Dunstable is 1 of 67 historic high streets across England to have been offered government funding from Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities as part of the High Streets Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) programme. As further detailed at Regenerating Historic High Streets through Heritage Action Zones | Historic EnglandFrom August 2020 until 2024 Dunstable Town Council will be working with Historic England and several other partners to deliver the HSHAZ programme. The HSHAZ focuses on a key stretch of the High Street falling within Dunstable Conservation Area. It includes an area fronting High Street South and adjoining Middle Row and Ashton Square and on the opposite side of the road it extends to the rear of Priory House and includes Priory Gardens.
