Hope Cement Works

BRIEF
UMC Architects and Breedon Group’s shared vision is to create a lasting legacy for the site that will benefit the local community for years to come. The proposed scheme and strategy represent a unique opportunity to re-purpose the Cement Works and quarries, establishing it as a landmark development within the Peak District.

CONCEPT
The legacy scheme aims to secure the next 100 years for the site and surrounding context, by re-imagining the cement works brownfield area under the umbrella of ‘in the park’. Key buildings and structures are retained, with new buildings introduced to form a heritage and leisure led, mixed use environment, set in a variety of landscape and parkland settings.

FEATURES
- Solar Farm
- Employment
- Restoration Plans
- Flooded western shale quarry and residential development
- Residential land in Bradwell (developed over the next 4 local plan periods)
- Community Orchards in Bradwell
- Community Allotments in Bradwell & Hope
- Quarry Extension (up to 2042)
- Connections across the site reconnecting communities together and links to the A6187 Hope Road and Rail St.
- Leisure Activity (Adventure, sport, recreation & leisure uses)
- 7km trail around the site perimeter