The Waterfront Barrow-in-Furness
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| Location | Barrow-in-Furness, England |
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| Coordinates | 54°06′04″N 3°13′09″W / 54.1012°N 3.2192°WCoordinates: 54°06′04″N 3°13′09″W / 54.1012°N 3.2192°W |
| Opening Date | 2020 (est.) |
| Developer | Furness Enterprise Ltd |
| Architect | Capita Symonds |
The Waterfront Barrow-in-Furness is a £200 million development under construction in and around the Port of Barrow, England. The site covers an area of some 400 acres (160 ha) and is due for completion in 2020. The internal road network is already complete, with construction of a large business park complex ongoing and work on a 400-berth marina and 650 home Marina Village due to start thereafter. In 2010, The Waterfront Barrow-in-Furness ranked as the ninetieth most costly regeneration project in the United Kingdom by Regeneration & Renewal. Progress on the project stalled between 2010 and 2016 due to complications with funding following the disabandonment of the North West Regional Development Agency.BAE Systems opened a large logistics warehouse named the Resolution Building on Dova Way within the designated Business Park Area in October 2016, while and construction of a new access road from Salthouse Road to the Marina Village commenced in May 2017.
A 400-berth marina is planned for Buccleuch Dock and the Barrow Island side of Ramsden Dock. The Marina Village which will be located between Buccleuch and Cavendish Docks will contain some 650 homes, numerous shops, restaurants and hotels. A multi-purpose stadium has also been proposed to occupy the eastern part of the Marina Village. This stage of the waterfront is due for completion in late 2020. A large business park on Barrow Island is expected to be the first part of the Waterfront to be fully completed. A watersports centre and wetland area to the north of Cavendish Dock are two other aspects of the development, alongside a new landmark footbridge over Bucleuch Dock to accompany the already functioning Michaelson Road bridge. However the most beneficial aspect of the Waterfront to Barrow's status as a port town is the proposed cruise ship terminal, numerous ocean liners have visited Barrow over recent years, but a designated purpose-built terminal building is hoped to significantly increase the number of liners that visit the town.
For years large parts of the port of Barrow and Barrow Island in general were run down and neglected, master plans were drawn up for a new multimillion-pound development that would bring new life to the area. Companies such as Cumbria Vision, West Lakes Renaissance, Barrow Borough Council and the Northwest Regional Development Agency soon became involved to raise Barrow's status as the primary gateway into the Lake District and bringing new business to the area which is seen as Britain's 'Energy Coast'. This is due to the large number of local producers of energy including Barrow Offshore Wind, Rampside Gas Terminal, Roosecote Power Station and Sellafield.
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