Themed Attractions

Therme Group’s 700,000 sq ft wellbeing resort at Trafford Park

Manchester: ‘transformative’ wellbeing resort approved

10th March 202010th March 2020 Place North West

Therme Group’s plans for a 700,000 sq ft wellbeing resort at Trafford Park have been unanimously approved by councillors, with work expected to start on site in 2021. The project, which is targeted to open to the public in 2023, is being brought forward after the local council approved a string of relocations of other properties in Trafford Park last month to make way for the resort. Under the plans, Therme Manchester is to occupy the 28-acre site currently occupied by EventCity, which will relocate to the nearby Soccer Dome, while Soccer…

‘Adventure’ adds family fun to Essex shopping centre

27th February 202027th February 2020 Interpark

The leisure development centre intu Lakeside in Essex recently opened a new children’s indoor adventure experience featuring themed play zones and a 4D cinema. The Nickelodeon Adventure Park is the first of its kind in the UK and covers an indoor area of over 50,000 square feet and has a capacity of 2,000. There are four themed play zones in total, all featuring main characters from the Nickelodeon cartoon portfolio. These include characters from SpongeBob SquarePants, Rugrats, PAW Patrol and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. There is also a Nick…

Plans approved for new leisure facility north of Belfast

25th February 202025th February 2020 Insider Media Limited

The thumbs up has been given for the development of an extensive new leisure and activities facility on the site of a former Toys ‘R’ Us store in Newtownabbey. Brought forward by JHT Property Development, the plans involve the change of use from retail to leisure with a new first floor mezzanine in order to accommodate the new indoor leisure facility, which will be operated by Airtastic. Airtastic currently operate four entertainment centres at Bangor, Cork, Belfast Westwood Centre and Craigavon. Measuring approximately 48,000 sq ft of indoor floor space,…