Outdoors · Meadow Park
Meadow Park
A wildflower meadow, a pond and a playground where the car park used to be.
- Address
- Meadow Walk
- Open
- Always open
When the car park went, the meadow came: 1.2 hectares sown with wildflowers, a pond for the frogs and a playground built from timber reclaimed from the warehouses.
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Eat & drink
The Lock Café
Coffee, cake and soup on the towpath, with the best seats in the quarter for watching boats come through the lock.
Unit 1, Lock Lane · Daily 8:00–17:00
Shops
Market Hall
Thirty stalls under a Victorian glass roof every Saturday, and a street-food kitchen every evening.
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Studios
The Studio Yard
Three warehouses of studios and a coworking hall: makers, designers, a darkroom and a woodshop.
Studio Yard, Mill Street · Mon–Sat, hours vary
Outdoors
Lock 17
The working lock that gave the quarter its shape: boats pass through most afternoons, and the gates are 140 years old.
Lock Lane · Towpath open all day