Dunstable Set To Get New Splash Park
Dunstable Set To Get New Splash Park
A kids’ splash park and money to help restore the historic Priory House are amongst eight initiatives to benefit from £1.25million worth of co-funding given by Central Bedfordshire Council and Dunstable Town Council to help rejuvenate the town centre.
Dunstable Town Council has already used some of the funding to purchase new street cleansing machines operated by their Town Rangers. Architectural lighting has already been installed on Dunstable Conference Centre, Priory House, and Grove House, while new entrance features for Priory Gardens are now in use. These will help to restore the traditional character of Dunstable as a historic market town.
Dunstable Set To Get New Splash Park
Dunstable Town Council and Central Bedfordshire Council will be funding a number of other improvements in the town:
• A kids’ splash park in Bennett Memorial Recreation Ground near to the existing sports pavilion, as well as a new cafeteria and new community park space.
• Improved town signage and benches will be installed after the A5 Woodside Link Road is open. The signs will promote the heritage of the town more effectively, as well as new leisure facilities such as the Grove Skate Park and the splash park.
• Money will be spent investigating the feasibility of restoring the historic Priory House building’s undercroft. The Market Town Regeneration Fund could help lever up to £500,000 from Historic England and provide the town council with a £750,000 restoration budget. This follows a £1.25million investment in this Grade II listed building over the last 10 years.
The money is part of £4million that was set aside by Central Bedfordshire Council for its Market Town Regeneration Fund. The money is from the Council’s own capital budget, and aims to boost the vibrancy of market towns and promote their role in shaping and supporting economic growth, particularly those towns which are facing population pressures. Overall the funding is subsidising more than 30 projects across seven towns.
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Dunstable Set To Get new Splash Park