The end of an era is nigh for Wigan Pier as bulldozers move in to demolish the final section of the ... Developer H20 Urban will lead the project with input from the Canal and River Trust, ...

Ian Sprott, from the Canal & River Trust, said: “Wigan Pier is an important part of the history of Wigan and the wider region.

The Pier, immortalised by George Orwell’s graphic 1937 description of the plight of the working class in his book ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’, was originally a loading jetty where wagons would ...

Road to Wigan Pier 2017: Recreating George Orwell's journey 80 years on and mapping modern Britain. In 1937, Orwell's book about poverty in Northern England shocked the country.

Plans to transform Wigan Pier into a striking multi-leisure destination look set to progress after the application – which proposes an artisan food hall and events spaces – was recommended for ...

Wigan Council is overseeing the tender process in partnership with commercial property firm Lambert Smith Hampton and the Canal & River Trust. The council’s director of economy and environment, Karl ...

THE canalside Wigan Pier Quarter development is to be brought forward by developer H2O Urban. The town’s council has agreed a 10-year masterplan for the site with the Canal and River Trust, ...

New uncertainty hangs over the future of Wigan’s once massively popular Pier tourist attraction today after the council confirmed that it and the developer which has restored the famous ...

A planning application proposing the overhaul of the iconic Wigan Pier to provide new homes, an artisan food hall and events spaces have been submitted. The project to redevelop the disused 18th ...

Start-up practice Southgate & Sarabia has won a commission to redevelop empty 18th-century buildings at Wigan’s famous Pier into a mixed-use scheme Councillors granted consent for the emerging firm’s ...

Road to Wigan Pier 2017: Recreating George Orwell's journey 80 years on and mapping modern Britain In 1937, Orwell's book about poverty in Northern England shocked the country.