Race Is ON To Tart Up London Road!

Tom Hark Preston Park · Mar 19, 2014

Lincoln Imp said:
London Road has huge potential.

It's the closest large shopping area to great swathes of prosperous housing between Preston Park and Ditchling Road.

Almost every building in it, including all the neglected and abused ones, is actually very attractive.

It is next to a future St Peters Plaza, which in turn will link London Road to North Laine.

Depends if the Greens have the balls to pedestrianise or not. At the moment its all shoppers pinned on narrow pavements and a very wide road where traffic appears to very much have priority.

Tom Hark Preston Park · Mar 19, 2014

turienzo's lovechild said:
St Peters Plaza?!?!

Place de Saint Pierre s'il vous plait. Pretentious? Moi?

Lincoln Imp · Mar 19, 2014

turienzo's lovechild said:
St Peters Plaza?!?!

Isn't there a plan to ban northbound traffic from York Place/St George's Place, which would create a large open area with an historic church in the middle at the bottom of Trafalgar Street? It could be fantastic and would spur the further regeneration of London Rd and the areas either side.

Garage_Doors · Mar 19, 2014

Tom Hark said:
a very wide road where traffic appears to very much have priority.

At least there is one positive then.

Notters · Mar 20, 2014

Bulldog said:
95 Western road. I think that puts it somewhere opposite Waitrose. Opens in about a week.

Ah yes it's what was that American diner place. Anyone else associate the term "lounge bar" with metrosexual coke heads or is it just me?

BensGrandad · Mar 20, 2014

Slightly OT but Spoons are opening in Burgess Hill on 29th April, ( The 6 Martlets)looking at the site they have a lot of work to do to meet that opening date. Hopefully will make the pubs in Burgess Hill sit up and think and even possibly Haywards Heath. However you look at it they are good to make other pubs improve what they offer.

surrey jim · Mar 20, 2014

BensGrandad said:
Slightly OT but Spoons are opening in Burgess Hill on 29th April, ( The 6 Martlets)looking at the site they have a lot of work to do to meet that opening date. Hopefully will make the pubs in Burgess Hill sit up and think and even possibly Haywards Heath. However you look at it they are good to make other pubs improve what they offer.

Where is the site they will be at in B/Hill?

Badger · Mar 20, 2014

Tom Hark said:
Depends if the Greens have the balls to pedestrianise or not. At the moment its all shoppers pinned on narrow pavements and a very wide road where traffic appears to very much have priority.

It's a right pain when you've got all the tramps weaving from side-to-side along the pavement.

Horton's halftime iceberg · Mar 20, 2014

I heard some of the stalls are open in the Market now.

You do notice the difference, especially that their are not many empty shops anymore. I heard that Wilkinson's want the shop space that used to be the old co-op once the flats are finished, that will be a student paradise. Also York Place has improved with both His-be and Meat taking double frontage shops at the London Road end, and yes the improvements to the Level especially the cafe are making the area more inviting to families. Once all the new build flats are occupied it will swell business even more.

Sergei's Celebration · Mar 20, 2014

backson said:
But where will all the people with dogs on bits of rope go?

George street, that has taken a nose dive towards the gutter over recent years.

CheeseRolls · Mar 20, 2014

Herr Tubthumper said:
It's a shame that the only way we seem able to regenerate areas is to gentrify them and force the prices up.

Interesting perspective and got me thinking. The UK does seem to have two modes.

1 Preserve in aspic.
2 "modernise" out of all recognition.

There seems to be too little moulding what we have to fit new purposes.

BensGrandad · Mar 20, 2014

surrey jim said:
Where is the site they will be at in B/Hill?

In the pedestranised part that was Currys opposite Be Wise. 50- 100 yds from Jacobs Post, who will obviously suffer most.

Tom Hark Preston Park · Mar 20, 2014

BensGrandad said:
In the pedestranised part that was Currys opposite Be Wise. 50- 100 yds from Jacobs Post, who will obviously suffer most.

Just so long as Uncle Sams doesn't suffer. About the only reason to ever go drinking in Burgess Hill :unclesam:

paulie49 · Mar 20, 2014

There are a few stalls open in the New Open Market and we hope that all the permanent stalls will be open in May. There will be daily stalls in the central square and lots more to come. Open Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm. Loads to see, eat and buy.
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keaton · Mar 20, 2014

Horton's halftime iceberg said:
I heard some of the stalls are open in the Market now.

You do notice the difference, especially that their are not many empty shops anymore. I heard that Wilkinson's want the shop space that used to be the old co-op once the flats are finished, that will be a student paradise. Also York Place has improved with both His-be and Meat taking double frontage shops at the London Road end, and yes the improvements to the Level especially the cafe are making the area more inviting to families. Once all the new build flats are occupied it will swell business even more.

The cheese and egg place and the fruit and veg have been open for a while. It just didn't look like it

Uncle C · Mar 20, 2014

paulie49 said:
There are a few stalls open in the New Open Market and we hope that all the permanent stalls will be open in May. There will be daily stalls in the central square and lots more to come. Open Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm. Loads to see, eat and buy.
.

Have you got any pictures you can post up for us?

Greavsey · Mar 20, 2014

Tom Hark said:
Just so long as Uncle Sams doesn't suffer. About the only reason to ever go drinking in Burgess Hill

That and the local "women" that make those on London Rd look like super models.

danielson81 · Mar 20, 2014

I heard that Wilkinson's want the shop space that used to be the old co-op

I hope thats true, they sell everything.

SouthCoastOwl · Mar 20, 2014

hans kraay fan club said:
I skim-read that as 'shoplifting frenzy'. London Road, innit.

Me too

The Spanish · Mar 20, 2014

Tom Hark said:
Depends if the Greens have the balls to pedestrianise or not. At the moment its all shoppers pinned on narrow pavements and a very wide road where traffic appears to very much have priority.

in fairness it is the LONDON Road.

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