The Stockport Pyramid has reopened as a restaurant.
One of the first landmarks - among many fine buildings - we saw when we moved to Stockport in 2016 was the Stockport Pyramid.
Not many towns in the UK can lay claim to being home to a pyramid!
The Stockport Pyramid was home to the Co-operative Bank until 2018 and the building had been empty until it was purchased by
Royal Nawaab with plans to turn the structure into a restaurant and banqueting venue. The venture has cost £15 million!
The building 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.
Having seen videos of the inside of the Royal Nawaab it looks very impressive and we're looking forward to going inside for a look around the intriguing building one day.
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A view of a side and the entrance |
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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A view of the pyramid from the other side of the M60 |
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The rear side of the pyramid viewed from the roundabout at Junction 1 of the M50 |
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The view of the pyramid from the bottom of Hollywood Park |
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Views of the Stockport Pyramid as it was in August 2020 |