Warrington - Landmarks

Landmarks

Sites of interest in Warrington include:

• Warrington Town Hall (and its golden gates), formerly Bank Hall (built 1750), the home of the Philips family and their scion the artist Nathaniel George Philips.
• The Academy, a dissenters' institute where Joseph Priestley once taught. After being moved from their original location, the building now houses the offices of the local newspaper "The Warrington Guardian". A statue of Oliver Cromwell stands in front.
• "Cromwell's Cottage" (17th century), which Cromwell is said to have visited.
• The 14th century Parish Church of St Elphin, largely a Victorian rebuild with a 281-foot (86 m) spire, the sixth tallest in the UK.
• Halliwell Jones Stadium home of Warrington Wolves
• Wilderspool Stadium, the former home of Warrington RLFC, now hosts the home games of Warrington Wizards.
• Parr Hall, home to one of the few remaining Cavaillé-Coll organs.
• Pyramid Arts Centre on Palmyra Square.
• Warrington Transporter Bridge, a listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
• The Barley Mow, established in 1561, the oldest pub in Warrington.
• Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, Grade II listed building and one of the oldest municipal museums in the UK.
• The Cheshire Lines railway warehouse, now redeveloped as apartments.
• The row of late Victorian terracotta shops on Bridge Street.
• Fiddlers Ferry Power Station
• The industrial modernist Unilever Soapworks.
• The Art Deco style Mr Smith's nightclub (formerly the ABC cinema and before this the Ritz).
• Holy Trinity Church, 1758, Grade II* listed Georgian church at Market Gate.
• Old St Ann's Church, 1869, Grade II* church designed by John Douglas, now a rock climbing centre.
• St Mary's Church, Grade II church designed by E.W. Pugin and Peter Paul Pugin in Buttermarket.
• Bewsey Old Hall, a rebuilt medieval manor house.
• IKEA store which is located near the Gemini retail park. The first of the IKEA chain to be built in the UK.
• The former Woolworth's Building in Sankey Street (originally Garnett's furniture showroom and currently Poundland).
• St Wilfrid's Church, Grappenhall, Grade I listed medieval church.
• St Oswald's Church, Winwick, Grade I listed medieval church.