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WATER CHUTE SCARBOROUGH

Situated in the North Bay area of Scarborough, stands a Water Chute, built by Charles Wicksteed. The ride has opened & closed, along with attractions its owners have operated in the vacinity. The ride is presently operated by the North Bay Railway company. A news article published Nov 2008 indicates the ride was recently damaged by vandals, who untied the boat & sent it crashing into pedalos left at the bottom of the drop. These pics taken earlier in 2008 thanks to Martyn LFC. Click the thumbnailed images to enlarge.

This water chute is located in the North Bay area, Scarborough. It is within the Kinderland park, which due to vandalism the childrens' play park is in need of repair. Kinderland was run by the Sykes family for the last 2 seasons, however, with the parks current condition the agreement between the Sykes family and Scarborough borough council has not been renewed for 2004. The miniature railway around the foot of the hilly park is still in operation, offering trips around the disused park, which is need of the major redevelopment, which is   currently being planned (April 2004!). There has been a campaign by locals to save Kinderland, the future of which is still uncertain, and concerns have been raised regarding the redevelopment proposals. A statement has been made by the planners in which the water chute is to be included in the plans, however the plans are not yet finalised... it seems the future of the water chute is uncertain to. It would be a shame to loose this ride. I have not been able to find any information about its history, who built it & when,although it does look very similar to Water Chutes built by Charles Wicksteed, founder of Wicksteed park. There is a chute at Wicksteed Park still in operation which looks very similar to this one. There is another one of these water chutes, at Queens' Park in Hull.

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UPDATE - MAY 2006 : David Humphreys kindly emailed us this link:

http://www.thesandsnorthbay.com/availability.asp

On it are the master plans for the site - this includes a large indoor leisure facility on the site of the former Marvels, forest holiday homes on the site of Kinderland, and a hilltop resort with apartments & holiday homes. The Water Chute, Miniature Railway & the Chairlift ARE INCLUDED IN THE PLANS! which is great news...