Creating a Better Place | Oldham Council

Creating a Better Place 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.

2000 new homes

We’ve partnered with Muse to develop 2,000 new homes.

New homes details

New town centre park

Plans to create a new public park in the heart of our town centre

Park details

Spindles Town Square Shopping Centre

Our plans to develop and improve the Spindles shopping centre

Spindles details

Spindles: Retail area

Opportunities and plans for the Spindles on-going retail offer

Retail area details

Spindles: Tommyfield Market

A new era for Oldham's historic Tommyfield Market

Tommyfield details

Entrepreneur workspace: The Hive

The Hive co-working space and enterprise hub is now open

The Hive details

Spindles: Event space

The creation of a multi-purpose event space within the Spindles

Event space details

Spindles: Archive Centre

Plans to create a new publicly accessible Archive Collection Centre

Archive details

Oldham Coliseum

We're putting culture at the heart of our transformed town centre

Theatre details

Cultural quarter

Preserving our buildings and heritage to drive Oldham's cultural quarter

Heritage details

Getting around

Town centre infrastructure improvements for pedestrians, cyclists and accessibility

Infrastructure details

Northern Roots

Northern Roots country park will be within easy reach of our town centre

Northern Roots details