Festival Gardens
Festival Gardens
Originally cultivated as the UK’s first garden festival site in 1984, the International Festival Gardens were designed to captivate green-fingered enthusiasts from around the world.
Today, this iconic site is on the verge of a transformative new chapter, and is set to reach its full potential as a 11 hectare (27 acre) waterfront residential community. This new neighbourhood in South Liverpool will be inclusive, thriving, and sustainable, offering a strong identity within a stunning landscape.
Liverpool City Council has now launched a procurement process to find a development partner to deliver its vision. Please see details at the Procurement Portal.
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Opportunity to maximize housing delivery creating a multi-generational neighbourhood -
Waterfront site just 5 KM from Liverpool City Centre
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A unique development opportunity surrounded by oriental gardens
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A beautiful site in the heart of a historic Liverpool landmark
The wider Festival Gardens area is split into three distinct zones:
Development Zone: A 27 acre plot, part of which was a former landfill, now remediated and ready for development.
The Gardens: 25 acres of Oriental Gardens with beautifully landscaped mounds, remnants of the Festival Gardens.
Southern Grasslands: 37 acres of land, recently re-landscaped and opened as a public amenity space.
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Scenic surroundings -
Indicative example -
Unique opportunity
With remediation completed in November 2023, Festival Gardens is set to become one of Liverpool’s flagship residential developments, offering a rare blend of waterfront living, heritage, and modern design in a well-connected, vibrant community.
The Festival Gardens development represents a significant investment opportunity with a Gross Development Value of circa £200 million. Liverpool City Council is currently seeking a highly experienced development partner to deliver a phased residential and community project, subject to planning approval.
Festival Gardens is a symbol of Liverpool’s commitment to sustainable urban living, driven by best practices in design, energy efficiency, and community integration. The site’s transformation is set to make a lasting impact on Liverpool’s housing landscape, ensuring it remains a vital part of the city’s growth for years to come.
Liverpool City Council has now launched a procurement process to find a development partner to deliver its vision. Please see details at the Procurement Portal.
Latest Festival Gardens news
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Milestone moment as search for Festival Gardens developer to begin
Liverpool City Council is set to seek a development partner to help transform a prime waterfront spot into Liverpool’s newest residential community.
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Expert team appointed to shape new Festival Gardens neighbourhood
Liverpool City Council has appointed a multi-disciplinary team of placemaking experts to help create a new neighbourhood next to the city’s Festival Gardens.
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New plan to define the next chapter of Liverpool’s world-famous waterfront now given go-ahead
Liverpool’s world-famous waterfront is to be the subject of an ambitious new masterplan to ensure its continued growth as a global destination and major economic engine.
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Liverpool opens biggest green space in 21st century
As part of the £50m remediation of the former Festival Gardens site, Liverpool City Council today opens its biggest new green space in decades.
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LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL SET TO SEEK DEVELOPER FOR FESTIVAL GARDENS SITE
Liverpool City Council is set to approve a procurement exercise to attract a developer for one of the major development sites in the north of England.
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Liverpool’s Festival Gardens Development Plows Ahead
Remediation work at the 23-acre former gardens site is permitted to start now, after the council applied to discharge planning conditions to prepare the site for the delivery of up to 1,500 homes.
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Liverpool plans 2020 start on Festival Gardens remediation
Liverpool City Council has set out a timetable to transform a former landfill site that once formed part of the International Garden Festival celebrations in 1984 into a ‘green community.