When did Northampton bus station get demolished?

When did Northampton bus station get demolished?

March 15, 2015
It was a cold and dry day on the morning March 15, 2015 as the town came together to watch the old, iconic 39-year-old Greyfriars Bus Station be demolished.

When was Greyfriars bus station built?

1976
Greyfriars bus station was demolished in March 2015 having dominated the town’s skyline for about 40 years. It opened in 1976 and was described by commentators at the time as a “feat of engineering”.

When was the Northampton bus station built?

Having been first proposed in 1972 with a budget of £2,578,000, construction work started in August 1973 with a revised budget of £3,308,000 and an original opening date of 1 October 1974. but the building eventually opened (although the office block was still under construction) on 25 April 1976.

What will happen to Northampton’s ‘mouth of Hell’ bus station?

Plans to redevelop the site of a brutalist bus station dubbed the “mouth of hell” have been approved. The Greyfriars building dominated Northampton’s skyline for 40 years before it was demolished in March 2015. The new development will have 150 flats, 500 student rooms and 81 retirement apartments.

What will happen to Northampton’s Old Greyfriars building?

The Greyfriars building dominated Northampton’s skyline for 40 years before it was demolished in March 2015. The new development will have 150 flats, 500 student rooms and 81 retirement apartments. The site, which is due to open by 2021, will also include restaurants, a hotel, a coach station and either a cinema or a trampoline centre.

What happened to Greyfriars bus station?

Greyfriars was designed as a piece of Brutalist architecture and has attracted plenty of criticism over the years. Greyfriars bus station was demolished in March 2015 having dominated the town’s skyline for about 40 years. It opened in 1976 and was described by commentators at the time as a “feat of engineering”.

What’s being built on Northampton’s Grosvenor site?

The site, which is due to open by 2021, will also include restaurants, a hotel, a coach station and either a cinema or a trampoline centre. At a meeting on Wednesday night, Northampton Borough Council chose two developers to build on the four-acre (1.62 hectare) town centre site, which will have a pedestrian link to the Grosvenor shopping centre.