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BBC News
17-06-2025
- BBC News
Eden Project Morecambe now in 'delivery mode' after delays
The Eden Project in Morecambe is now in "delivery mode" after "a period of pause and delays", the project director has project, led by Lancaster City Council, Lancashire County Council and Lancaster University, has faced several delays due to week it was revealed work will start at the seafront site next year, with an opening date of late director John Pye said about 500 jobs would be created around the construction of the eco-attraction, plus about 150 full-time jobs when it was in operation. He said the £100m project would bring about £10m in investment to the town each Pye, formerly the head of estates for the Royal Horticultural Society in the north, said its theme "will be about the rhythms of Morecambe Bay and the tides".He added there would be two main areas - Realm of the Sun "a cathedral-like nod to Eden's traditional horticulture" and Realm of the Moon "an immersive darker environment, explaining how humans interact with the rhythms of the earth."The shell-inspired structure, sister site to the original Eden Project in Cornwall, has been projected to attract thousands of people to the Lancashire town when it will be built on the promenade where Bubbles leisure complex used to be sited, with the Grade II listed Winter Gardens and Midland Hotel its near week new images of the "global garden" were released with the project team saying the structure would be "instantly recognisable" as an "emblem of sustainability". Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
BBC News
11-06-2025
- BBC News
Eden Project Morecambe set to open by winter 2028
The Eden Project Morecambe is set to open in 2028, it has been revealed. John Pye, the new project director for the eco-visitor attraction set for Morecambe promenade, said the aim is to open towards the end of that said by next summer a main contractor is expected to be appointed and the main construction set to news comes after new images were released showing what the shell-inspired structure - the sister site to the original Eden Project in Cornwall - might look like. Described as a "global garden", the attraction will feature three large shell-shaped pavilions overlooking Morecambe Bay, "inspired by the natural geometries, beauty and efficiency of seashells".The former head of estates in the north for the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) gave the updates at the latest Eden Project Morecambe community conversation at Morecambe Football Club, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said by this summer the concept design stage should be finished and a start made on detailed designs for the attraction on the former Bubbles leisure complex land. Site investigations are expected this autumn, with some planning amendments this early on-site activity could start summer 2026 the main contractor will be appointment and the start of main construction work. Mr Pye said the new building's "shell" should be up by mid-2027 and major building work done by winter 2027. The internal fit-out will be done through 2028. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
