Warrington Landmarks

Sites of interest in Warrington include:

• The Town Hall (and its golden gates), formerly the home of the Philips family, Bank Hall (built 1750), and their scion, Nathaniel George Philips, the artist. ^[14]
• The Academy, a dissenters' institute where Joseph Priestley taught and which is now, after being moved from its original location, the offices of a local newspaper.
• "Cromwell's Cottage" (17th century), which Oliver Cromwell is said to have visited.
• The 14th century Parish Church of St Elphin, largely a Victorian rebuild with a 281-foot (86 m) spire, the sixth largest in the UK.
• St Wilfrid's Church, Grappenhall, Grade I listed medieval church.
• St Oswald's Church, Winwick, Grade I listed medieval church.
• Holy Trinity Church, 1758, Grade II* listed Georgian church at Market Gate.
• St Ann's Church, 1869, Grade II* church designed by John Douglas, now a rock climbing centre.
• St Mary's Church, Grade II church designed by E. W. Pugin and Peter Paul Pugin in Buttermarket.
• The row of late Victorian terracotta shops on Bridge Street.^[15]
• The Woolworth's Building in Sankey Street (at least the upper storeys).
• The Art Deco style Synergy nightclub which was originally a large cinema.
• The industrial modernist Unilever Soapworks.
• The Cheshire Lines railway warehouse, now redeveloped as apartments.
• The Warrington Transporter Bridge, a listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.^[16].
• The Barley Mow, established in 1561, the oldest pub in Warrington.
• The Parr Hall, home to one of the few remaining Cavaillé-Coll organs.
• Fiddlers Ferry Power Station
• Bewsey Old Hall, a rebuilt medieval manor house.
• IKEA store which is located near the Gemini retail park. The first of the IKEA chain to be built in the UK.