Widnes Waterfront

The Widnes Waterfront Economic Development Zone (EDZ) is one of only fourteen designated Economic Development Zones in North West England and will, over a six-year period, utilise £8 million of European Regional Development Funding together with £7.5 million of funding from the North West Development Agency and approximately £1.5 million pounds of Halton Borough Council funds as the lever to facilitate the wholesale regeneration of a derelict, former industrial area in Southern Widnes.

It is anticipated that, in excess of, £70 million of investment will be brought into the Widnes Waterfront area which will transform the area into a commercial and tourism development site of regional significance in a stunning riverside setting.

The economic impact of the Widnes Waterfront Economic Development Zone will be considerable with over 2,700 new jobs being created over the lifetime of the programme.

Over a period of six years over eighty hectares or two hundred acres of low quality industrial land will be transformed into a new, regionally significant, development site made up of commercial office and light industrial developments together with a major tourism facility in a dramatic waterfront setting in South Widnes.