Belper has been named England's Best High Street, an award sponsored by the UK Government and Visa to find and promote the Great British High Street. Belper was up against quite a few other popular high streets including; Hitchin, Grimsby and Turriff Belper also won high street of the year in 2014, so this will be a huge benefit to this amazing town in Derbyshire. Belper was named England's Best High Street due to the innovative Town Centre Partnership that focuses on engaging the community and supporting independent retailers via social media and their website. This is down to the hard work of Laura Surger and the team behind Love Belper, an initiative to help promote the local Belper businesses.