Building a Better Oldham is an ambitious plan to transform Oldham.
It will unlock investment worth £285 million and create more than 2,000 new homes in Oldham town centre, 1,000 new jobs and 100 apprenticeship opportunities.
The ambition and vision is that we will be Building a Better Oldham:
- by building quality homes
- by providing opportunities to learn & gain new skills
- by providing opportunities to grow local businesses and create jobs
- by ensuring Oldham is the greenest borough
- by embedding sustainability, energy efficiency & low (zero) carbon
- by improving life-chances, health and well-being of our residents and local communities
Spindles Town Square Shopping Centre
Our plans to develop and improve the Spindles shopping centre
Spindles: Retail area
Opportunities and plans for the Spindles on-going retail offer
The Egyptian Room
A modern food hall, featuring various casual dining-style food stalls.
Spindles: Event space
The creation of a multi-purpose event space within the Spindles
Royton Town Hall
Comprehensive restoration has brought back the original Victorian splendour.
Spindles: Archive Centre
Plans to create a new publicly accessible Archive Collection Centre
Cultural Quarter and Public Space
Preserving our buildings and heritage to drive Oldham's cultural quarter
Getting around
Town centre infrastructure improvements for pedestrians, cyclists and accessibility
Northern Roots
Northern Roots country park will be within easy reach of our town centre
Entrepreneur workspace: The Hive
The Hive co-working space and enterprise hub is now open