Major sports retailer to move in

A MAJOR sports retailer has announced it is to open a store at Warrington’s Orford Park Project, employing about 50 people.
Decathlon will open its 10th UK store on the site later this year on the Winwick Road side of the development. The purpose-built 25,000 sq ft store will sit on a six acre site and offer both full and part time posts.
The company specialises in the sale of sporting equipment for more than 70 sports, from skiing and cycling to sailing and rugby.
Orford Park is a unique regeneration venture being piloted in the town using sport, leisure, health, education and lifelong learning to promote the improved health and well-being of the local community and beyond. Construction of the main community hub is well underway.
The £30 million project has been developed in partnership with Sport England, The Football Foundation, the FA, the North West Development Agency, Warrington NHS Trust and more than 20 other funders.
It will completely transform 50 acres of a former landfill site and enhance the facilities of the existing popular community park.
Andy Farrall, executive director for environment and regeneration at the borough council, said: “I very pleased to welcome Decathlon to Warrington.
“The new store will not only create jobs in the local area but it is entirely in keeping with the sporting legacy of the site and what we are trying to achieve with this landmark development.”
Picture shows the project as it begins to take shape on the former landfill site.