The document summarizes plans for Interchange Park, a two-acre public park to be built above a new transport interchange in Stockport, England. It provides details on the park's features, construction process and timeline. Community engagement efforts have gathered feedback from residents, with priorities including seating, safety, wildlife, and play areas. Residents will be invited to further shape the park's design through online and in-person discussions through October 2021.
2. Here, we will tell you about…
• The plans for Interchange Park
• How you might use Interchange Park
• Where your ideas can shape Interchange Park
• Conversations with residents so far and what we found out
• Our next steps
• How you can get involved
3. About Stockport Interchange
Stockport Interchange will be a brand new Transport
Interchange with a public park on top, including:
• A two-acre public park above the Transport
Interchange called Interchange Park
• Transport Interchange with seating, fully accessible
toilets, cycle storage, and a Travelshop
• The pavilion provides stair and lift access from the
park to the Interchange below
• Cycle lift providing access from the park to the
Interchange and Trans Pennine Trail below
• The oculus in the centre gives the Transport
Interchange natural light and ventilation
• A pedestrian and cyclist link from Interchange Park to
Station Road
• Trans Pennine Trail route along the River Mersey
frontage for cyclists and pedestrians
• Around 200 new apartments with cafes and shops on
the ground floor
Artist’s impression
4. Stockport Interchange will be here…
• It’s currently Stockport’s bus station
• It will sit between Swaine Street, the A6,
the River Mersey and Daw Bank
• The existing bus station services will
move to a temporary location on Heaton
Lane car park in summer 2021
• A two-storey structure will be built. The
lower level will be the Transport
Interchange (including the bus station)
and the upper level will be Interchange
Park
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Key:
1. Existing bus station
2. Stockport Viaduct
3. Location of new apartments
4. The Plaza
5. Stagecoach depot
7. Interchange Park will sit on top of the Transport Interchange
Artist’s impression
A view of the new Transport Interchange from
Swaine Street…
8. A view of the link from Station Road…
You will be able to walk or cycle from Station Road to Interchange Park
Artist’s impression
9. Connect through
PLAY
Connect with
EACH OTHER
Connect with
ART
Connect and
TRAVEL
Connect with
NATURE
How you might use Interchange Park…
You can tell us how you might use Interchange Park and your ideas on this website
10. The following features are fixed for
structural reasons…
Key:
1. The size and location of the oculus (provides
natural light and ventilation to the Interchange
below)
2. The pavilion building (provides access to the
Interchange below)
3. New apartments, café and shops
4. The pedestrian and cycle link from the park to
Station Road
5. The size and general location of trees
Artist’s impression
11. The features of Interchange Park that
can be informed by your ideas…
• How you might use the park, for example:
o Community gardening
o Children’s play
o Events
o Pop-ups and festivals
o Relaxation
• Features you’d like to see, for example:
o Art
o Play equipment
o Shelter
o Seating
• How you will access the park
• The landscaping at Hat Works Square and the
river edge
12. How we have collected feedback so far…
• Engagement in July 2018:
• A leaflet to 8,500 homes
• 330 responses to public consultation
• Engagement events
• Public consultation in March 2020 with 178
responses
• Online art workshops with Stockport families
• Workshops with students at Stockport
College
• Workshops in primary schools
13. What residents have told us so far…
Local priorities include…
• Seating and areas to rest
• Safety, lighting and CCTV
• Climate and energy efficiency
• Encouraging wildlife
• Decorative planting
• Space for cycle parking
• Outdoor event space
• Shops and cafes
• A safe place to play
Around half of residents who have commented so far, will use Interchange Park as a route
through to other destinations. The other half would like to use it as a destination in itself!
You can tell us if you agree with these priorities and your ideas on how they could
look or work on this website
14. We want to find out more
Our conversations don’t stop there!
We have planned the following activities:
• An opportunity to comment online through this
website
• A touring roadshow in our VW campervan. We will
visit some of Stockport’s parks and local high
streets to have a conversation in August. We will
post dates and locations on the website soon
• Special issue focus groups with groups we haven’t
heard from so far
16. How to get involved
Our online engagement website is open until 13th October 2021.
We would love to hear from you!
Tell us what you think about Interchange Park and what you’d like to see. There are a few ways you
can do this, choose which one suits you! You can:
Register your interest in our project
Take our survey to give us your feedback
Tell us what you think about the plans for Interchange park on a virtual post it-note
Share your ideas for the park and examples of what you’d like to see in the discussion forum
Contact us with your questions
17. Thank you for visiting
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