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Tinside Lido and Foreshore

Paul Channing • 22 October 2022

Health and well-being hub

We have been appointed as part of a multidisciplinary team to help develop proposals for various sites within the National Marine Park, Plymouth, Devon. The ultimate aim of the project is to reimagine and rework heritage spaces, including the Tinside Lido, associated buildings and beach area and to increase access and inclusive enjoyment of the waterfront so that it becomes an integrated, largely self-sustaining (financially and environmentally), health and well-being hub, worthy of its iconic status and location, of value to the whole City and its surrounds, and appropriately reflecting its role as a key gateway with respect of the National Marine Park. 


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