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Slope of No Hope

How Kirkby built a ski slope in the 70s β€” and why no one ever skied on it.

In the 1970s, Kirkby set out to put Merseyside on the map with an ambitious new attraction: its very own ski slope. But what began as a bold regeneration project quickly spiralled into one of the region’s most infamous planning disasters. The slope was built, never opened, and became a source of local legend.

Local historian Peter Eric Lang guides us through the ambition, the mistakes, the fallout β€” and explaining why the Kirkby Ski Slope still stands as one of Merseyside’s strangest β€œwhat might have been” moments.

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8 minutes