Project Description

Literally rising out of the ashes of a former railway yard, this leisure destination in Blackburn, Lancashire provided a welcome boost to the town’s evening economy.

Completed in 2005 for Peel Holdings, the development comprises a twelve-lane bowling arcade, a ten screen cinema, a private gym as well three restaurants all linking the existing Peel Centre Retail Park and Blackburn Ice Arena with the town centre. The cinema and bowling occupy the same building and a number of aesthetic and technical challenges were overcome to successfully house one atop the other.

This project was part of RGP’s long association with Peel, which stretches back to the inception of the company.