Sefton sets out £20m Bootle Strand strategy

It’s always the Beatles zzzzz

Can’t we have something different?

To anonymous- let it be

What about Southport. That needs lots of TLC too.

When the strand was first built it didn’t have a roof. Complants were made about the wind speed along the various passageways and the roof was subsequently added to make shopping more enjoyable. Why does the roof need to be removed.

Err Anonymous 1.02, are you confusing Bootle with Beatle? One is a place on The Wirral, the other is a popular 4 piece combo from Liverpool . I only see mention of the former in this article.

More often than not, the regional news talk about the Beatles whenever Merseyside is featured. It’s literally inescapable.

Err Anonymous 6:37.

Can you not see the image properly?

Your comment highlights my point of why a mural of the Beatles here is pure cringe.

Very suspicious of the whole project, managed decline, and a huge land grab for canal side housing, nothing to do with the local community.

The Beatles had gigs all over Merseyside before they were captured by the world, and it’s become part of our collective history as Liverpudlians. Why shouldn’t we plaster them all over the walls of the towns where they played. Those tourist buses come with bucks and besides we’re proud of them.
Mind you I don’t think the mural in Seaforth has brought much money into Seaforth yet 😕 😅

I get the Beatles art mural if the Strand was in South Liverpool, but the Beatles were all South Liverpool boys with no obvious connection to Bootle (if they have it’s tenuous).

From drawing it looks as if all the glass roof will be going. All very nice when the sun shines …. But how often is that? The glass roof was the best part of the development which was put on later for the exact purpose of making shopping warmer and dryer. Climate change hasn’t come that early to Bootle. Architects don’t seem to have taken that into consideration. The rest of the plan looks brilliant. Only covered areas will be the lower shopping area, which now is three-quarters empty. Maybe lowering the rates would be a better incentive to businesses to come to the New Strand!!!???

I recognise those four musicians. Weren’t they in the Lightning Seeds?

One mural of the Beatles and that’s what people take from this? Wow, It may be cringe but some of the comments are even cringier..

Bootle needs an uplift and this whole area should be able to provide a focal point for visitors whether it be shopping, eating and drinking, or water based activity, in the same way things are happening at Birkenhead Docks. Besides this other straighfoward strategies can be used similar to what we see in French city districts ie book markets, flower markets, antique markets, which can take place at weekends and draw people in.

There is little money spent on Southport. It all goes to Bootle. Southport should have the parking fees it pays instead of going into Bootle area. Since being taken into Merseyside there has been a gradual decline of the facilities in Southport & a it is no longer the showpiece town it once was. Sefton Council should hold a referendum for Southport residents to be determined which area they wish to be in. That or spend more of our money on our area. Neither of which they will do.

Reply to 6.37pm. Really need to get your maps out. Article is about Bootle Strand, it’s definitely not on The Wirral!!

Glenda et al … No money has been spent in Southport? Really? I am constantly baffled by the view of the sandgrounders that they are the ignored child in Sefton, when every other part of the borough complains about all the money being spent there.

On this project, it will be great to allow premises to vary their opening hours as currently they all have to close when the strand does. It should up the variety of business there in acting as a mini Liverpool One (maybe Bootle 20?) while also properly making use of the canal.

Good one, Sefton.

All good and well, but we are notorious for awful weather. Having an indoor shopping centre is a major part of its appeal.

Just brilliant hope it comes to fruition if it does well done Sefton council

Demolition the lot and built a supermarket

It’s preparation for the 15 minute city?

I go to the Strand about 3 times a year and once the roof has gone it will be 0 times a year, it doesn’t have much going for it so taking the roof off makes its even less attractive.

Managed decline and land grabs sounds about right to me Anon. Although your comment met with some tumbleweed sadly. Distracted by more chat about the beatles The people of Bootle… i.e. those that live there and around the area should the ones who decide how to spend this much needed money. Who will be deciding where the money goes and who does the work? If the roof works for people, why spend money to remove it? The people of Bootle should benefit, not those who see just another opportunity to profit from money that should be spent on real levelling up. Meaning…reducing the gap between rich and poor. Same old eh

You need to go back to the drawing board

They actually need to remove more than the roof, preferably the whole sorry structure.

I live in Bootle. I don’t go to the Strand as it has nothing to offer me and is a depressing place to shop. It is surrounded by supermarkets now which have added to its demise. Any regeneration and altering of use has to be a good thing. Bootle no longer has the huge amount of office workers that used to keep the shops ticking over. In the 80s Bootle attracted people for is pubs and the strand was a busy shopping centre but times have changed and people shop online or can get most things in supermarkets. A walk in centre would be better as Litherland Town Hall is too small for purpose. Good luck anyway let’s hope changes are positive.

So much negativity on here, be positive and make things work, people who have a low opinion of themselves rarely achieve , the best way to level up is success and jobs.
We will always have winners and losers, there are good people in Bootle with business ideas let them flourish and enjoy the fruits of their efforts, a well designed Strand and canalside can be a winner.

What’s wrong with the Beatles??

Removing the roof and moving the covered shopping area to the lower floor sounds good. There’s loads of space down there and not much happening. Having a more open area above, where bars and restaurants could open outside of the strand closing hours, would probably work well. It might bring a bit more money and a few more jobs into the area.

The roof leaks like a sieve anyway.

It’s for the 15 minute cities

The regeneration of the Stand must start on proposed date or once again it will be forgotten. The people of Bootle have waited long enough for this. But yes it will need need some type of roof cover.