The Opportunity
The Opportunity
The Liberty Shopping Centre has served the community for many years and deserves a look and feel that reflects its geographic, economic and social importance at the heart of the town centre.
As proud owners of The Liberty since 2022, Redical are committed to its long-term future. Over the past few years, we’ve invested millions in improvements including exciting new retailers with more to come, essential repairs, increased security and cleaning, new digital screens, and updates to the car parking experience for our customers. This early progress is a clear signal of the wider potential the vision can unlock.
Elizabeth Line has also brought Romford significantly closer to central London – opening the town up to a wider pool of shoppers and new residents. We now have a unique opportunity to give people more reasons to visit, stay and invest in Romford’s future.
The challenges we want to address
We want our proposals to help modernise and address some of the current challenges facing the site such lack of green spaces, limited pedestrian access, hidden gateway entrances and a need for more modern sustainability and biodiversity features.
Lack of green spaces – with the closest parks being Lodge Farm Park and Cottons Park, this is an opportunity to create more public spaces for people to use and enjoy.
Hidden gateway entrances – whilst the site is centrally located and contains six entrances connected to the surrounding buildings, these are not always easy to spot. We want to make these more visible to help improve pedestrian connectivity and a sense of safety.
Limited pedestrian access across the site – as existing routes through the centre only operate during centre hours, our proposals will expand these options and help everyone feel safer walking around the town centre after dark.
Need for modern sustainability and biodiversity – we want to maximise all the suitable spaces on site for greenery, and incorporate modern sustainable features, like solar energy panels.