Lincoln's historic Bailgate area is set to be revamped after Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) and the Historic Lincoln Partnership (HLP) secured funding worth £1.18m for the scheme.

Work is expected to get underway in early 2010 and will include the repaving of the area, while a new landscape scheme will also be developed for the city's Roman Well and St Paul area. LCC hopes that the improvements will serve a boost for tourism in the city, and its executive member for economic development and tourism, Eddy Poll, said: "Bailgate is probably the most important thoroughfare in uphill Lincoln.

"At one end of Bailgate is Newport Arch, originally the north gate of the Roman-walled city and the other end leads into Castle Hill, the medieval space across which the cathedral and castle face each other. These are crucial for our tourism and we must continue to attract people to these areas."