Enhancing Dover’s cultural and creative offer and better connecting the high street and waterfront lie at the heart of a successful £3.2m bid by Dover District Council (DDC) to the Government’s Future High Streets Fund.
Together with a £1.7m commitment from DDC’s Town Centre Regeneration Fund, the £4.9m plans will deliver key projects designed to increase footfall and local spending on the high street.
The plans complement existing projects to rejuvenate Dover town centre, including the £10.5m Lottery funded restoration of the Grade I Listed Maison Dieu and a £3.6m Coastal Community Fund project to reinvent the Market Square.
Bench Street creative space

Indicative visual of proposed Creative Centre, Bench Street, Dover
Public Exhibition Boards - Proposed Creative Centre Project
Survey on Proposed Creative Centre Project
As the Creative Centre Project moves forward, we would like to share our proposals with you. Please tell us what you think of our initial design and tell us what you would like to see in the proposed creative centre for example art, crafts, ceramics, photography, music, film-making, drawing, sculpture, textiles, other.
We would be grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete our survey on our proposals to provide your feedback.
Survey for people currently working in the Creative Sector
Survey for residents, local businesses and other potential users of the Creative Centre
Survey for schools
The surveys will be open until the 21st of April, it would be great to hear from you.