Hello from Hamilton Our Town:

Footfall Update

Despite the well-documented challenges facing town centres, Hamilton has continued to attract increased visitor numbers.
Year to date, the BID area has registered an estimated additional 41,000 visits compared with 2024, with the Quarry Street zone alone seeing over 168,000 additional estimated visits.
Source: Place Informatics.

While this is extrapolated from mobile data and may carry some variance, the overall trend is clear — interest in the area remains strong and growing.

Have Your Say – 2026 Business Survey

As we plan for 2026, we want to ensure our projects and support remain relevant and valuable to you.
Please take a few minutes to complete our short survey and help shape our priorities for the year ahead:
👉 https://forms.gle/hwYC9WayAox5Cfmo7

Your input is truly appreciated.

Christmas Gala – This Saturday

We’re excited to launch our new Festive Gala Day this Saturday, 6th December inside the Regent Centre.

Expect a full day of family entertainment, performances, activities and community collaboration — including the return of Santa to the town centre!

A big thank you to Hamilton Information Project for Youth, Juniors Hamilton, Bheard Charity, the Regent Centre, and all our businesses for supporting this new event.

Pinocchio – Community Panto Returns

Next week, on Saturday 13th December, our Hamilton Our Town Panto returns to the Regent Centre with three festive shows.

Two performances have already sold out, but remaining tickets are available for the 11:30am show.

If you are a town centre business, we have a small allocation of complimentary tickets available — just drop us an email and we’ll happily set some aside. Email us at info@hamiltonbid.org