Revealed: The 69 historic high streets set for £95m government cash boost
Written by News on 14/09/2019
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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