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the city and its role in the
Severn Centre for Wellbeing
– artist’s impression fall of apartheid.
INCREASE HERITAGE
TOURIST NUMBERS
Develop the national profile
of The Commandery, a
historic site whose story is
central to the ending of the
English Civil War.

Modernise the story of
the Worcestershire Soldier
at the City Museum and
Art Gallery.

Enhance the Guildhall’s
appeal to tourists – one
of the most beautiful civic
buildings in England.
UNLOCK SHRUB they can offer high-quality MAKING THE MOST OF
HILL’S POTENTIAL training in deprived WORCESTER’S RIVERSIDE Provide a new arts
Redevelop the First communities. Help Improve landscaping and exhibition space in the
Bus Depot site and use people to develop basic signage – particularly for the city centre.
this canal-side area to IT skills and offer more route from the High Street
build 350 new homes arts and cultural activities, down Copenhagen Street. WHO MADE THE BID
and create 2,000m² of as part of The Arches – Members of the Worcester
commercial/employment Worcester initiative. Work with the Canal and Town Deal Board are:
space. River Trust to provide Worcester City Council,
Create a second ‘Building commercial and leisure Worcestershire County
Create a new pedestrian Block’ construction skills moorings. Offer toilets and Council, Worcester
and cycle route between centre in Dines Green, other facilities at Diglis. Cathedral, Sanctuary
the Shrub Hill Railway following the success of Housing, Worcester
Station, Shrub Hill the existing one in the Support redevelopment of Community Action, St.
Regeneration area and Warndon Community the River Sports Club to Peter’s Parish Council,
the city centre. Centre. This would provide public facilities. Warndon Parish Council,
provide training in skills Worcester Muslim
Create a 3,000m² such as bricklaying, Open up public access Welfare Association, the
Enterprise Centre and plastering and plumbing. to the Cathedral Member of Parliament
build approximately 100 Gardens and Bishop’s for Worcester, the
new homes on the current IMPROVED TRANSPORT Palace Gardens. Worcestershire Local
Isaac Maddox House LINKS WHICH Enterprise Partnership,
site. This would act as a CONNECT PEOPLE TO Support Worcestershire the University of
catalyst for business start- OPPORTUNITIES County Cricket Club to Worcester, the Heart of
up and growth, providing Create new walking and create a Museum and Worcestershire College,
a range of co-working cycling routes, connecting Visitor Centre, celebrating Worcester BID and
and individual business neighbourhoods to the history of the sport in Severn Arts.
spaces as well as advice opportunities for
and training. employment, education
and leisure.
HELP LOCAL PEOPLE
TO DEVELOP Build the proposed Kepax
NEW SKILLS bridge across the river at
Help Worcester Gheluvelt Park.
residents with no or low
qualifications to develop Provide secure cycle
skills – and enable parking in city centre and
others to retrain to find neighbourhood locations.
employment in the post-
COVID jobs market. A city bike hire scheme
would be established, to
Support Worcester’s include conventional and Building Block for Dines
community centres so electric bikes. Green – artist’s impression

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