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5 Mar 2021, 10:00 The train station in Warrington could become a key hub on the proposed Northern Powerhouse Rail line, with Unilever’s nearby former factory used to free up the wider site for development. The consumer goods giant has put its seven-acre plot on Liverpool Road up for sale after closing the factory last year. The Warrington factory site is adjacent to Warrington Bank Quay station and includes an additional 0.2-acre car park to the south west of the main site across the River Mersey. Although the plot is shared with chemicals firm PQ Corporation, Unilever’s parcel borders th...

Jessica Brown Real estate agent CBRE has been appointed to sell the freehold of the consumer goods giant’s seven-acre site, after it confirmed the closure of the factory last year. The site on Liverpool Road in Warrington closed its doors in October last year after 135 years, 10 months after Unilever reported that the factory was running at less than half its capacity. Some employees remained on site until January this year, when the site finally closed. At the time of closure, 116 people were employed at the factory, which made Unilever’s Persil and Surf washing powders. Unilever has si...