gunwharf regeneration project

• What must a successful regeneration do?

  Improve an area socially, economically and environmentally.
• What was Gunwharf like before the regeneration project?

  • HMS Vernon - owned by the MoD

  • Weaponry and ammunition storage

  • Secure military zone, no public access
• What is Gunwharf like now?

  • Mixed-use development area (includes shops, restaurants and residential areas)

  • National centre for heritage and leisure

  • Includes designer and outlet shops to avoid competition with the city centre
• What were the negatives of the Gunwharf regeneration project?

  • Loss of 20,000 manufacturing jobs
  • Gentrification - when an area is redeveloped and upgraded, attracting richer people and often displacing poorer residents
  • Competition with the city centre - people driven out of city centre so shops are forced to close
  • Lack of accessibility between Gunwharf and the city centre
• What were the positives of the Gunwharf regeneration project?

  • Retained naval link - artillery, cranes etc. have been used as street furniture
  • Commercially successful
  • New jobs (construction, retail, hospitality etc.)
  • Attractive place to live
  • Attracts tourists via roads, rails and ferries
  • Spinnaker tower provides a sense of space
  • Brownfield site - land has been reused instead of damaging nature