Sports facility bid for former Ferranti site

BANGOR’S once bustling Denis Ferranti aerospace parts site could soon incorporate an “exciting” sports venue, if plans are agreed.

- By DALE SPRIDGEON Local Democracy Reporter

The company was formerly located on a 6.5 acre site at the heart of the city on Caernarfon Road.

Started in 1951, at its height the site employed about a thousand people in engineering and manufacturing.

It closed some 71 years later, in 2022.

In December, 2024, it was reported that the freehold site had been bought by the Bearmont Group, which owns the Menai Centre shopping park in Bangor, with the The Denis Ferranti Group retaining a presence in the estate, through a part-sale and leaseback agreement occupying a quarter of the complex.

The company had then said it wanted to create a" dynamic industrial hub" that accommodated a wider range of business uses.

A Cyngor Gwynedd planning application has been submitted regarding “Denis Ferranti Meters Ltd for a change of use of an existing industrial unit (Use Class B2) to an indoor padel sports centre (Use Class D2) and associated work".