The contractor carrying out works as part of the UK Government funded Ashbourne Reborn programme will pause all work in the town centre to ensure the historic Royal Shrovetide football game can go ahead as usual. The annual tradition takes...
Ashbourne Reborn
£15.2m to regenerate Ashbourne town centre
Transforming public spaces including the Market Place, Victoria Square, Millenium Square, and Shrovetide Walk.
Improving the pedestrian experience with wider pavements and safer crossings at St John Street, Dig Street, Buxton Road, and Station Road.
New community and events facilities at The Link Community Hub, and Ashbourne Methodist Church.
£13.4m of UK Government funding
Plus £1.8m of matched funding raised locally to regenerate Ashbourne.
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Visit the Derbyshire Dales District Council website
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Visit the Ashbourne Town Council website
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Visit the Derbyshire County Council website
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Visit The Link Community Hub website
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Visit the Ashbourne Town Team website
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Visit the AshCom website
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Visit the Levelling Up website
Latest News
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Following a competitive tender process, Ashbourne Methodist Church have awarded a contract for the construction of Ashbourne’s new community hub The Link Centre, to Messenger, a building contractor specialising in the conservation and repair of historic buildings. The UK Government funded...
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Market Place car park to close as town centre transformation begins From February 6, the Market Place in Ashbourne will no longer be a car park, as works get under way for the UK Government funded Ashbourne Reborn programme. The highways...
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Ashbourne Reborn partners are looking to trace individuals that took part in a tree planting ceremony in 1984 on the area off Compton now known as Shrovetide Walk. The Rowan tree on the raised area is in poor health and,...
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From next week, the main construction period will start to deliver changes to Ashbourne’s highways and public spaces through the much-anticipated Ashbourne Reborn transformation programme. Although works will begin before Ashbourne’s Royal Shrovetide football at the start of March, all works...
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Chris Harvey is a successful software developer with strong roots in the local area. He was based in the USA before returning to Derbyshire where he is developing a number of properties in Ashbourne, including Café Impromptu, Howell and Marsden...
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As work gets under way, we will post regular updates about Ashbourne Reborn. This week (13 January), enabling night works are ongoing for Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) surveys. These are taking place at Dig Street, St John St and Buxton...
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Main works for the Ashbourne Reborn transformation programme are due to start late January 2025 and will continue throughout the year. As the works are due to take place over approximately a 12-month period, delivering the change will be disruptive...
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Throughout this year, work will be carried out to deliver the much-anticipated Ashbourne Reborn transformation programme. The £15.9m scheme aims to bring back vibrancy, vitality and economic prosperity to Ashbourne town centre, with £13.4m UK government funding and the rest...
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Public Liaison Officer With works due to start in the new year, a Public Liaison Officer (PLO) has been appointed by the main contractor for the Highways and Public Realm element of Ashbourne Reborn. Neil will act as a point of contact...
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Main works for the Ashbourne Reborn transformation programme are due to start early in 2025 and will continue throughout the year. At the public events in December, representatives of Ashbourne Reborn shared the phasing plans reproduced on this page. This...
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With main works for the Ashbourne Reborn transformation programme due to start early in 2025, residents and business were invited to attend a series of public information events. The events were open to all and provided more detail about future...