Plans to transform Wigan Pier into cultural quarter move forwards

Ambitions to convert three derelict former industrial buildings on the pier – The Warehouse, The Orwell public house and the Education Centre – into a multi-leisure destination are closer to being realised with the announcement that the Old Courts arts centre will be the main tenant of the regenerated site. A planning application outlining timescales for the project will be submitted to the town hall in the coming weeks.