Lightwater Valley

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Interview with James Mellor from the BBC

Lightwater Valley owner on why he bought the theme park he loved

New owner James Mellors says he wants to put Lightwater Valley back on the map.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Given the parks location I would get camping and lodges onsite to bring in extra income and provide a base for visitors. It's an investment that pays for itself and has worked for Flamingoland. They may also want to get a wind turbine to generate Thier own power to reduce costs. None of that is exciting stuff but it would give the park a foundation to build on and be more sustainable

 

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It's the only park with enough space for wind power and they should take advantage if the prevailing wind is suitable.

 

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It's the only park with enough space for wind power and they should take advantage if the prevailing wind is suitable.

Especially as James Mellors has specially mentioned energy being a key operational cost, that will limit investment. Infrastructure investment like this ertainly isn't great marketable wise, but it's essential if they truly want to grow the park significantly.
Interestingly, Mellors mentioned that they have quite high rents to pay for the land, so it might depend how long their lease technically is, whether they want to make such long term investments into infrastructure. Although they do seem keen to invest, so I don't know.