PLANS to build a park for Guisborough will be unveiled at the town's biggest market on Saturday.

The Gisborough Priory Project expects the development to cost about £3m and will apply for funding, including money from the National Lottery, to create gardens and develop woodland at the priory.

Members hope the gardens, which may include a visitor's centre, will boost tourism and business potential in the area and create jobs and educational opportunities.

The plans include recreating the 18th Century Cloister Garden, formal planting, the reconstruction of a lily pond and a managed woodland, where there will be a Monk's Walk.

Partners involved in the project include English Heritage, Tees Archaeology, Gisborough Estates, which owns the site, and Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council's conservation section.

The programme is expected to take 30 months once funding becomes available.

The public will be able to view the plans and give their views to representatives between 9.30am and noon on Saturday at the Methodist Church, in Westgate, Guisborough.

Ann Roe, secretary of the Priory Project, said: "We want to get lots of feedback on our proposals. This will help Guisborough to get the most out of the future of this ambitious project."

The Chapel Beck Partnership will also unveil its plans to improve the Chapel Beck corridor, near Whitby Road, Guisborough, where members hope to create gardens, a play area, cycle route and a circular trail based on the Black Monk legend.

Bill Peacock, from the Chapel Beck Partnership, said: "We already have the support from borough councillors, but now we want the endorsement of local people for our plans.

"We are also looking for people to join our group to press ahead on this exciting project."

Both groups have had financial support from the Guisborough Market Town Initiative.

Carol Hudson, the initiative's programme manager, said: "There will be lots going on on Saturday with a record number of market stalls in Westgate."