Environmental Improvement Schemes

Harpur Street and Lime Street, Bedford

A hugely popular scheme to create a more complete shopping experience and make Bedford Town Centre more welcoming and attractive.


St. Paul's Square, Bedford

A well received environmental improvement scheme that incorporated the demolition of poor quality underground public conveniences to provide good quality, accessible open space and improvements to St. Pauls' Church grounds.

Bedford Riverside - New Open Space

The demolition of the former Town Hall in St. Paul's Square, Bedford, has provided the opportunity to create some valuable riverside open space in the heart of Bedford town centre within the proposed Riverside North scheme of development. The Mayor of Bedford, Dave Hodgson, insisted on the retention of the area as quality open space given the significant environmental and community benefits that will be derived and the 2013 planning consent for the development scheme now incorporates this key feature.

Footnote: some of the images used have been provided courtesy of Bedford Borough Council.