Key investment opportunities
Across Cheshire and Warrington, there is a wealth of opportunity for forward-thinking investors to find their ideal business environments.
Your opportunity is here.
In every corner of Cheshire and Warrington, there are investments in infrastructure, science and energy, that make this region a great place to be a part of the future of business.
Origin – Ellesmere Port
Origin in Ellesmere Port will be one of the most important industrial and employment clusters in the UK.
It now presents a transformational economic growth opportunity and has the potential to both fast track the UK’s Green Industrial Revolution and Road to Net Zero ambitions.
Significantly, it is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the residents of Cheshire West and Chester and supports wider regeneration including for the town centre of Ellesmere Port, alongside supporting an Inclusive Economy in the region.
Warrington Bank Quay
A New Urban Quarter at the Heart of the North
The Warrington Bank Quay Gateway is one of the most ambitious regeneration opportunities in northern England. Covering approximately 124 hectares of former industrial and brownfield land, the scheme has the potential to deliver:
- Up to 10,000 new jobs
- 4,500 high‑quality new homes
- 190,000 m² of commercial floorspace
Anchored by the arrival of Northern Powerhouse Rail, Bank Quay will become one of the best‑connected locations in the UK, offering fast, frequent services to Liverpool, Manchester, Manchester Airport, Leeds, Birmingham and London.
This transformational investment will create a vibrant, mixed‑use urban quarter that attracts global businesses, supports talent retention and fuels inclusive economic growth. For investors, Bank Quay represents a once‑in‑a‑generation opportunity to be part of Warrington’s future city centre.
Cheshire Science Corridor
40 miles long, 871sq miles of potential, and over 7000 businesses. The Cheshire Science Corridor is the place of possible. With the UK’s fastest industrial supercomputer at Daresbury. The world’s largest site is committed to the development of mass spectrometry systems at Jodrell Bank. And the UK’s largest and best invested bioscience campus & chemical engineering cluster at Alderly Park.
Alderley Park offers 1 million sq ft state-of-the-art biology and chemistry labs that is surpassing the legacy of the AstraZeneca site, which is now situated at Hurdsfield. Cheshire East Council has strong engagement with AstraZeneca to secure ongoing growth at the site. Less than 10 miles away Handforth Garden Village a £200m site is planned to include 1,500 new homes and up to 12 ha of employment land, creating a great opportunity for private sector investment.
