Properties and Assets
The Town Council is responsible for assets in excess of £4m. These include:
- The Corn Exchange; this a Grade II Listed building and the the Town Council's headquarters
- The Guildhall; this is a Grade II* Listed building
- The Pound
- A Memorial Clock
- The Square
- The cemetery including a lytche gate and chapel
- The cemetery field - currently used for allotments
- Linden Lodge
- The Gaskell Recreation Ground
- two bus shelters
- The Memorial Hall
- 134 street lights and other street furniture
Tangible assets include civic regalia and some fine furniture, including a 17th century cabinet, and a herbarium containing a collection of 324 pressed and dried botanical specimens which belonged to the late Dr. William Penny Brookes.
