Transforming landmark power station

PLANS for the first phase of the regeneration of Fiddlers Ferry have been approved.

- BY DAN HAYGARTH

The former power station site (pictured), which saw its northern cooling towers felled in December 2023, will be transformed for future industrial and residential use.

Found between Warrington and Widnes on the River Mersey, the power station's construction was proposed in 1962.

It was then built between 1964 and 1971 and entered into full operation two years later.

At its peak, the coal fired power station was capable of producing enough electricity to power around two million homes.

Its eight 114-metre cooling towers and a 200m metre chimney made it a landmark, visible from the Pennines.