officially launch Dream at 1.00pm. The launch included a traditional Whit Walk complete with brass bands, the May Queen and her entourage, a choir, ex-miners and their families and all those who have made Dream possible including guest of honour artist Jaume Plensa.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dandjwalks/tags/junction7/

The song 'The Dream' sung by a local choir was composed by local singer and storyteller Chris Roche.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkDgP5E-pso&feature=channel_page
St.Helens Council operated a free shuttle bus service from Lea Green Station to Sutton Manor. Brown direction signs saying 'Dream' from the M62 Junction 7 direct you to the sculpture. http://www.visitsthelens.com/