All-Year-Yound Water Park to be Built in Scarborough

Detailed plans for the next stage of the multi-million pound ‘The Sands’ development in Scarborough, have now formally been submitted to Scarborough Council’s planning department on behalf of developers Benchmark Leisure.

The latest plan for The Sands project sees a new all-year-round water park – complete with giant ‘tornado slide’, family restaurant and holiday homes being built on the site of the former Atlantis waterpark, Mr Marvels and Kinderland children’s park.

As well seeing the return of a top quality attraction for both visitors and locals, it is believed that this new phase of The Sands development will create over 100 new jobs. There will be approximately 60 new jobs created at the water park, 35 jobs at the holiday accommodation and 10 jobs at the new restaurant, according to figures printed in Scarborough’s Evening News.

The submitted plans state that the long promised water park is integral to the redevelopment of The Sands project in order to meet the aspirations for both tourism and the economy in Scarborough.

Once it is built the new Scarborough water park will replace the long defunct Atlantis water park attraction at Peasholm Gap which will see a major visitor attraction return to North Bay thus helping to regained the holiday resort characteristics which were lost following the original water parks demolition several years ago.

Construction of the water park is expected to begin in 2013 as it will be the first element of the development to be brought forward. The rest of the development is then expected to follow with a staggered timescale over the next few years.

As well as a tornado water slide the water park is also to include an indoor wave pool, a children’s pool, an outdoor family pool, a lazy river and a spa.

The former site of Mr Marvels theme park is earmarked for the creation of The Bayview Holiday Home village, while the former Kinderland children’s activity park will be the site of 29 new holiday lodges. Car parking for up to 492 will also be made available on a grass overspill parking area off Burniston Road.

By admin in Local News on November 21, 2011