Work Set to Start on Blackpool & the Fylde College Multiversity Site in central Blackpool

Work to build our world class higher education campus in Blackpool town centre is set to begin.

 

The Multiversity for B&FC will bring up to 3,000 students and staff into an inspiring and aspirational new learning environment on Cookson Street.

Demolition and clearance of the site will be taking place over the next nine months: preparing it for construction to start in 2026.

 

Cllr Lynn Williams, Leader of Blackpool Council, said: 

“The Multiversity is a major part of our plans to make Blackpool better, replacing the very poor housing and benefiting the area and town centre. 

The creation of a new college campus with thousands of students will not only brighten up the area considerably, but it will provide a massive economic boost to the town centre and create more jobs for Blackpool people. 

In addition to the DWP office which opened this year, and the new government office being built on Talbot Road, this is bringing over 8,000 people into Blackpool town centre”.

 

Alun Francis, Chief Executive of B&FC, added:

“It’s really exciting to see the preparatory works for the Multiversity getting underway. 

This project will regenerate a strategically important part of Blackpool town centre – and it will also launch a new model for delivering more flexible higher education that is better aligned to ‘real world’ market intelligence and student demand. 

The Multiversity will ultimately provide a range of new routes for learners that will boost local opportunities, social mobility and lead to highly skilled occupations that meet regional needs.”

The Multiversity will include five floors of education space to deliver more than 70 individual courses and enhance our existing higher education provision. It will also support a wide range of qualifications from further education, through to higher education and adult learning.

Manchester-based Morgan Sindall Construction are managing the project demolition and build but have committed to Blackpool Council’s policy of ensuring local workers and subcontractors are used as much as possible.