The Town Council is responsible for the following assets:
The Corn Exchange; a Grade II Listed building and the Town Council’s headquarters
The Guildhall; a Grade II* Listed building
The Pound
A Memorial Clock in the Square
The cemetery, including a lytche gate and chapel, and a cemetery feel currently used for allotments
The Memorial Hall, the town’s museum
Other assets include;
- 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