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But hey ho, let's develop a theme park in Bedford - not too far from the leafy South East, eh?

Anniebach

South Wales is dead, I was born in South Wales, ironworks, steelworks, factories, coal mines, all gone, moved back 2 years ago, such poverty

I know Anniebach, you only need to go over Storey Arms, and it’s a different world. Previously seen as backwaters, our small rural towns are the lucky ones now.

Blinko

But hey ho, let's develop a theme park in Bedford - not too far from the leafy South East, eh?

I suppose people can do Chessington and Legoland at the same time

Casdon yes, I was born one side of Storey Arms, moved other side and now moved back , such history here,

Blinko

But hey ho, let's develop a theme park in Bedford - not too far from the leafy South East, eh?

Would you rather it wasn’t there? Where would you put it?
Attractions such as this need good infrastructure so that visitors can get there.
So, rail and road links are important, not to mention airports. Good for Bedfordshire!

Blinko

But hey ho, let's develop a theme park in Bedford - not too far from the leafy South East, eh?

Are you really surprised, Blinko? I suspect not

J52

Blinko

But hey ho, let's develop a theme park in Bedford - not too far from the leafy South East, eh?

Would you rather it wasn’t there? Where would you put it?
Attractions such as this need good infrastructure so that visitors can get there.
So, rail and road links are important, not to mention airports. Good for Bedfordshire!

Sheffield? Ex steel producing area, pretty much in the middle of the UK, easily accessible, good road and rail links, needs employment opportunities, and plenty of people could commute there. NB I have no vested interest in Sheffield, I just looked at a map of the UK.

Yes Sheffield would have been a possibility, I have friends who live there.

J52

Blinko

But hey ho, let's develop a theme park in Bedford - not too far from the leafy South East, eh?

Would you rather it wasn’t there? Where would you put it?
Attractions such as this need good infrastructure so that visitors can get there.
So, rail and road links are important, not to mention airports. Good for Bedfordshire!

Why not Bedfordshire? It’s in the middle thereabouts of England with good transport links as J52 says and a derelict site of the right size.

How is Sheffield, Yorkshire, in the middle of the country?

Don’t let’s go down the dreary North/South divide route.

Oreo

How is Sheffield, Yorkshire, in the middle of the country?

It’s more central than Bedford though.

Everywhere in the south Midlands ,south east, isn’t leafy btw and there are loads of people needing jobs, the theme park will be brilliant for the area.

MayBee70

Oreo

How is Sheffield, Yorkshire, in the middle of the country?

It’s more central than Bedford though.

Depends on your point of view and where you live.

Anyway it’s not going to Sheffield so a moot point.

Oreo

How is Sheffield, Yorkshire, in the middle of the country?

Middle of the UK, not middle of England.

I see 😄
It has to be in England tho, to make the maximum amount of money.

Being a saddo, I just looked it up. The centre of mainland GB is actually 4 km north west of Calderstones Hospital near Clitheroe, Lancashire. The mainland result confirmed the findings of analogue experiments carried out by a Brigadier Winterbotham, reported in the Geographical Journal in 1941. (ordnance Survey result).

Being an equal saddo😄 I looked up the centre of England, its at Fenny Drayton Leicestershire.
So now we know.

We can go to bed happy😂

Fenny Drayton does sound very lovely to be fair, though I’ve no idea if it is in reality.

Oreo

I see 😄
It has to be in England tho, to make the maximum amount of money.

Bedford is also reasonably convenient for tourists from mainland Europe. If it's built, there's going to be a major upgrade to the Oxford-Cambridge routes and Bedford will be convenient for that.

PS. I agree with others - Sheffield would have been good.

Oreo

Everywhere in the south Midlands ,south east, isn’t leafy btw and there are loads of people needing jobs, the theme park will be brilliant for the area.

I agree. Bedford has some pockets of real deprivation and it's just north of Luton, which has a high unemployment rate.

Blackpool 🌞. Its pleasure beach is losing money. It’s one of the most deprived areas in the country. Crying out for investment (and drug/alcohol/mental health services )

I was wondering why the sudden rush to take control of the steel works.

First I read that the Chinese owners had been locked out of the site and had been turned away by police.

Then I read that if there was no fuel for the burners and they went out it would be next to impossible to re start them.

Then I read that the fuel was being shipped snd on the high seas and the Chinese owners were trying to sell it before it reached the U.K. which would have meant disaster for the works.

Now I understand the urgency of it all😊.

Lesson

Don’t trust the Chinese.