Shaping the Heart of Bicester
Market Square
Market Square lies at the heart of Bicester’s rich history and plays a vital role in its community life. Our goal is to elevate this cherished space, making it a welcoming space and environment for those who use it now and in the future.
Your Input Matters:
This is your opportunity to tell us what you’d like to see in Market Square. Share your ideas to help shape the future of this cherished space.
Objectives:
Be fully inclusive
- Promote and integrate walking, cycling, buses, taxis, and private vehicles.
- Provide for all ages, abilities and demographics.
Improve safety and connectivity
- Improve connectivity to surrounding lanes and car parks.
- Enhance links to the town centre, for example; Bicester Village, Bicester Avenue, Bicester Gateway, Bicester Motion and both railway stations.
Celebrate Bicester’s heritage with sensitive, cohesive design
- A sensitive heritage focused design that enhances Market Square.
- Consider opportunities for arts projects, including the potential for a war memorial.
- Ensure a consistent heritage look and feel within Bicester.
Create a destination that everyone can use and enjoy
- Develop flexible spaces for the community to enjoy events and activities.
- Consider technology and how it can enhance visitor/user experience.
- Improve lighting and highlight focal points, to help improve night time experience.
Support Bicester’s local economy
- Continue to develop both day-time and nighttime economy.
- Consider current and future parking within the town centre to accommodate growth.
- Provide access and loading for local businesses.
Protect and enhance the natural environment
- Incorporate planted areas to create visually appealing and accessible green spaces which enhance the town centre and its buildings.
- Create shaded, protected and comfortable resting places.
How you can help and be involved:
Complete our survey to share your ideas for Market Square either online or a paper copy from the Library helpdesk.