The five priority places

So that the members of the living places partnership can better understand the barriers to culture and sport being built into communities, and ways to break down those barriers, living places set up the priority places initiative. This involves focused research in five priority places, looking at the role of culture and sport within communities on varying scales.

All these places have shown an appetite to explore how culture can be incorporated in housing and regeneration. They have been chosen to cover a range of spatial scales, so are allowing living places to explore appropriate ways to solve a wide range of policy problems. They also boast a range of cultural assets and activities with very different geographic reaches. Some are of regional significance, and draw people from miles around. Others have a city-wide or more local impact.

Access the priority places case studies in the menu on the left.