The company behind long-awaited plans to build a £2.5billion ‘UK Disneyland’ on the outskirts of London has declared the ‘dream’ has now been ended. Plans for ‘The London Resort’ were first unveiled nearly 14 years ago, which was to be located on the Swanscombe Peninsula between Dartford and Kent and was billed as Britain’s equivalent to Disneyland Paris.
Image Credit: Metro [A previously issued visual prepared for the Hollywood-styled fairground to rival Disneyland which was once planned for Kent. Paramount has since pulled out of the deal. CPhoto released December 29 2024. The company behind a proposed multi-billion pound theme park dubbed the 'Dartford Disneyland' is being taken to court by Hollywood studio Paramount. London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH) had hoped to build the controversial attraction on the 372-acre Swanscombe Peninsula near Dartford, Kent. First announced back in 2012, the huge park was envisioned to feature rollercoasters, water parks, hotels and live entertainment venues and would have been at least three times the size of any other theme park in the UK. However, after various planning snags and racking up debts of ?100m, the proposed park now faces a battle to stay alive.]
Promoters of the scheme boasted huge partnerships with the BBC, ITV and Hollywood studio Paramount, which would have seen attractions based on Top Gear, Paddington Bear, Mission: Impossible and Doctor Who. Other features were set to include eight huge roller coasters and different zones containing medieval castles, an Aztec pyramid, a 2,000-seat theatre and a nightclub.
Image Credit: Metro [SWANSCOMBE, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 01: A view the Swanscombe Peninsular on February 01, 2021 in Swanscombe, England. The peninsular sits on the South side of the Thames Estuary shoreline, an important feeding ground for wading birds and other marine wildlife, and comprises of reedbeds and marshland. The UK's Planning Inspectorate recently cleared an application for a ??3.5bn Theme Park project, which is led by London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH), and will now face a 12-to-18 month public inquiry before receiving approval to start construction. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)]
But it has finally been scrapped following a row over funding and the conservation of a rare type of spider. The company behind the project, London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH), said in a statement: ‘The dream of the London Resort has been ended by the courts.
Image Credit: Metro [A previously issued visual prepared for the Hollywood-styled fairground to rival Disneyland which was once planned for Kent. Paramount has since pulled out of the deal. CPhoto released December 29 2024. The company behind a proposed multi-billion pound theme park dubbed the 'Dartford Disneyland' is being taken to court by Hollywood studio Paramount. London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH) had hoped to build the controversial attraction on the 372-acre Swanscombe Peninsula near Dartford, Kent. First announced back in 2012, the huge park was envisioned to feature rollercoasters, water parks, hotels and live entertainment venues and would have been at least three times the size of any other theme park in the UK. However, after various planning snags and racking up debts of ?100m, the proposed park now faces a battle to stay alive.]
‘Natural England fatally wounded the scheme, a single creditor has killed it and, with it, any chance of the UK competing on the envisaged scale of London Resort.’. The resort, which was predicted to create 30,000 jobs and bring in 12 million visitors a year, was due to finally open its doors in 2024.
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![[A previously issued visual prepared for the Hollywood-styled fairground to rival Disneyland which was once planned for Kent. Paramount has since pulled out of the deal. CPhoto released December 29 2024. The company behind a proposed multi-billion pound theme park dubbed the 'Dartford Disneyland' is being taken to court by Hollywood studio Paramount. London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH) had hoped to build the controversial attraction on the 372-acre Swanscombe Peninsula near Dartford, Kent. First announced back in 2012, the huge park was envisioned to feature rollercoasters, water parks, hotels and live entertainment venues and would have been at least three times the size of any other theme park in the UK. However, after various planning snags and racking up debts of ?100m, the proposed park now faces a battle to stay alive.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_234458217-d681.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
