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<p>Heritage has a vital role to play in levelling up, and can act as a powerful catalyst
for increasing opportunities and prosperity. Connecting people with their local heritage
can help strengthen a sense of civic pride, identity, and ownership.</p><p>Romford
Market Square, High Street and North Street is designated as a conservation area and
included on Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register, meaning that Historic England
offers public funding for the repair and conservation of the asset at risk. It focuses
its grants on those sites which are most in need of repair and which, without additional
investment, would be at risk of deterioration.</p><p>His Majesty’s Government is taking
action in towns across England to protect culturally significant marketplaces. Historic
England is delivering funding to markets across England through its £95 million High
Street Heritage Action Zones programme. Towns such as Redruth, Skipton, Gosport and
Newport are receiving funding to repair and restore their historic markets as part
of a wider programme of regeneration of their high streets.</p><p>The National Lottery
Heritage Fund also supports a number of heritage projects relating to markets and
their history in England. Since 1994, millions of pounds of National Lottery Heritage
Fund investment has been awarded to support projects to improve the condition of England’s
historic markets and to share their history with local residents and visitors alike.</p>
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