The design for the new multi-million pound Venture Fields leisure development on Widnes Waterfront has been unveiled, with work due to start on site within weeks.

Being developed jointly by St. Modwen Developments and Halton Borough Council, Venture Fields will include a five-screen 3D-enabled cinema operated by Reel Cinemas; a bowling alley operating as Widnes Superbowl and including a children's activity centre; a 36,000sq ft (3,340sq m) ice rink operated by Planet Ice; an Italian/American style restaurant called Frankie & Benny's and a 60-bedroom hotel with an adjoining 7,500sq ft (700sq m) restaurant. has signed a £10m deal with Morgan Sindall to build the centre.

Michelle Taylor, regional director at St. Modwen said: "Venture Fields represents ten years of hard work by all those involved and is a significant milestone in the regeneration of Widnes Waterfront.

"The ice rink at Venture Fields will not only provide much needed leisure facilities for the borough but also attract people from all over the North West." Halton Borough Council leader, Cllr Rob Polhill, said: "Providing the people of Halton with high quality leisure facilities has been an aspiration of ours for a number of years and we are delighted this goal has now been realised."

With the operators now identified and building work due to commence, Venture Fields is set to welcome its first visitors in the autumn of 2011.