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Radcliffe Hub progress and upcoming site works

Site works are ongoing at the site of the new £40m Radcliffe Hub, paving the way for a new town centre and enhanced public services.

The Hub is currently being constructed, bringing us another step closer to revitalising the area and creating a vibrant, modern community space.

Radcliffe Hub won’t just be a brand-new building, it’s going to be the heart of a thriving, active Radcliffe.

Town centre businesses

Radcliffe Market will be open throughout the duration of the work and other town centre businesses will be trading as usual too. Please show your local traders your support - eat, drink, shop local.

Radcliffe Hub timelapse video

Watch the transformation unfold - from site demolition and site clearance to the impressive rise of the building frame.

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Site works update - December 2025

Radcliffe Hub

  • Work will continue to install the cladding on the external walls
  • Complete glazing work on the windows
  • Solar panels will be put on the highest part of the roof
  • Louvres (slatted panels) continue to be installed 
  • Continue to tile the swimming pools
  • Continue work to install partitions and mechanical and engineering services (electricity, air conditioning, etc.)

Radcliffe Market and basement

  • Complete wall linings and plastering

Market Chambers

  • Work to install mechanical and engineering services (electricity, air conditioning, etc.) will continue
  • Install doors on the new shop fronts
  • Continue work to improve the surrounding public spaces
  • Final clean down of external brickwork

The link building

  • Continue work to install mechanical and engineering services (electricity, air conditioning, etc.) continues
  • Create a smooth level surface ready for the floor coverings

Site works - stages

Site visits and works in pictures

Construction site

Aerial view of Radcliffe Hub showing the steel framework for the second-floor office space
Aerial view showing the steel frame for the link building including the lift shaft that will join Radcliffe Hub to Market Chambers
Wide aerial shot showing the surrounding town and the regenerated pocket park on Stand Lane
Aerial view of Radcliffe Hub showing the pool area windows
Aerial view of Radcliffe Hub showing the two stages of weather defence backing board
Wide aerial shot showing the surrounding town and River Irwell
Aerial view of the construction site and Radcliffe Market
Aerial view of the construction site and market chambers
Aerial view of the construction site showing the tower crane
Aerial view of the construction site showing the weather defence backing board (purple) on the steel frame
Aerial view of the construction site and steel frame installation
Aerial view of the construction site and piling rigs
Aerial view of the construction site and foundations
Aerial view of the construction site
Hoarding panels around the former bandstand
Hoarding panels along Dale Street

Construction works

Suction pits installed for the learner pool
Brickwork and curtain wall steel installed on the hub building
Flagstones laid on the roof of the hub building
Concrete floor installed on the hub building ground floor
Steelwork delivered ready for the concrete floor to be poured
Secondary steel frame for the hub building being installed using a crane
Secondary framing steel (SFS) installed between main structural steel members
Weather defence backing board (purple) attached to the secondary framing steel
Weatherproofing works on high level roof
Steel frame for the hub building being installed using a crane
Steel frame for the hub building being built up
Steel frame for the hub building behind the colourful hoardings
Basement foundations for the hub building
Scaffolding at Market Chambers
Scaffolding at Market Chambers and wall where the former TSB building stood
Refurbished roof and dormers on Market Chambers
Drainage units installed at the Market Basement
Waterproof liquid membrane applied to Market basement walls
Inspection of a dormer on the newly refurbished Market Chambers roof
Renovations at the Market Basement
Works to prepare for waterproofing at Market Basement
Structural alterations at Market Basement
Work on the reconfiguration of one of the indoor market stalls
New gable wall at Radcliffe Market

Golden Bolt ceremony

Councillor Eamonn O’Brien (Leader of Bury Council and Cabinet Member for Strategic Growth) along with Chief Executive Lynne Ridsdale, recently joined members of the Vinci construction team with ward member, Councillor Carol Birchmore for a “golden bolt” ceremony, marking a major milestone in the near completion of the new building’s framework.

Attendees also toured the site to witness first-hand the significant headway across the project.

Enabling works

Site of the hub after demolition
Foundations for the hub building being excavated
Preparations to start piling for the foundations of the hub building
Demolition of the former TSB building
Removal of non-structural elements at the Market Basement
Market Basement with all the old non-structural elements removed

How disruption will be kept to a minimum

  • Noise, dust, and vibration monitoring stations are in operation and limits are being closely monitored.
  • Water suppression is being used to minimise dust in the air.
  • Dust extraction cubes will clean and remove airborne dust particles.