The founder of Alton Towers has purchased a theme park in Cornwall and 200 acres of adjacent farmland and plans to turn it into a ‘premier European resort’.
Millionaire property developer John Broome, who was also behind a failed bid to turn London’s Battersea power station into a heritage theme park, has now set his sights on the Crealy Great Adventure Park near Wadebridge.
According to the Cornish Guardian, Broome is planning a development with 236 holiday villas, courtyard properties, tree houses, a tropical lake, a pool, spa, restaurant, pub and convention centre.
Plans for the Camel Creek Resort will be put forward to Cornwall Council next month.
If approved, construction will start in the new year.
Broome was responsible for transforming Alton Towers into a theme park in the 1980s, before selling it to the Tussauds Group in 1990.
