Work well underway on Haslingden and Bacup markets
Diggers have moved in to begin work on the £500,000 refurbishment of Haslingden Market while the first stage of the regeneration of Bacup Market – to be called Temple Court – has been completed.
The central area of Haslingden Market is being ripped up to make way for a vibrant social hub consisting of an ‘open air’ flexible area and a new seating zone covered by a steel structure and roof where benches will be placed for people to eat from a variety of street food cabins.
The open air area will be used for music and theatre performances with temporary seating, mini festivals and one-off artisan markets.
Work, including modernising the traders’ cabins, will be completed by early summer.
Rossendale Borough Council is investing £200,000 in the project and the remaining £300,000 will be provided by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Meanwhile, the former Barclays Bank building in Market Street has now been demolished and to make way for the new two-storey Market Hall which will be one of two entrances to the redeveloped market, the other being from Union Street.
Once full planning permission is given for the £8.3million project, further demolition and rebuilding work is expected to begin early in 2025 and completed by the summer of 2026.
Funding for the scheme has successfully been secured by Rossendale Borough Council through the Capital Regeneration Project, supported by the Levelling Up Fund.
