Forecourt operator signs up for £25m sports village development

FORECOURT operator Euro Garages is the latest business to sign up to the new £25m Mill Farm Sports Village currently taking shape in Wesham on the Fylde in Lancashire.

The site will include a full retail convenience development including branded fuel, a convenience store and a Kentucky Fried Chicken drive through.
 
The petrol station will be the first in Kirkham and Wesham for several years after seven different petrol stations were gradually removed from the town.

Euro Garages chief executive  Zubar Issa said the Mill Farm site was the perfect location and a fantastic opportunity for the forecourt operator.

 He added: “The Mill Farm development is a truly aspirational leisure and retail project coming to the Fylde Coast. It will generate a high level of footfall and will certainly benefit local residents and people who work in the area.

The site will be one of 350 forecourt sites that Euro Garages control around the UK.  The fast-growing Lancashire-based company currently operates and manages sites under BP, ESSO and Shell fuel brands as well as partnerships with leading retail names. Recruitment for the site is already underway.

Mill Farm owner David Haythornthwaite,  said: “Our plans have always been focused on providing facilities and services that really benefit the local community.  

“It is hard to believe that there are no petrol stations in the area so when Euro Garages approached us it was an ideal partnership.  We are really looking forward to working with Zuber and his team.”

At the heart of the Mill Farm Sports Village will be a new 6,000 capacity stadium for AFC Fylde alongside state-of- the-art  5 and 7-a-side pitches, a full size hockey pitch together with a 3G football pitch, Aldi supermarket and various restaurants and bars. The development is due to launch in June.

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