Site Event/Activity record ECH7081 - Historic Building Record: Fiddler's Ferry Power Station

A building survey, including a photographic record, was undertaken in 2021 for Fiddler’s Ferry Power Station, Widnes Road, Warrington in advance of demolition and re-development of the site. Fiddler’s Ferry Power Station has had an impact on the physical Cheshire landscape but also the human geography, as a workplace and community, including public outreach initiatives. The interaction of the physical buildings with the local communities is therefore discussed, as an important part of the station’s landscape impact. Also discussed is the heritage significance of the power station set against the criteria for listing. The power station was commissioned in 1962, becoming operational in 1971 before full commission in 1973. The station was originally under the ownership of the public body, the Central Electricity Board, before being privatised in 1990. A series of additions to the power station occurred between 2006 and 2008, for financial and environmental gain, including the introduction of the Flue Gas Desulphurisation Plant, Gypsum Storage and Ash Processing Plant. (1)