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Earle Road, WIDNES, WA8 0GY

Off Earle Road. This is part of the Widnes Waterfront Regeneration Programme

The Hive is a new leisure/entertainment complex on a former industrial site at the Widnes Waterfront development. The Widnes Waterfront Regeneration Programme was developed to transform over 300 acres of former chemical works on the north bank of the River Mersey into a mixed use area, providing a place for businesses to locate and for people to enjoy. The programme began in 2002 using European and UK Government funding and has since attracted further private sector investment.

A fairly new complex built on former brownfield land on Widnes Waterfront.

With new office units in the background.

As mentioned earlier (Image) development is nigh, but the purpose of the unit has yet to be revealed

A new hoarding frame no doubt ready to announce an impending retail development [on the former foundry site on which it stands] to the public passing on the A557 Widnes Eastern by-pass. In the distance, the Ditton Junction - Warrington Arpley railway bridge which carries coal trains to and from Fiddler's Ferry power station. The by-pass road is along the course of the Widnes - St Helens railway line which would have passed under the Warrington line where the road does today. The factory in the background [actually just outside the grid square] belongs to Thermphos International B.V. and produces "speciality phosphates" of the highest order.

Carvery restaurant on the corner of The Hive leisure complex at Widnes.

Created in part of the Widnes Waterfront Regeneration Programme off Earle Road. A greenway/cycle path is on the left. In the distance on the left are the Therm Phos Works and on the right is The Premier Inn.

I presume this may be related to the former chemical industry or be possibly a sewer vent. There is a listed brick sewer vent elsewhere in Widnes. I would welcome any further information. I have been unable to find anything further on the internet.

The Widnes Waterfront Regeneration Programme was developed to transform over 300 acres of former chemical works on the north bank of the River Mersey into a mixed use area, providing a place for businesses to locate and for people to enjoy. The programme began in 2002 using European and UK Government funding and has since attracted further private sector investment. To the left of the path, is a preserved reminder of the industrial past; possibly connected with the kilns which were used to burn pyrites in the manufacture of sulphuric acid?