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BBC News
18-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Gainsborough Savoy Cinema opens as part of £9m redevelopment
A four-screen cinema has opened in the centre of is part of a £9m redevelopment of the Lincolnshire town and also includes two new shops and a 330-seat venue, operated by Savoy Cinemas, is located in the Market Place and has a pedestrian link to the Marshall's Yard shopping Grindrod-Smith, director of planning, regeneration and communities for West Lindsey District Council (WLDC), said it would "reconnect the new with the old". She added: "The changing face of retail has meant fewer people have been coming into the centre of the town."So this offer and new leisure offer will bring people in for a different reason and once they're here, we hope they'll spend time here and enjoy everything else that the town centre has."It was built on the site of the former Oldrids department store, which was demolished in June project was funded by contributions from WLDC, the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership, the government's levelling up fund and Savoy to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play for Android devices.
BBC News
21-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Green space opens in Gainsborough on former Baltic Mill site
A new green space in a Lincolnshire market town has officially opened. The transformation of the former Baltic Mill site in Gainsborough, off Caskgate Street, is part of an £18m regeneration accessible space overlooking the River Trent features a grass area, benches, plants and a pergola with a map of the Lindsey District Council leader Trevor Young said: "It's a place for people to rest, relax and connect with nature - right in the heart of the community." The project is one of six involved in the council's Levelling Up programme - Thriving Gainsborough - to help tackle economic decline in the to Public Health England, greener communities lead to health improvements, particularly among disadvantaged groups. Sally Grindrod-Smith, director of planning, regeneration and communities, called the scheme "an integral part" of the Thriving Gainsborough said: "Access to quality green space is limited in this part of Gainsborough and we wanted to address this as part of a wider programme of improvements in the area." As part of wider plans within the project, a former toilet block in Whitton Gardens is being transformed into a cafe and is expected to be completed by late spring.A four-screen £9m cinema in Market Place is also on course to be open in summer, according to managers. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
