The Stockport Pyramid is reopening in 2025.
One of the first landmarks - among many fine buildings - we noticed when we moved to Stockport in 2016 was the Stockport Pyramid.
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| The Stockport Pyramid |
Not many towns in the UK can lay claim to being home to a pyramid!
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| A view of the pyramid across the M60 |
The Stockport Pyramid had been home to the Co-operative Bank until 2018 and the building had been empty since then.
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| Views of the Stockport Pyramid in August 2020 |
It was originally planned to be the first of five pyramids in Stockport's own Valley of the Kings. That plan didn't come to fruition and the Stockport Pyramid sits on in the Kings Valley industrial and trading estate next to the M60.
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| A view of the pyramid from a train into Manchester on the viaduct |
Plans have now been approved for Royal Nawaab to create an Indian dining destination including a restaurant and banqueting hall in the building.
It'll be interesting to make a booking and get to go inside for a look around the intriguing building.
The Stockport Pyramid was completed in 1992 after five years work. Standing 36.6 metres (120 feet) in height, the Stockport Pyramid is somewhat smaller than Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza, which stands 147 metres (481 feet) high. However, the striking structure has become a familiar sight to people in the town, those passing on the M60, or passengers on trains on the lines across the viaduct.
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