Update on the Great Yarmouth Market Place Public Realm redevelopment – January 2025
The ambition of the project is to produce a de-cluttered space, uniting the newly opened covered market with the ‘The Place’ and creating an open, welcoming piazza style square. Over the years the marketplace has had many iterations, and these have all left a legacy in some way or other. The idea of the public realm redevelopment work will be to remove the old street furniture which has left a cluttered and busy streetscape, leaving in place a newly paved, cohesive, square, with planters and benches to allow all to enjoy.
The repaving and fencing refurbishment of the area outside the Fisherman’s Hospital at the North end of the Market Place was completed shortly before Christmas. The works now continue in to January on the south market square with concrete being poured ahead of new paving being laid. Having been removed before the Christmas break, the traffic management barriers will be returned to the west side of the market place as the work continues. The £5.8m public realm upgrade of the Market Place, including new paving, lighting, planters and seating, is still due to be finished by April 2025 when the 2-day market will then return to this area for market days on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
