We are producing a range of videos to help showcase the projects making up Loughborough Town Deal and we will add them to this page.
Please have a watch and enjoy
Improving life by the canal
This video gives an overview of the project by the Canal & and River Trust to improve two kilometres of towpath in Loughborough. Improvements include a new surface, improved accessibility and creating additional moorings for visiting boaters.
Saving the last major bell foundry in the UK - John Taylor & Co
This video gives an overview of the Bell Foundry project being supported by Loughborough Town Deal.
Healthy and Innovative Loughborough
Loughborough Town Deal is supporting Loughborough University's healthy and innovative project with £2.5m worth of funding. The project will create jobs, help new businesses and improve people's health along with building on the town's sporting reputation.
Creating a community arts and culture hub
Plans for an arts and culture hub in the heart of Loughborough have received a £1.6 million boost from Loughborough Town Deal. The Town Deal Board is supporting the Generator project which will bring a derelict hall in Packe Street back into use for the arts.
Full steam ahead for heritage locomotive works and education centre
Plans to create a heritage locomotive works and education centre at Great Central Railway are being supported by a £280,000 grant from Loughborough Town Deal. The facility will be used to maintain the historic engines, showcase the railway to visitors and be a place where apprentices can learn new skills.
Town centre regeneration scheme completed
This video gives an overview of the Bedford Square Gateway Project which has seen the regeneration of Bedford Square, Ward's End and Devonshire Square in Loughborough. The project was funded by Charnwood Borough Council, Loughborough Town Deal and the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership.
Free wifi expanded thanks to Living Loughborough project
The Living Loughborough project is delivering a range of improvements for the town centre, including the expansion of Love Loughborough's free wifi into even more areas of the town centre.
Loughborough Town Deal has backed the Living Loughborough project with a grant of £2.87 million.
Hope Bell cast as part of the Lanes and Links project
A memorial to mark the impact of Covid-19 on local communities is part of the Lanes and Links projects which is being supported by a Town Deal grant of £669,000.
In March 2023, the Hope Bell was cast at John Taylor & Co in Loughborough and installation is planned for 2024.
On Tuesday, 3 September, the Hope Bell was installed in Queen's Park in Loughborough.
The Hope Bell will mark the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and will be a tribute to the NHS and key workers and a reminder of how communities came together to support each other in challenging times.
Located in Queen's Park, it will also be a space for reflection to remember those lost in the pandemic.
Bells are synonymous with Loughborough as it is home to the last major bellfoundry in the UK, John Taylor & Co, which is fittingly making the Hope Bell on behalf of the Council.
