Outline plans for around 6,000 new homes, alongside major transport improvements including three new roads, a Metrolink stop, enhanced public transport and new walking and cycle routes, will be presented to Bury Council’s Cabinet on 11 February 2026.
A further seven people have been fined for dumping their waste on the streets of the borough.
Bury Council are working with Proffitts Investing in Communities on a project to protect Island Lodge along the Kirklees Valley nature reserve, a popular destination for walkers, anglers, bird watchers and families.
As the festive period comes to an end, Bury Council is reminding everyone of the options for recycling real Christmas trees.
Plans to transform Bury’s economy and create thousands of jobs are moving forward with the latest proposals for the Northern Gateway.
The second phase of the Bee Active Travel Scheme in Fishpool and Pimhole is set to begin on 3 November 2025, marking another milestone in the borough’s commitment to safer, greener, and more accessible travel.
Children from St John’s CE Primary School joined the Leader of Bury Council and Cabinet Member for the Environment and Climate Change to officially open the newly refurbished Riverside Gardens pocket park and play area in the heart of Radcliffe town centre.
Bury Council today celebrated the launch of the borough’s first community food-growing project under the new ‘Right to Grow’ initiative, with a group of enthusiastic neighbours who have established ‘Lancaster Roots’ in Ramsbottom.
A further four people have been fined for dumping their waste on the streets of the borough.
A further four people have been fined for dumping their waste on the streets of the borough.
As Love Parks Week gets underway, Bury Council is proud to announce that all 13 of the borough’s main parks - along with two cemeteries - have once again been awarded the prestigious Green Flag status for 2025. This national recognition highlights the ongoing commitment to providing welcoming, well-maintained green spaces across the Bury borough.
With 15 awards, Bury has the most Green Flag s
Volunteers are at the heart of a summer programme of clean-ups which have already cleared tonnes of rubbish from our neighbourhoods.
A further four people have been fined for dumping their waste on the streets of the borough.
More than 40 bags of litter and rubbish were taken off the streets of Bury during the first of our LET’s Community Clean-ups.
Six more people have been fined for waste offences on the streets of Bury this month.
Bury Council has adopted new guidance which will shape the development of sites at Elton Reservoir and Walshaw.
Using a ‘man with a van’ to get rid of her waste has landed a Bury woman with a bill for £1,900.
Four more people have been fined for dumping their waste on the streets of Bury, bringing the total to eight in the last month.
Access and safety improvements costing more than £200,000 at Prestwich Clough and St Mary’s Flower Park are now complete.
Thanks to a grant of £57,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, a condition survey is to be carried out at Peel Tower with a view to preserving this iconic landmark, originally unveiled in 1852, for many years to come.
