Image source, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Counsil
The design features flowers and fauna typically found in north Staffordshire
- Author, Phil Jordan
- Role, BBC News, West Midlands
At a glance
- Apprentices have designed a new archway at the entrance to Queens Gardens in Newcastle-under-Lyme
- The archway celebrates the borough’s 850th anniversary
- It also commemorates the late Queen Elizabeth II as well as the community’s connection to Britain in Bloom
A decorative archway to celebrate Newcastle-under-Lyme’s 850th anniversary has been installed in the town.
The intricate galvanised steel arch at Queens Gardens marks the day the borough was granted the Royal Charter.
Engineering apprentices, Jack Lear and Tom Jones, from local farm equipment firm IAE designed it with a crown at the top to commemorate the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Designed under the guidance of sculptor Andy Edwards, the new entrance is a tribute to a similar arch which stood at Queens Gardens in the 1960s.
The crown itself is a twice size representation of the St Edward Crown…
