A 60-bed new Premier Inn Hotel in the centre of Blackburn. Built as part of the Blackburn Cathedral Quarter Masterplan, delivering a £35m regeneration in the heart of the town.

A development Partnership of Blackburn Cathedral, the Council and Maple Grove has delivered a new vibrant city square with mixed-used office, retail and residential, the Premier Inn was the catalyst for this investment into Blackburn.

The new Premier Inn Hotel boasts a fully glazed curtain wall onto the new public square which allows for full-height bedroom windows onto the Cathedral view.  It also has a green roof over the ground floor retail offering to deliver bio diversity into the centre of the town, linked to a new high-quality public realm.


Project Team:

Client: Whitbread PLC (Premier Inn)

Architects: Purcell (undertaken at previous practice)

Engineer: Arup

MEP Engineer: Arup

Project Managers: Mace

Landscape Architects: Planit

Contractor: Eric Wright Group