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Celebrating 150 years
Thursday May 11, 2017, £1
Thechanging faceofthetown centre isrevealed atCornExchange conference
Philip still by her side
A VISION OF
THE FUTURE
Report by
DANCOOPER
dan.cooper@newbur
ynews.co.uk@danc_nwn
THE QUEEN and the Duke of
Edinburgh were in West
Berkshire this week to mark
the centenary of Pangbourne
College.
Tuesday’s ceremony marked
Prince Philip’s first appearance
since Buckingham Palace
announced that the 95-year-old
would be retiring from pubic
duties in autumn this year.
See page 5 for more pictures.
A BOWLING alley, trampoline
park, a gym and a hotel are all
being considered for the Kennet
Shopping centre in Newbury
when it is redeveloped.
An option to provide outside
seating on the upper level of the
centre on the Cheap Street side
(pictured right) is also being
proposed.
The second stage of the work
will see the previous space occu-
pied by Debenhams reconfigured
to introduce new shop frontages
on
the
ground
floor
at
Bartholomew Street.
There is also opportunity to
create a new link from the Market
Street development into the
centre.
The trampoline park and bowl-
ing alley are being considered as
long-term replacements for TK
Maxx, while a hotel and ‘residen-
tial opportunity’ above the shop-
ping centre are a possibility.
The Kennet Shopping centre
plans were just one of a number
of key developments discussed at
a Newbury Vision conference at
the Corn Exchange last week.
Other
important
topics
included the
relocation of
Newbury
bus
station
and
improvements to Newbury rail-
way station.
The redevelopment of Market
Street and the proposed regenera-
tion of the London Road Indus-
trial Estate were also debated.
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For full coverage of the confer-
ence, see pages 6-9.
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