Work on the Westlegate area of Norwich city centre began back in January 2016 with improvements being made to the streetscape through the installation of new paving, planters and seating.

Norwich Evening News: The blue tiles in the new paving at Westlegate, in Norwich city centre which mark out the course of the Great Cockey. Photo: Courtney PochinThe blue tiles in the new paving at Westlegate, in Norwich city centre which mark out the course of the Great Cockey. Photo: Courtney Pochin (Image: Archant)

While the big changes are clearly noticeable, a few interesting design elements may not yet have caught your eye.

One such element is the addition of a meandering blue line in the pavement, which leads pedestrians up to the new public space on All Saints Green.

This paving was specially designed to pay tribute to the heritage of the area and the fact that a network of streams used to run through it.

These streams included the Great Cockey, the course of which is marked out by the recycled blue glass blocks.

Norwich Evening News: The blue tiles in the new paving at Westlegate, in Norwich city centre which mark out the course of the Great Cockey. Photo: Courtney PochinThe blue tiles in the new paving at Westlegate, in Norwich city centre which mark out the course of the Great Cockey. Photo: Courtney Pochin (Image: Archant)

Councillor Bert Bremner, Norwich City Council's cabinet member for transport and vice-chair of Norwich Highways Agency Committee, said: 'Our landscape team has worked closely with city and county council colleagues to create a fantastic new and unique public space.

'Making reference to the old waterways through the paving design along Westlegate is a great reminder of an important part of our heritage and provides historic context to this newly-pedestrianised area of the city.

'Work in and around Westlegate forms one of the flagship projects in the Transport for Norwich strategy and is about creating a thriving and vibrant city centre environment. It's wonderful to see the positive change that's already taking place and I look forward to it becoming a new meeting and events space for both residents and visitors to enjoy for years to come.'

Today the Great Cockey still exists underground where it is artificially channelled along with a number of others that flow through the city centre.

The outfall of the stream is located near Norwich Playhouse on St Georges Street where it goes into the River Wensum.

A range of events are already planned to take place in the Westlegate area during the summer, these will include an addition to the Lord Mayor's Celebration which will see Westlegate used for some river-inspired activities on Saturday, July 8 and Norwich BID will also be adding it as a location for their Head Out Not Home series of evenings.

• For more information on the work carried out at Westlegate, visit norfolk.gov.uk