Background

Investment from the Townscape Heritage Initiative fund in 2011 enabled a redesign of the Market Place. However, the rest of the pedestrian area looks dated and the rules regarding vehicles and parking are unclear leading to potential safety risks. The Market may be an underused resource, and the High Street can look a little bleak on non-market days.

Then in 2020, Erewash Borough Council, in partnership with Derbyshire County Council commissioned AECOM to produce an Options Report for Long Eaton High Street that was based on consultation with the local community.

Following successful Town Deal proposals submitted to UK government in 2021, the re-design of the High Street has been progressed to reflect and build on the best of Long Eaton and to match the high design standards of the Market Place. It has been a long process to get to this point, including further targeted engagement with taxi drivers, street traders, market traders, high street retailers, and blue badge parking users which has informed the design.

Some goals that guided the design were to locate the market back to the Market Place, improve the positioning of market stalls in relation to shops, improve street layout, improve safety, introduce more sociable areas for sitting out and enjoying an enhanced green space, incorporate elements that link back to Long Eaton’s industrial and artistic past.