One building in Merseyside has the largest footprint of any building in the UK.
The Jaguar Land Rover plant in Halewood spans 347,399 square metres, giving it the biggest footprint in the UK if covered walkways aren't included. If they are, its position is taken by the company's factory in Solihull in the West Midlands, according to analysis by Alasdair Rae, a former urban studies professor and founder of spatial data company Automatic Knowledge.
Before Ford Motor Company built a factory on the Merseyside site in 1963, the land was home to several moats and medieval residential buildings. This included the gothic arch and fireplace of Old Hutt, a substantial, isolated moated house thought to have been built by the Irelands, Lords of Hale in the 14th century.
