Located between Liverpool and Manchester, St Helens is less than a 20-minute drive from the Port of Liverpool, Liverpool, and Manchester City Centres. With a population of 181.095 in 2020 (ONS), the borough covers roughly 30 km² (12 sq miles), with much of the countryside being primarily used for arable farming.
Historically, St Helens was well known for its coalmining, glass manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals – while today it is known for award-winning businesses in manufacturing and digital technologies including NGF, Pilkington, Tata Steel, Sainsbury’s Distribution, Vimto Co-op Distribution.
Proud of its industrial heritage, St Helens is also very much looking to the future and has been chosen as the location for Glass Futures – a global centre of excellence to make glass the low carbon material of choice – which is expected to be completed by 2022.
