Final £1bn levelling-up funding awarded to 55 projects
The government has handed out its final tranche of levelling up funding to 55 projects to transform high streets and improve transport links.
From the £1bn pot, £825m will help to kick-start regeneration in town centres with a further £150m allocated to develop better transport links.
These include breathing new life into treasured heritage and culture buildings in three former mining communities in Doncaster and essential funding needed to transform Blackpool town centre’s transport network.
Full List of Successful Projects
Council
Bid Name
Value (£)
Birmingham
National Centre for Decarbonisation of Heat
£20m
Blackpool
Blackpool Town Centre Access Scheme – transport
£15m
Bolton
Bolton Town Centre North Regeneration Project
£20m
Bradford
Enhancing Keighley engineering, manufacturing
£20m
Carmarthenshire
Regenerating Llanelli
£15.5m
Cheltenham
National Cyber Innovation Centre
£20m
Chorley
Town Centre Improvements and Civic Square Development
£20m
Croydon
Reconnected Croydon
£18.5m
Denbighshire
Denbighshire Deprivation through Pride of Place & Natural Environment
£20m
Doncaster
Levelling Up Doncaster North
£18m
Dudley
Levelling Up Halesowen
£20m
Dudley
Brierley Hill Education Quarter
£20m
Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway Transport Bid
£14m
Dumfries & Galloway
Three Rivers Active Tourism Project
£23
Enfield
Levelling Up Angel Edmonton
£12
Glasgow City
Drumchapel Town Centre Regeneration
£15
Gloucester
Greyfriars Quarter Regeneration
£11m
Gosport
Reconnecting Historic Gosport Waterfront
£18m
Gravesham
St George’s Square
£20m
Isle Of Wight
Island Green Link
£14m
Kirklees
Huddersfield Open Market Regeneration Project
£17m
Kirklees
Penistone Line Rail Upgrade
£48m
Leeds
Heart of Holbeck
£16m
Leicester
Connecting St Margaret’s
£12m
Manchester
Regenerating Wythenshawe Town Centre
£20m
Moray
Elgin City Centre Masterplan: Levelling Up Moray
£18m
Neath Port Talbot
Newbridge Active Travel Link and Dock Access
£12m
Neath Port Talbot
Port Talbot Town Centre Regeneration
£15m
Newark And Sherwood
Shaping Sherwood Revival
£20m
Newcastle Upon Tyne
River Tyne Regeneration Infrastructure
£19m
North Ayrshire* (with South Ayrshire)
Commercial and Low Carbon Infrastructure
£37m
North Lincolnshire
Scunthorpe Town Centre Vibrancy
£16m
Norwich
Mile Cross Health, Wellbeing and Economic Activity
£7.5m
Nottingham
Bulwell Town Centre Regeneration
£20m
Pembrokeshire
Westgate to Eastgate: Levelling Up Pembroke Town
£10.5m
Plymouth
Plymouth and South Devon Freeport
£20m
Powys
Powys – transport investment
£18m
Sandwell
Grove Lane
£18m
Sheffield
Parkwood Springs
£19m
Somerset**
A Vision for Tonedale 2022
£20m
South Derbyshire
Swadlincote Town Centre
£1m
South Lanarkshire
National Business District: Shawfield – Remediation and Development
£15m
South Tyneside
South Shields Riverside Transformation
£20m
Stafford
Stafford Station Gateway
£20m
Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton North – Billingham Town Centre
£20m
Tameside
Destination Denton
£17m
Test Valley
Andover Revealed
£18m
Torbay
Brixham Fish and Hi Tech Chips
£20m
Vale Of Glamorgan
Barry Making Waves – Y Barri Creu Tonnau
£20m
Wakefield
The Ridings Wakefield
£15m
Watford
Create Watford
£16m
Westmorland and Furness
Heart of Kendal
£13.5m
Wigan
Leigh Town Centre
£11m
Wirral
Renewal of Liscard Town Centre
£11m
Wolverhampton
Green Innovation Corridor
£20m
Funding is spread across all corners of the country, with the North West receiving £128m, the North East £59m, Yorkshire and the Humber £169m and the Midlands £171m in total.
Since 2021, the two previous tranches of Levelling Up Fund has now released £3.8bn to 216 projects.