Plans have been approved by Ashford Borough Council to transform the former Newtown Railway Works in Kent into ‘Ashford International Studios’. The project will create the UK’s largest new creative industries cluster.
Abandoned in the 1980s, Newtown Railway Works is a Grade II-listed building. It will be converted into 240,000 square feet of dedicated TV & film production space and will include a media village, an educational centre and a new hotel.
Construction work to transform the 15-acre site at Newtown Works is set to start straight away with an opening scheduled for 2022.