Everton’s new Hill Dickinson Stadium is open for business.
The men’s senior team are unbeaten in their four Premier League and one League Cup game, while the women have also appeared in a disappointing 4-1 defeat to Manchester United. The stadium has held big business conferences, a marathon, and will host a sell-out Rugby League game in a few weeks.
Praise for the stadium is almost universal but now could be a good time to address some of the more bizarre and unfounded criticism that came Everton’s way when the move was completed.
Does a new football stadium actually help to regenerate an area? In short, this one does.
We’ve blogged extensively on the regeneration of Regent Road, where at least ten major new bar venues have opened or are set to welcome visitors in the next few months. But what about the wider area?
Hill Dickinson Stadium sits at one end of one of the largest regeneration projects in Europe; Peel Ports’ £5.5bn Liverpool Waters. The 30-year project is spectacular and while Everton’s investment in the northern docks is not the sole reason for development finally accelerating, it is one of the key motivators for hundreds of millions of pounds of work with spades in the ground.
We’ve rounded up every major development project in the docks – including only those that have specifically referenced Everton’s stadium in the planning documents as a factor in getting them off the ground.
Let’s begin from the magnificent Hill Dickinson Stadium, a recent winner of ‘Outstanding Development of the Year’ at the Insider North West Liverpool City Region Property Awards 2025.
In March Everton director of stadium development, Colin Chong, confirmed Everton were in talks with Peel to but Nelson Dock. There have been no updates to this and the lease is still in the hands of Peel according to the Land Registry, but we can expect movement on this soon.
The large brown building next to the stadium on the above image is a large luxury hotel, while the coloured buildings are a mix of apartments and commercial use, opening the opportunity for shops, restaurants and bars. The plans also include a watersport facility in the dock, as well as habitat space for wildlife. The revised plans submitted early this year have actually streamlined the plans to ensure views of Hill Dickinson Stadium take precedence from the other docks.
The next dock along is Collingwood Dock, home of the stunning Victoria Clock Tower. Work on this is still two years away but there is some good news. The sheds and containers along the dock wall (2) are actually part of a heritage project that includes a small display about the stadium itself.
The Heritage Trail, which allows you to walk along the historic docks towards the stadium, is open twice a week for visitors and offers stunning views of the stadium. Peel has extended the Heritage Trail’s lease for another two years.
Further along (3) we have the Central Docks, which is at the heart of the Liverpool Waters project. A massive £71m of work has started to prepare the infrastructure of the docks to house over 2,500 new homes (including affordable and elderly homes), a five-acre park, and a ‘river walk’ that will connect the edge of the city centre with the northern docks and ultimately, Everton’s new stadium.
The new park and infrastructure works will be completed in time for 2028, when Everton will host games at Euro 2028.
Moving further away from the stadium is a stunning mixed-use development that will transform the walk from the city centre to the stadium. The King Edward Triangle is that mix of warehouses, martial arts clubs and a Greek restaurant near to Costco.
The plan includes a 60-storey tower that will be the city’s largest, other skyscrapers, 200,000 sq ft of offices, a 25,000 sq ft ‘destination arena’ and the city’s first five star luxury hotel – something that may perk up the ears of Everton owners the Friedkin Group, which has just rebranded its five-star hotel collection as Auberge.
Even closer to the city centre is Princes Dock, which has already seen several new office blocks and residential building and now houses everything from padel courts to a floating sauna.
The four points on the map will connect Liverpool city centre with Everton’s stadium at Bramley Moore Dock, eventually allowing fans to stroll through the entirety of the £5.5bn waterfront transformation, past hundreds of thousands of new homes, parkland, heritage sites, and bars and restaurants.
It will be a more relaxed complement to the ‘Blue Mile’ of Regent Road, which takes you past the Ten Streets district and its many current and upcoming Everton bars and will help to disperse fans after matches.
But this is not the only regeneration sparked by Everton’s new stadium. To the north of the stadium Liverpool City Council has launched its New Town Project for Anfield, Bootle, Everton and Kirkdale to unlock millions in regeneration and transform the areas.
Councillor Liam Robinson, Leader of Liverpool City Council, said:“From Bootle to Kirkdale, Everton to Anfield, this is a proud part of our city region, rich in history, resilience and potential. We’ve brought local leaders, football clubs, colleges and housing providers together around a single shared vision – and we’re all raring to go.”
The proposal, says the council, is specifically designed to: “create linkages to key developments such as Everton FC’s Bramley Moore Dock stadium and the city’s waterfront.”