Client
One North East RDA, Durham City Vision
Team
Miller Research, Martin Stockley, Alder King
The Project
Ground breaking studies to improve the distinctiveness of the retail core of historic market towns including City of Durham, Alnwick, Barnard Castle and Guisborough. Part of a wider initiative to prevent erosion of the character of the High Street and a decline into “clone towns”
Our Role
As part of the Miller Research team we were responsible for urban design and place making element of studies which also include examination of local economy, transport and access issues. The team’s work was drawn together into an Action Plan for each town. From this experience an Evaluation Model and toolkit has been developed with an online software programme that can be used by other Market Towns to create their own action plans.
