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Campaigners are urging the BBC to drop links to a £3.5 billion theme park dubbed British Disneyland over environmental fears.
The mega-attraction is earmarked for Kent marshland which just last month was declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
The BBC s Studios arm has joined ITV Studios and Paramount Pictures in agreeing to lend naming rights to rides and attractions at the resort.
But a petition calls for the BBC to scrap its involvement in the London Resort park, which will be the size of 136 football stadiums, saying it goes against its own environmental policy.
If plans go ahead, the resort will become the UK s largest theme park built on a former industrial site on the Swanscombe Peninsula in Kent.
The London Resort People in London and Kent have been hearing about London Resort, the UK s £5bn answer to Disneyland, for nine years, but what are the chances of the vision becoming reality. Dubbed one of Europe s most ambitious theme park projects ever, the plans have been enough to get thrill-seekers excited. The park will be three times larger than any other in the UK when completed, bringing together a thrilling global entertainment destination full of Hollywood-themed rides, hotels, ferries, e-Sports facility and a Waterpark. Since 2012 the proposed theme park has seen its fair share of bumps and hurdles, from sponsors pulling out, budget issues and most recently an environmental battle.
Cruise ships considered to house London Resort theme park workforce at Tilbury in Essex
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Updated: 19:07, 01 March 2021
Cruise ships could be used to house thousands of construction workers needed to build the UK s largest theme park in Kent.
London Resort bosses are considering plans to hire two vessels, which would be docked in the River Thames at Tilbury in Essex, to accommodate workers during the six-year build of the £2.5bn park on the Swanscombe Peninsula.
The latest detailed artist impression of what the London Resort theme park will look like
The mammoth workforce is expected to create excessive pressure on temporary accommodation and increase housing demand in Gravesham, Dartford and Thurrock with up to 50% of workers expected to come from out of the areas.