One of the North West‘ s premier business destinations. Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone can provide a new home for your growing business
Over 200 businesses and 4,000 staff already call the Enterprise Zone their home.
Units currently available range from 250 sq ft for small three person workspaces, up to 5,000 sq ft offices including reception areas and meeting rooms and new development land coming available next year.
An accessible location
Accessible by car, rail, light rail and air, the Enterprise Zones offers a wide range of opportunities for commuting staff, as well as large cargo flights and HGV deliveries.
The business park lies just five minutes’ drive off the M55 Junction 4, connecting to the M6 and creating easy driving access to Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds.
Blackpool’ s two train lines connect the town to the rest of the country, with regular direct services to Manchester, Leeds and London. A direct tram connection also links Blackpool North train station with the Enterprise Zone.
Squires Gate train station on the South Fylde line lies adjacent to the business park, connecting commuters from Preston, Kirkham and Lytham St Annes while Blackpool Airport can offer opportunities for private air travel and
business jets, as well as capacity for cargo flights and can accommodate aircraft of up to B737 Max and A321 size.
Leading companies
A range of leading companies already call Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone their home, including leading manufacturers such as Gledhill, Jeremias and Force Technology.
Multi-Ply, leading specialists in carbon fibre manufacturing for medical x-ray imaging, are one of the latest growing companies to move on to the Enterprise Zone, when they moved into a purpose-built facility in 2022.
As well as leading aviation companies, food manufacturers, professional services and energy consultancies, the business park is packed with some of Lancashire’ s most innovative companies.
The area also benefits from the onsite Lancashire Energy HQ, which skills up the next generation of talent with courses in aerospace, nuclear, manufacturing and materials engineering.
Commercial land available from summer 2025
Work to extend the Enterprise Zone is taking place.
A new access road is expected to open in late 2025, with commercial land ready to develop either side of the road this summer.
The land has been allocated for industrial and employment use with each development plot serviced by a new link road, fully powered with individual substations and access to ultra-fast, low-latency broadband connections, and access less than five minutes from M55 motorway.
To register an interest in moving on to the land, contact ez @ blackpool. gov. uk
Units available now – February 2025 Industrial
• LEASE- Units 4B, Sycamore Industrial Estate – 1,100 sqft
• SALE- Enterprise Court, Amy Johnson Way – 2,500sqft to 22,500 sqft
• LEASE- Warehouse, Squires Gate Business Park, Squires Gate Lane – 22,600sqft
• SALE- Unit 7 Skyways Commercial Campus, Amy Johnson Way – 5,000sqft
• SALE – Plot 109, Amy Johnosn Way – 190sqm to 400sqm
• SALE / LEASE – Eastern Gateway development land – 3,000sqm to 32,000sqm
Silicon Sands – a new home for ethical data
Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone is set to create a new home for the data and technology sector.
Using breakthrough technology to create a series of carbon neutral data centres, surrounding development plots will benefit from access to the super-fast, low latency internet connection which connects Blackpool to New York in less than 0.064 milliseconds.
Along with ample power supplies and a district heating network, Silicon Sands will be the perfect destination for companies in cloud-computing, augmented and virtual reality, gaming and advanced manufacturing and smart robotics.
Offices
• LEASE- First Floor, Seneca House – 6,500 sqft
• SALE- Unit 3, Calder Court, Shorebury Point – 7,237sq ft
• LEASE- Unit 5, The Pavilions – 3,522 sqft
• LEASE- Unit 8, The Pavilions – 1,657 sqft
• LEASE- Klassiker House, Avroe Crescent – 1,700 sqft
• LEASE- Amy Johnson Way, Transaction House – 6,623sqft
• LEASE- Ground and First Floor, Lancaster House – 250sq +
• LEASE- Flexspace, Workshop / Offices, Squires Gate Lane. – 720sqft to 7,800 sqft
Why Blackpool?
Blackpool is currently undergoing a £ 2 billion pound growth and prosperity programme, resulting in an impressive renaissance.
Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone is leading the way in the regeneration and will transform the Blackpool and the Fylde Coast’ s economic base with over £ 300 million of private investment and the creation of 5,000 new jobs.
All of this means that a revitalised Blackpool is not just an attractive place to work and visit, but also a great place to invest and grow your business.
For more information, visit www. blackpoolez. com