Pink Floyd unveils second Regent Street Heritage Plaque

Urban, Regent Street 28 May 2015

Roger Waters and Nick Mason, the founding band members of iconic rock group Pink Floyd, today unveiled the second Regent Street Heritage Plaque to mark the site of the former Regent Street Polytechnic at 309 Regent Street where they met. 

While studying architecture between 1962 and 1965, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright met and formed the band.

Maritime archaeological discoveries on the West coast of Scotland

Coastal 15 May 2015

A community-based underwater archaeology project funded by The Crown Estate has uncovered a wide range of finds, including flying boats, stone anchors, shipwrecks and coastal heritage sites on Scotland’s west coast. 

Project SAMPHIRE is led by WA Coastal & Marine in partnership with RCAHMS and the Flinders University of South Australia. In 2013 we announced a further £75,000 over two years.

Further information

SAMPHIRE 

RSPB call for volunteers for Portland little terns

Coastal 08 May 2015

The RSPB are calling for volunteers to help warden the little tern colony at Portland from late May to the end of July.

Gary Thompson, Asset Manager, said: “We are pleased to continue to support this project which has seen the only little tern colony in the south west increase from 10 to 33 breeding pairs; which of course is mainly due to the dedicated, diligent and tireless work of the wardens and volunteers.”

Further information

Protection of rare little terns

Crown Estate specialists address All Energy conference

Energy & Infrastructure, Offshore wind energy, Wave and tidal 06 May 2015

Crown Estate experts are presenting and contributing at the All Energy conference in Glasgow across a range of topics including the offshore wind industry, wave and tidal and carbon capture and storage.

Our contributors include Huub den Rooijen, Ronnie Quinn, John Stevenson and Shabana Ahmed.

All Energy

Windsor Great Park marks VE Day Celebrations

Windsor, Windsor news 06 May 2015

This Friday, 8 May, the Principal Beacon commemorating the 70^th anniversary of VE Day will be lit in Windsor Great Park. The lighting of the beacon signals the moment at which over two hundred further beacons across the UK, the Channel Islands and Isle of Man will also be ignited.

The event marks the start of a week of celebrations for all those who took part in the Second World War in Europe, both on the Home Front and overseas.

New design for 2015 Regent Street Christmas lights

Urban, Regent Street 05 May 2015

This year the famous Regent Street Christmas lights are being redesigned by ACT Lighting Design.

Intended as an immersive experience, each element will continuously evolve thanks to tailored video animations, projections and lights, and come the end of 2015 Christmas shoppers will be able to walk under a ‘golden way’ along the street.

St James's Street & Bury Street development topped out

Urban, St James's 22 April 2015

The topping out ceremony of the St James's Street & Bury Street site, in the heart of St James’s, took place today.

The ceremony was marked by a speech from Arnaud Bekaert of construction partners Bouygues UK.

Underneath the Big Green Leaf shortlisted for awards

Urban, Regional 26 March 2015

Underneath the Big Green Leaf, a series of fun-filled sustainable events held across nine of our regional retail parks last summer, has been shortlisted for the BCSC Purple Apple Marketing Awards 2015. 

The winners will be announced on 7 May 2015.

Further information

Underneath the Big Green Leaf