Improving Weston-super-Mare

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We have successfully bid for £20 million from the UK government as part of our ambitious placemaking vision for Weston-super-Mare. 

The investment will be used to focus on several high-profile sites across Weston’s town centre and seafront to transform the culture, leisure and retail experience for residents, business and visitors. 

This will help to 

  • reinvent iconic heritage buildings 
  • support local businesses 
  • create new jobs 
  • deliver a year-round experience-led economy for the future

See our dedicated project webpages for more information on how we're putting these funds to use. 

Please note, some aspects of the information provided within the bid have changed or evolved. While these were accurate at the time of submission, changes have been made due to survey and feasibility work carried out after the project began.

These include

  • scope and timelines of the projects
  • project targets and costs

You can read more in our original funding bid document. 

Birnbeck Pier

Funding will be used to improve buildings at the landside of Birnbeck Pier, bringing them back into use. This will complement the funding already in place to improve the pier structure itself. 

Grove Park

Funding will be used to improve the entrance to this beautiful town centre green space and relocate the public toilets

Marine Lake

Funding will be used to develop year-round facilities to encourage food, drink and leisure activities, and swimming and bathing

Tropicana

Funding will be used to provide repairs, enhancements and increased capacity to ensure commercial viability for the next 20 years 

Wayfinding

Funding will be used to commission digital and creative design to encourage people to move around the town centre and seafront

Weston Town Centre

Funding will be used to create more flexible spaces to attract retail and food and drink businesses, continue shopfront enhancement projects, and improve kerb appeal