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Plans turned down for UK Great Wolf site Oxfordshire County
the park will likely drive
Council has objected
through Chesterton,
to plans for a multi-
causing congestion on the
million-pound waterpark
surrounding country roads.
resort in Chesterton,
The council agreed with
following concerns
the residents' concerns,
from local residents.
citing transportation issues
Plans for the attraction,
as grounds for objection.
which would be the first
"The proposed
in europe to be operated
development is not in a
by Great Wolf Resorts,
sustainable location in
include an indoor waterpark,
transportation terms," it said
a 498-bedroom hotel,
in its consultation response.
adventure park, conference
Other concerns raised in the
centre, restaurants and
response included the lack of
a public nature trail.
public transport to the site.
Cherwell District Council
■■an artist's impression of the proposed Great wolf lodge
The application will
(CDC) – the local authority
now go to a planning
responsible for the area
committee, held by
– received hundreds of
CDC, where a decision
letters from local residents
will be made regarding
opposing the project due
the project's future.
to fears that visitors to
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Concerns raised in the response included increased traffic congestion and the lack of public transport to the site, which is not easily accessible via walking or cycling
NEw ATTRACTION
Thorpe Park to debut Black Mirror walk-through uK theme park Thorpe Park is to unveil what it says is the world's first Black
Black Mirror Labyrinth is described as a hypnotic maze using cutting-edge visual technology and sensory-defying environments
20
Mirror live experience this spring, drawing on the science fiction TV anthology series of the same name. Black Mirror Labyrinth is described
■■The experience is due to open in March 2020
as "a hypnotic maze using cutting-edge visual technology and sensory-defying environments", with Thorpe Park throwing down the challenge: "Will
No further information about the experience has been issued as yet. Black Mirror, the TV programme,
you keep your grip on reality or will
is a dark, satirical examination of
you lose yourself in the mainframe as
modern society and the sometimes
this unpredictable digitised dimension
unanticipated consequences
reveals an uneasy truth that manipulates
of new technology.
and displaces your very existence?"
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