Market Square acts as a link between St Peter’s Avenue, and the pier and promenade. It has the bones of a traditional market square, but this has been lost, with its primary use currently being a car park.
The Square has the potential to become a vibrant public space, with weekly markets and alfresco dining. Rejuvenating it adds space for social interaction, reconnecting our busy seafront and town centre, creating jobs, and boosting the economy.
This project will provide a safer, healthier, more pleasant environment for pedestrians, encouraging a circular route from the seafront through the Market Place, to the town centre.
This scheme proposes major improvements to the square and reintroduction of a functioning historic marketplace.
North East Lincolnshire Council has been awarded £18.4m of Levelling Up Funding (LUF) to transform Cleethorpes seafront: regenerating Pier Gardens reintroducing the historic Market Place and delivering a multi-use, tourism-focused landmark building on Sea Road. The three projects will enhance key assets that support the whole community, creating opportunities, and making it more attractive to a broader selection of local people.
July 17 2024 – Designs for Cleethorpes projects approved to move to the next stage
Vision and Objectives
- Rebalancing movement towards active travel
- A new green corridor to link St Peters Ave and the seafront
- Enhanced safety and comfort
- Celebrating heritage and supporting local businesses
- Creating an iconic new destination that celebrates the place
- Establishing a flexible space for market and pop events to energise the area and support local businesses
- Improve lighting to enhance safety
- Creating alfresco dining opportunities for current and future restaurants/cafes
- Introducing public art to infuse Market Place with a distinct character
- Encourage walking and strolling access
- Provide a variety of seating options for people to linger longer
- Promoting green infrastructure benefits the environment, and people’s well-being, and mitigates wind effects
Zoning Plan
Featuring…
- A welcoming entrance from St. Peter’s Ave to Market Place
- Street paving improvements with retained lay-by parking
- A one-way system to reduce vehicle traffic and increase space for pedestrians
- Flexible space for events/alfresco/public art
- Through traffic restricted to maintenance vehicles, emergency access and events
- High-quality footway with tree planting and way-finding
- Public art/wind screen
Space use scenarios
From weekly markets to annual events such as the Armed Forces Day, the proposals for Market Place offer flexibility to accommodate a wide range of uses. Seating is positioned around a flexible central open space that can be used for markets, events or for spill out space from the surrounding cafes, bars and restaurants. Traffic will be controlled limiting, access to maintenance and emergency vehicles and event set up.
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Changes to parking
After administering a parking survey with the residents of North East Lincolnshire, we know that the Market Place is a popular car parking area for people who are visiting Cleethorpes.
In order to support the change, it’s proposed to create a new public car park behind the Old Vic Public House just a few minutes’ walk from Market Place, introduce short stay only parking within the existing High Street Car Park, and look at existing parking bays on Osborne and Cross Streets to make sure there’s the right mix of parking, loading and drop off opportunities to meet business and resident needs. Resident parking permits could also be implemented on the streets that lead into Market Place to make sure residents weren’t displaced.