Revealed: The 69 historic high streets set for £95m government cash boost

Historic shopping areas in England will benefit from a £95m fund in a bid to revive 69 high streets across England, the government has said.

Ministers said towns and cities from Plymouth to Middlesborough will now be able to start spending cash, with projects aimed at turning unused buildings into shops, houses and community centres.

The largest slice of the funds will go to The Midlands with £21.1m going on projects including £2m for a project in Coventry’s ancient shopping street, The Burges.

Up to £2m will also go to Stoke-on-Trent to redevelop vacant buildings within its conservation area, with a focus on creating more homes.

Elsewhere, London and the South East will receive £14.3m, with £2m set to be spent in Tottenham to restore the historic shop-fronts on the high street after parts of it were set ablaze during the 2011 nationwide riots.

Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan said: “It is right that we ensure these buildings are preserved for future generations but it is important that we make them work for the modern world.”

Breakdown of spending:

London and the South East: £14.3 million

South West: £13.7 million

East of England: £7 million

Midlands: £21.1 million

North East and Yorkshire: £17.2 million

North West: £18.7 million

Towns and cities receiving funding:

North West

Bacup, Rossendale

Barrow in Furness

Blackpool

Burnley

Chester

Fleetwood

Kirkham

Lancaster

Maryport, Cumbria

Ormskirk

Prescot

Stalybridge

Tyldesley, Greater Manchester

Wigan Town centre

North East and Yorkshire

Barnsley

Hexham

Huddersfield

Hull

Leeds

Middlesbrough

North Shields

Northallerton

Scarborough CA, Castle ward

Selby Town Centre

Skipton

Sowerby Bridge

Wakefield

Midlands

Brierley Hill

Buxton

Coventry

Grantham

Hinckley

Kettering Town Centre

Leicester City Centre

Leominster

Lincoln

Newark-on-Trent Town Centre

Oswestry

Stoke on Trent

Wednesbury Town Centre

East of England

Bedford

Dunstable

Great Yarmouth

King’s Lynn

Lowestoft

North Walsham

Swaffham

South West

Chard

Cullompton

Gloucester

Keynsham

Midsomer Norton

Plymouth

Poole

Redruth

Tewkesbury

Weston-Super-Mare

London and the South East

Chatham Intra

Croydon

Gosport

Harlesden

Hastings

Newport

Ramsgate

Reading

Ryde

Tottenham

Tower Hamlets

Woolwich

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