Shock as Surf Snowdonia announces sudden closure
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe world's first inland surf lagoon has closed down. In a statement online bosses at Adventure Parc Snowdonia in North Wales said they were 'bitterly disappointed'.
The attraction opened eight years ago with the help of £4m of Welsh government funding. The project transformed a redundant former aluminium works in Dolgarrog into a surfing paradise, but bosses have said that the high costs of the machinery that made it work were too much, WalesOnline reports.
A 'mechanical failure' in August last year led to it being announced the waves at the surf lagoon would be switched off for the rest of 2022.
They have also not been able to run the waves this summer. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. A statement on the Adventure Parc Snowdonia Facebook page said: "It's with a heavy heart that we announce the immediate closure of our Parc.
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