The Canal Corridor is linking multiple regional economies into a single investment opportunity. This growth network spans Chesterfield, Worksop, and Retford, with direct connections into South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
The market towns within this corridor are linked by the Chesterfield Canal, which was historically vital for trade and used for transporting coal, quarried material, and agricultural goods. Today the canal is primarily used as a leisure asset. However, the canal has the potential to connect growth around Chesterfield station and the East Midlands Investment Zone sites at Hartington-Staveley and Explore Park, Worksop to the Supercluster.
Chesterfield and Staveley alone could deliver:
Investment opportunities for mixed-use and residential development as post of the East Midlands Stations Growth Strategy, including Chesterfield Station Masterplan. Additional opportunities are available in Chesterfield town centre and the Chesterfield and Staveley Regeneration Route.
This site boasts Europe's largest and most advanced pre-assembly manufacturing facility. The site is poised to transform the future of manufacturing in the UK and deliver critical infrastructure across essential sectors including nuclear, data centres, robotics, defence, healthcare, and energy.
This site, part of the East Midlands Investment Zone, has major regeneration potential. Covering over 100 hectares of brownfield land near the M1 corridor, the site offers a strategic opportunity for development. The site will support the supply chain for existing low carbon engineering clusters as well as bringing forward new innovation and employment opportunities to support advanced manufacturing and green industries.
A flagship 85 hectare business park with over 70 businesses located there. Markham Vale Enterprise Zone is centrally positioned in the country with excellent transport links and a new motorway junction.
Trent Arc is one of six growth strategies in the East Midlands Vision for Growth, which is being developed to help drive Mayor of the East Midlands Claire Ward’s ambitions to significantly lift investment and foster inclusive growth across the East Midlands.