EEDA - East of England Development Agency

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Cultural and green infrastructure

Creating prosperous and popular places is not just about housing and business premises. What gives a place its unique identity are the cultural, leisure and heritage assets that surround it.

It is vital that people have access to facilities and experiences that enrich life and create a sense of wellbeing. EEDA has invested extensively in a diverse range of cultural and environmental projects to preserve what already exists and to create new experiences.

These major investments have usually been made in collaboration with other organisations such as Arts Council England East, the Heritage Lottery Fund, RSPB and the National Trust.

Arts Council England East and EEDA have co-funded a number of projects as part of our joint prospectus. 

Examples of EEDA investments include: 

•  green infrastructure - protecting the regions green spaces and providing public access to enjoy stunning natural habitats
  • Welney wetlands
  • Rainham Marshes, Thames Gateway, Essex
  • Wat Tyler Country Park, Essex
  • Cambridgeshire wetland nature park, Cambridgeshire
  • Great Fen, Cambridgeshire
  • Amwell nature reserve, Hertfordshire
  • Fen Drayton Lakes, Cambridgeshire 
  • GEESE, North Norfolk.
• cultural infrastructure - promoting cultural education and development
  • Royal Opera House production facilities, Thurrock, Essex
  • Firstsite, Colchester, Essex
  • National Centre for Carnival Arts, Luton  
  • arts venue in the Cattle Market redevelopment, Bury St Edmunds
  • Broxborne White Water Centre, Hertfordshire
  • Dance East, Ipswich, Suffolk.

 

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