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            Active frontages

            Potential Metro route

            Metro stop

            Improved pedestrian

            connections

            New vehicular access


a sequence of places / 

eastside masterplan

Key principles

•  Creation of a major Civic Square 

within the park.

•  A high quality setting for Curzon 

Street Station and Woodman 

Public House.

•  Potential for new cultural building 

and activities.

•  A second access to HS2 station 

linking Eastside and Digbeth.

The Cultural City

The Promenade will open out into 

the proposed Curzon Square - a 

new civic space, developed within 

the Eastside City Park, which will 

become a focal point for Eastside 

as a major cultural destination, 

and open up regeneration 

opportunities in Digbeth.

Curzon Street Station

The former Curzon Street Station 

terminus, built in 1838, will be 

at the heart of the new square, 

celebrating the Grade I Listed 

Building’s status as the oldest 

surviving railway terminus in the 

world. The former passenger 

booking hall was once the terminal 

of the first London to Birmingham 

line; the arrival of the HS2 railway 

alongside the building will provide 

new opportunities to reinvigorate 

the building and its setting. This 

masterplan encourages early, 

innovative re-use of the building, 

potentially combining a cultural use 

with a HS2 amenity function.

To transform the setting of Curzon 

Street Station, New Canal Street 

could be rerouted to the rear of 

the building; this would allow 

the building to be set off by the 

pedestrian plaza.  

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between the two squares. The 

Hotel La-Tour and Masshouse

developments will provide part of 

the northern edge to the route to 

the Promenade.  

Curzon Promenade could also 

allow for some access by Rapid 

Transit Vehicles as a direct route 

from the City Core into the heart 

of Eastside, and serve the Curzon 

Square station access.

Park Street Gardens

The area of Park Street Gardens 

that remains unaffected by 

the station building should 

be incorporated, with a clear 

definition of its character, as part 

of the Promenade’s future detailed 

landscape design.

Curzon Street Station

Curzon Square

A fine setting for Curzon Street Station; creating a new cultural hub for the 

city that links Eastside and Digbeth with a major city centre public square.  

Aerial view of Curzon Square

Eastside

City Park

Ashted Pound

Walk


Eastside

Locks


Curzon Promenade

HS2 Station and

Station Square

New Street

to HS2 -

One station

Curzon Square

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Development principles

KEY


            Curzon Square

            Landmark building

            HS2 entrance

            Active frontages

            Public transport route

            Potential Metro route

            Metro stop

            Improved pedestrian

            connections


a sequence of places / 

eastside masterplan

eastside masterplan

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New Art Gallery



Eastside provides the opportunity 

to build upon the attraction of the 

Eastside City Park and Think Tank 

Birmingham Science Museum with 

the development of a major new art 

gallery on land between Fox Street 

and Grosvenor Street in an area 

currently identified as an informal 

area within the Eastside City Park.  

The site also has the potential for a 

feature building that would provide 

a visual ‘book-end’ to the western 

edge of Eastside City Park

It is proposed that new gallery 

and museum buildings could 

continue the northern side of The 

Promenade and frame Curzon 

Square - which will become home 

to outdoor sculptures, concerts and 

events - a significant attraction in its 

own right. 

Heritage


The Woodman Public House 

(Grade II Listed) should also be 

retained within the square with 

potential to refine the rear and 

single storey elements of the 

building to enhance the setting of 

the Curzon Street Station and the 

immediate public realm.

New uses will be encouraged for 

the Christopher Wray building 

(Grade II Listed), potentially 

incorporating it within an adjoining 

art gallery.

HS2 Curzon Square Entrance 

Curzon Square would be a 

further enriching of Eastside City 

Park when surrounding sites are 

developed and extend below the 

HS2 viaduct and the existing railway 

arches in what could be an exciting 

multifunctional space leading 

towards Fazeley Street. 

In order to maximise the 

regeneration benefits of the HS2 

station, and to provide passenger 

choice, the opportunity to create 

an additional entrance to the 

HS2 station is vital at Curzon 

Square. Escalators could bring rail 

travellers down from the platforms 

above to a concourse below the 

viaduct structure which together 

with ancillary retail uses and a 

taxi pick up/drop off point, would 

significantly enliven the under-croft 

space. 


At this point, the HS2 viaduct would 

be some 5m above ground level.  

The space underneath should 

be bridged in such a way that it 

allows for a wide area to physically 

and visually link Banbury Street/

Andover Street and New Canal 

Street - this will be essential in 

ensuring that connections into 

Digbeth are legible.

The Locally Listed Eagle and Tun 

Public House is directly impacted 

by the HS2 route. However, the 

height of the HS2 structure may 

just be sufficient to allow for part 

retention if the viaduct is designed 

to allow for a meaningful structure 

to remain. The building could 

potentially be incorporated into the 

concourse building or part of the 

active uses within the square. 

Regenerating Digbeth

The additional HS2 station entrance 

and improved connections to the 

northern part of Digbeth would 

transform the development 

potential of Typhoo Wharf, 

Warwick Wharf and other sites. 

Wider investment will also follow, 

breathing new life into the Warwick 

Bar Conservation Area as part of 

the Big City Plan’s aim to create a 

rich creative and cultural quarter 

within Digbeth.  

Improved links will also better 

reveal the Grade II* Listed Gun 

Proof House which could promote 

its museum as a further visitor 

attraction in the area. 

There will also be the opportunity 

to significantly open up access 

to the Digbeth Branch and 

Grand Union Canals which will 

reinforce pedestrian connections 

and provide new investment 

opportunities.

Curzon Square link to Digbeth

Curzon Square - heart of Eastside

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KEY

Improved connections

Eastside City Park

The heart of Eastside’s regeneration is Eastside City Park - the city centre’s 

first new park in 125 years. Its opening in 2012 will draw new visitors into 

the quarter, and provide the catalyst for development on surrounding sites. 

Key principles

•  World class green space.

•  Promoting development 

opportunities overlooking the 

park.

•  Utilising space beneath the HS2 



viaduct.

The Park


Curzon Square will open out 

into Eastside City Park’s formal 

gardens which include a family 

based science garden attraction 

leading to green, tranquil spaces 

with water features and attractive 

planting. The formal pedestrian 

Park Promenade route alongside 

the Millennium Point and new 

BCU buildings will create a focus 

for movement through the park, 

to the canalside and to the rest of 

Eastside beyond. 

Curzon Street

To the south of Curzon Street, 

planning consent exists for a major 

mixed-use development. A fresh 

approach to this development 

opportunity will be required as 

a large part of the site is directly 

affected by HS2.

Overlooking the park and with 

easy access to the HS2 station, 

the site particularly lends itself 

to the development of large 

floor-plate office uses, hotels and 

some residential as part of the 

mix. Buildings of between 5 and 

6 storeys would be acceptable, 

with careful modelling of their 

rhythm and profile to minimise the 

impact of shading on the park.  

There should be active frontages 

and main entrances along Curzon 

Street. 

Potential development along Curzon Street looking towards Masshouse

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Curzon Square



Eastside

Locks


Curzon Promenade

HS2 Station and

Station Square

New Street

to HS2 -

One station

Eastside

City Park

Ashted Pound

Walk


n

NORTH


Development principles

KEY


            The Park

            Landmark building

            Active frontages

            Public transport route

 

            Potential Metro route



            Metro stop

            Improved pedestrian

            connections

            New vehicular access

            Nature reserve

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Key principles

•  Continuing the promenade 

through to the canal.

•  Creating an accessible canalside 

environment.

•  Creation of active frontages.

•  A landmark university campus 

building.

•  Curzon Circus as a prominent 

gateway to the City Centre.

Ashted Pound Walk begins at 

Cardigan Street and acts as an 

extension to the Park Promenade 

linking the city core to the canal 

via the park enabling a lively 

canalside environment. This is a 

vital connecting route that will lead 

into Eastside Locks and Pound 

Square transforming and extending 

access to the canal network via the 

sequence of distinct spaces and 

places that create this unique linear 

park.

University Campus



The new BCU campus will be 

developed on the land between 

Cardigan Street and the canal. 

The character of Eastside City Park 

changes at Cardigan Street, which 

will remain a vital vehicular route 

serving the quarter. The broad 

pedestrian promenade route on the 

northern side of the park will then 

continue into Ashted Pound Walk 

direct through the BCU site to the 

canal; this is a primary pedestrian 

connection from the heart of the 

quarter to the canal at Ashted 

Locks, enabling the creation of a 

lively canalside environment. 

eastside masterplan

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eastside masterplan

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The development of the site should 



incorporate a new road to the 

rear of the buildings within the 

working-zone space required to 

build the HS2 viaduct. This road, 

running from the junction with 

Curzon Street and Cardigan Street, 

would take general traffic and 

servicing (for the development and 

HS2) from Curzon Street to allow 

it to become a more pedestrian 

friendly and public transport only 

route (with Rapid Transit Vehicles) 

alongside the park - this would 

allow for greater integration of the 

developments into the park, and 

create a more tranquil feel to the 

formal gardens area.  

During the period up to the 

releasing of the land for HS2, the 

remaining part of the site could be 

used as parking associated with the 

new development - however some 

hard and soft landscaping would 

be required to create a satisfactory 

environment surrounding new 

buildings. The parking servicing the 

development could continue to be 

a use of the space under the HS2 

viaduct once completed. This site 

could also be used for temporary 

leisure uses or allotments.

There will be significant headroom 

below the HS2 viaduct which 

could potentially lend itself to car 

parking/leisure/sports uses.

Cross section of potential development

‘Park Promenade’

Ashted Pound Walk

Eastside City Park will be connected to the canal network by Ashted Pound 

Walk - a key pedestrian route at the heart of the proposed BCU city centre 

campus. The new university buildings will draw significant activity and life 

through the quarter and create a major new hub for learning within the 

City Centre. 

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Development principles

Eastside


City Park

Curzon Square

Eastside

Locks


Curzon Promenade

HS2 Station and

Station Square

New Street

to HS2 -

One station

Ashted Pound

Walk


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KEY

            Ashted Pound Walk

            Landmark building

            Active frontages

            Public transport route

   


            Improved pedestrian

            connections

  

            New vehicular access



            Nature reserve

 

            Potential BCU links



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Potential for a landmark University building terminating the City Park at Cardigan Street



The tree-lined route will remain 

open and publicly accessible - it 

has great potential to become 

a lively and attractive place as a 

focus for activity generated by the 

university campus. New buildings 

on either side of the promenade 

should provide active frontages 

along its entire length; these could 

be retail, cafe and restaurant units, 

cafeteria and bar uses ancillary to 

the educational uses, and should 

include entrances into the buildings 

together with large ground-floor 

windows revealing activity inside.  

Blank walls, plant rooms and high-

level windows will be unacceptable. 

A principle of link bridges 

established between Millennium 

Point and BIAD could be extended 

throughout the BCU Campus to 

enable secure and easy access 

between buildings for students and 

staff.


A semi-public route on the line 

of the former Penn Street should 

bisect through the block, from the 

Promenade forming a link through 

to the Moby Dick Public House and 

Pound Square. The Grade II Listed 

Moby Dick Public House should be 

retained and incorporated into the 

university campus.

The buildings should also address 

the canal with accessible active 

frontages to the ground floors 

enlivening the canal-side. There is 

potential for balconies and terraces 

above to provide overlooking and 

to make the most of what could be 

a very attractive location.

The building facing the Eastside 

City Park on Cardigan Street 

should retain the height constraint 

approximately set by Millennium 

Point. In addition, it will also 

terminate the long views through 

the park and should provide a 

strong architectural statement as a 

landmark building.

Curzon Circus

The development site between 

the canal and Lawley Middleway 

has the potential to accommodate 

a tall building of up to 25 storeys 

in order to terminate the long 

views eastwards along the park’s 

promenade route, and to also 

address the location’s status on 

Curzon Circus as a key gateway to 

Eastside and the city centre. 

To the south of Curzon Street 

and alongside the HS2 line, there 

are further development sites for 

office/hotel/residential uses. The 

sites could be used to replace 

student accommodation lost 

from the Curzon Gate building, 

much of which would need to be 

demolished to make way for the 

HS2 route. The canal-side locations 

should be maximised in order to 

bring activity and improved access 

to the canal. There is potential 

for buildings here to step up from 

those alongside the park from six 

to ten storeys, as there would be no 

shadowing and the impact of the 

HS2 viaduct would be mitigated.

Between the new HS2 viaduct and 

the existing railway viaduct lays a 

largely landlocked area of land, this 

could be developed as a limited 

access nature reserve managed by 

a trust and opened to the public 

on specific occasions. Access is via 

a listed portal bridge to the canal 

tunnel.


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Ashted Pound Walk link to Eastside Locks

Eastside Locks

Key Principles

•  Creation of a destination mixed-

use development.

•  Maximising historic features and 

canalside location.

•  High standards of design and 

sustainability.

From Ashted Pound Walk and other 

surrounding routes, the Eastside 

Locks development would form its 

own distinct series of places and 

development opportunities based 

around the existing street patterns 

and canal-side spaces. 

Outline planning consent exists 

for a mixed-use development 

compromising hotel, office, 

residential, retail and leisure uses.  

This Masterplan continues to 

support the form of development 

not included within the new BCU 

site. It is recognised that the 

quantum of floorspace within the 

approved mix of uses may alter 

and require some flexibility given 

changing markets and demands 

over time.  

Within Eastside Locks, the retention 

of important heritage assets is vital 

in order to protect and enhance 

the character of the Warwick 

Bar Conservation Area. Historic 

fabric such as the walls, pumping 

station that enclose the canal 

should be preserved, retained 

and where possible used as part 

of new structures alongside the 

towpath. The locally listed Belmont 

Works should also be retained, 

incorporated and brought back 

into active use as part of the overall 

development. 

Designed as a distinctive, high-density urban business park, Eastside Locks 

focuses on the historic flight of canal locks, and proposes a series of high-

quality public spaces within a vibrant working and living environment.

Canalside development potential

Eastside


City Park

Ashted Pound

Walk

Curzon Square



Curzon Promenade

HS2 Station and

Station Square

New Street

to HS2 -

One station

Eastside

Locks


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Development principles

KEY


            The Locks

 

            Landmark building



            Active frontages

  

            Public transport route



            Improved pedestrian

            connections

            Potential BCU links


development principles / 

eastside masterplan

Residential

HS2 will make it possible to get 

to the centre of London as quickly 

as from outlying London suburbs. 

Commuting to London from 

the region would become more 

attractive for many more people. 

The new Eastside City Park will 

assist in making the area more 

attractive for residential uses in the 

future.

Future residential development 



should focus on larger units 

suitable for family living.

Some residential development has 

already taken place at Masshouse 

and extant planning consents 

within the area contain a mix 

of uses including residential.  

Student residencies have also 

been constructed at Curzon Gate 

and on Jennens Road, and there 

is great opportunity for further 

development given the close 

proximity to Birmingham City 

University (BCU), Aston University 

and other potential educational 

lead developments in Eastside.

The predominant uses for Eastside 

should continue to be office, 

leisure and learning lead, however 

residential uses will form an 

important part creating a liveable 

and vibrant quarter of the city 

centre.

Education



A key part of Eastside’s 

regeneration has been to focus on 

providing space for the expansion 

of educational facilities within 

the city centre. Birmingham 

Metropolitan College, BCU and 

the Ormiston Academy have all 

invested in new buildings and taken 

accommodation in the quarter.

BCU has identified a need for a 

400,000 sq ft campus and work 

has started on a first phase 

of development adjacent to 

Millennium Point. This masterplan 

brings forward the site at 

Cardigan Street for the campus 

development.

Hotels


Currently a 174 bed ‘Hotel La Tour’ 

is under construction in Eastside 

with several existing planning 

consents including:

• Curzon Park: 190 bed (3 Star).

• Eastside Locks: 185 bed.

• Masshouse: Up to 350 bed.

The Masterplan would see a similar 


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