General News Thread

(09-04-2025 12:08 )Tumble_Drier Wrote:  ^I may be imagining this, but didn't they announce that a few years ago ?

You may be thinking of the supposed Paramount theme park that was announced about ten years ago for a site in Kent near Dartford.

That was supposed to include attractions by Aardman Animation and the BBC, along with major paramount properties like Star Trek, Transformers and Mission Impossible.

It got everyone around here terribly excited until they realised that the land they bought was way too expensive to build on. In fact, the whole thing reminded me of that guy in Monty Python’s Holy Grail who keeps bragging about the fact that he built his castle in a swamp.

Anyway, that insanity was finally cancelled earlier this year. But the Universal one sounds more credible to me. A proven operator with a decent site — this one could really happen.

(13-04-2025 19:21 )Snooks Wrote:  

(09-04-2025 11:27 )Charlemagne Wrote:  Universal Studios plan to build a new theme park at Bedford.

I would have thought using the space to build sustainable housing would have been a far better use of funds but hey what do I know?

Universal Studios aren't going to be funding housing for the great unwashed.

If the government tries to make them, as part of the deal, they'll just take their money elsewhere.