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Aerial Photos Reveal Abandoned Theme Park Reclaimed by Nature
The 57-acre site has been overtaken by weeds and sold-off rides as legal challenges delay a redevelopment with 272 holiday lodges.
- Pleasure Island in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, remains overgrown as a £70 million redevelopment plan stalls, with the 57-acre project intended to feature 272 holiday lodges, a Lidl, and a Costa Coffee.
- More than 3,500 days after Pleasure Island closed, the park sits stripped of iconic rides; the Boomerang rollercoaster now operates in Indonesia, while the Alakazam ride moved to Kuwait's Winter Wonderland, where it is called "Fly Away".
- A planning application submitted in 2023 remains unresolved three years later, as North East Lincolnshire Council argues over the land; late legal challenges from Tesco questioning "retail impact viability" have delayed bulldozers.
- Eerie images show 20ft-high shrubs reclaiming the buildings, turning the former theme park into a magnet for urban explorers; one local said, "It's such a huge chunk of land just wasted; I don't think any of us want to see it in ruin."
- Residents fear the site will remain an eyesore as another local added, "Something needs to be done, or else it's going to become even more of a hotspot for urban explorers. We can't be having it sit untouched like that.
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The future of the former Pleasure Island amusement park in Lincolnshire, UK, is once again uncertain. Almost ten years after the closure, an area of 23 hectares remains abandoned, and plans to turn it into a $91 million resort have not yet been finally approved, reports The Sun. Nature, meanwhile, wasn't going to wait. Read more...
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