Sutton Beauty & Heritage in Sutton, St.Helens

Welcome to Sutton Beauty & Heritage !  This website is an appreciation of the natural and architectural beauty which can be found in the Sutton district of the town of St.Helens, located midway between the English cities of Liverpool and Manchester.

Historically, the former Sutton township has been a Lancastrian centre of mining and industry. However as traditional ways of earning a living have ended, so the landscape of the area has changed with areas of natural beauty now flourishing. Sutton is going through a period of regeneration and Sutton Beauty & Heritage is a long-term project intended to document its renewal.

Sutton Beauty & Heritage's Guide to Sutton in St.Helens (Flash needed)

This website was established in November 2006 as Sutton Beauty focusing on the present day in Sutton, St.Helens with some contextual information on the historic development of each featured site. However, the vast majority of emails we've received since we launched demonstrated considerable interest in the history of Sutton. So as of July 2008 we've relaunched as Sutton Beauty & Heritage with a strong focus on the past as well as retaining the original ethos of celebrating the present.

As well as natural beauty in places such as the Sutton Mill Dam, Sherdley Park and the Clock Face Country Park, we also showcase architectural beauty in Sutton’s churches and bridges and profile the brooks that feed the St.Helens Canal. There is a dedicated page for each site which examines its history and development, illustrated by images showing them as they are now. Clicking on each picture creates a larger view and we also provide large-size images displayed within captioned photo-albums, plus a six minute video of the Sutton Mill Dam that was made in 2006.

Our references to Sutton in St.Helens, incidentally, include Sutton Heath, Sutton Manor, Sutton Oak and Sutton Leach and extend to Marshalls Cross, Four Acre, Clock Face, Lea Green as well as Bold Heath. Essentially the greater Sutton area.

Sutton Beauty & Heritage is an evolving resource which is very regularly updated with new images and information. So please do call back and contact us if you spot any errors or omissions. Thank you!

CLICK THE IMAGE FOR THE LATEST NEWS OF THE ST.HELENS BIG ART PROJECT AT SUTTON MANOR IN ST.HELENS.

Jaume Plensa's creation is to be called 'Dream' and will be twenty metres high (65 feet) and sit at the top of the old Sutton Manor Colliery spoil heap. It is going to be made from pre-cast concrete with a white almost luminous finish, using a white marble and concrete mix. The Channel 4 'Big Art Project' series will be hitting our television screens in November '08.