Derelict bus station to be sold off by council

Slough bus station, which has been derelict since it was gutted by fire in October 2022, is to be sold-off by the council.

The local authority reached a settlement with insurers last September but received significantly less money than it had been hoped for.

The borough council said it would cost more than £14m to return the distinctive building to its former state, money it says it simply does not have.

It will now be sold off to developers, leaving councillors with far less say on what it might be turned into.

The station was opened nearly 15 years ago as part of the £450m Heart of Slough regeneration programme.

The curved aluminium structure was designed with a nod to one of the town's most famous sons, the scientist William Herschel, and was inspired by wavelengths of light from one of his experiments.

Keeping the now derelict building safe and secure was costing the cash-strapped council £19,000 a month, a figure it said was unsustainable.