LCR Asset Map
Liverpool City Region sits on extraordinary assets — a Freeport, £10bn+ in development pipeline, world-class universities, the UK's 4th busiest container port, and a £6.25bn visitor economy. The question is not whether LCR has the assets for growth — it's whether we have the ambition to use them.
Port of Liverpool
Port & LogisticsUK's 4th busiest container port handling 900,000 TEU annually. Serves 55% of UK population within 150 miles. New £400m Liverpool2 deep-water berth now operational.
Could double throughput to 1.5m TEU with Freeport incentives and enhanced road/rail connections.
Freeport Tax Sites
Port & LogisticsMultiple designated Freeport tax sites across LCR offering enhanced capital allowances, employer NICs relief, stamp duty relief, and business rates relief.
Enhanced freedoms could unlock £5bn+ investment and 25,000 jobs — the Singapore model.
Liverpool SuperPort
Port & LogisticsMulti-modal logistics cluster combining Port of Liverpool, LJLA, rail freight terminals, and motorway network. Unique multi-modal capability in UK.
Integrated SuperPort strategy could position LCR as UK's premier Atlantic logistics hub.
Knowledge Quarter Liverpool
Knowledge & InnovationOne of the UK's leading innovation districts, home to University of Liverpool, LJMU, Royal Liverpool Hospital, and major research institutions. 50,000+ students and researchers.
Paddington Village and surrounding development could treble the KQ's economic output by 2035.
Sci-Tech Daresbury
Knowledge & InnovationNational science campus and Enterprise Zone housing the STFC Daresbury Laboratory, particle accelerators, and 150+ tech companies. UK's leading science campus outside the Golden Triangle.
Masterplan envisions 10,000+ jobs and position as Europe's leading applied science campus.
University Cluster
Knowledge & InnovationUniversity of Liverpool (Russell Group), LJMU, Liverpool Hope University, and Edge Hill University collectively educate 70,000+ students with world-leading research in tropical medicine, materials science, and AI.
Improved spinout policies and commercialisation could double the economic impact of university research.
Liverpool Waters
Development SitesPeel Group's £5.5bn, 60-hectare regeneration of Liverpool's historic northern docks. One of the largest development projects in European history, creating a new waterfront city district.
Full build-out creates 17,000 jobs and 9,000 homes — transforming Liverpool's northern waterfront.
Wirral Waters
Development SitesPeel Group's £4.5bn regeneration of Birkenhead docks — 500 acres of former industrial land becoming a new urban district with Marine, Maritime, and Energy Zone.
Could create 20,000 permanent jobs and 13,000 homes — the Wirral's economic transformation.
Investment Zone Sites
Development SitesLCR Investment Zone designation across multiple sites, offering tax incentives and simplified planning for advanced manufacturing, life sciences, and green energy.
Could catalyse £2bn+ private investment in high-growth sectors over 10 years.
Paddington Village
Development SitesA 30-acre innovation district adjacent to the Royal Liverpool Hospital and Knowledge Quarter. New homes for Clatterbridge Cancer Centre and Proton Beam Therapy Centre.
Health innovation cluster could attract global pharmaceutical and medtech companies.
Merseyrail Network
TransportOne of the UK's most reliable rail networks with 68 stations across LCR. New £500m fleet of battery-electric trains entering service, extending range beyond electrified network.
Battery technology enables new stations and routes without expensive electrification — Skelmersdale, Wrexham, Warrington.
Liverpool John Lennon Airport
TransportServing 5m+ passengers annually with connections across Europe. Significant capacity for growth — runway can handle long-haul aircraft. Only major UK city airport without rail link.
Rail link + long-haul routes could triple passengers and add £500m+ to visitor economy.
Liverpool Cruise Terminal
Cultural & VisitorPurpose-built cruise terminal on the Pier Head handling 100+ ship visits and 200,000+ passengers annually. Gateway to the city for international visitors.
New terminal could double capacity and establish Liverpool as UK's premier Atlantic cruise port.
World Heritage & Culture
Cultural & VisitorTate Liverpool, Royal Philharmonic, multiple theatres, Albert Dock, Beatles Heritage, Premier League football — Liverpool's cultural offer drives a £6.25bn visitor economy.
Everton Stadium, new cruise terminal, and continued investment could push visitor economy to £9bn.
Everton Stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock
Cultural & VisitorThe new 52,888-capacity stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock — a £760m catalyst project anchoring the Liverpool Waters regeneration and expected to generate £1.3bn economic impact.
Catalyst for Liverpool Waters — expected to create 15,000 jobs across the wider development area.
Glass Futures (St Helens)
Knowledge & InnovationA world-first glass research and innovation facility in St Helens, developing next-generation glass technologies including low-carbon manufacturing processes. Puts St Helens at the centre of UK industrial innovation.
Could anchor an advanced materials cluster in St Helens, attracting supply chain companies and creating 1,000+ jobs in the borough.
Knowsley Business Park
Development SitesOne of the largest business parks in the North of England, home to major logistics, manufacturing, and distribution operations. Excellent motorway access via M57/M62.
Expansion land available for advanced manufacturing and logistics. Better public transport links would unlock further growth and reduce car dependency.
Southport (Sefton)
Cultural & VisitorClassic seaside resort with major conference and events capability. Significant investment in town centre regeneration including the new Southport Cove leisure development.
A properly reinvented Southport could significantly boost Sefton's visitor economy and create a year-round destination, not just a summer resort.
Mersey Gateway (Halton)
TransportThe £1.86bn Mersey Gateway bridge connecting Runcorn and Widnes, opening up development land and improving connectivity between Halton and the wider city region.
Has already unlocked development sites on both banks. Combined with Sci-Tech Daresbury growth, positions Halton as a key growth borough.
Combined Asset Value
Together, these assets represent a development pipeline of over £15bn+, with the potential to create 100,000+ jobs and transform Liverpool City Region into one of the UK's fastest-growing economies. No other city region outside London has this concentration of unrealised potential.