Our town centre is home to two shopping centres: The Marlowes and Riverside, a traditional market which runs Thursdays and Saturday’s all year round, numerous independent retailers and cafes, plus much more. Hemel town centre is looked after by the Hemel Hempstead Business Improvement District (BID). The BID is a business-led and business-funded organisation which runs various events every year, operates cleaning projects and runs safety initiatives to improve the area for businesses, visitors and residents.