Up to 3,000 eco-friendly homes, a waterpark and new venues could be built at Liverpool’s former International Festival Gardens site under new plans revealed by Mayor Joe Anderson.

Mayor Anderson unveiled architects K2’s vision for a new cultural garden suburb called Festival Park during a presentation at the International Festival for Business 2016 yesterday (29 June).

Festival Park is envisioned with new public realm and landscaped areas, cultural venues, independent retailers and restaurants, fisheries and wildlife areas in the southern grasslands, new inlets and docks and a waterpark.

The proposals also include the creation of a nearby Mersey Ferry landing stage and improved connectivity with St Michaels train station, as well as the construction of 3,000 houses powered by a ‘green’ energy cell.

Mayor Anderson says: “We have a bold and ambitious vision for the Festival Park. It is a site which has languished without being properly developed for far too long, but we are determined for it to achieve its potential and become a major destination the entire city region can be proud of.

“We are at the start of a long term project to deliver a first class visitor and cultural destination with limited residential development on part of the site.

“Over the coming months we will be involving partners and local residents and getting their ideas and feedback. This is a site which very many people are very fond of, and it is vital that we take our time in getting this right.”

Earlier this month, remediation work on nine acres of land adjacent to the Britannia Inn was given the green light, with seven acres earmarked as potential space for residential development.

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