“Amaizin” time for kids whatever the weather

Friday 13 June 2014

Work is starting this September to create an indoor activity centre at one of Jersey’s top visitor attractions so that it can open all year round.

The Amaizin! Adventure Park has secured a £300,000 grant from the Tourism Development Fund towards the project which will cost £1.2 million.

The all-weather centre will be built next to the entrance to the park and will include a new shop, children’s soft-play and role-play areas, party rooms and toilets. It will provide entertainment facilities all year round and will mean the park can open for seasonal activities at Halloween, Christmas and Easter.

The owners already have planning permission and it should open early next year creating at least ten new full-time local jobs and up to eight part-time positions.

They are now looking for tenders for the job.

Owner Carlton Le Feuvre said: “So far the Park has been a seasonal facility, with visitor numbers largely dependent on the weather.

“We knew what we needed to do to change that, and were able to invest three-quarters of the funding ourselves – but we needed the support of the TDF to get all the way there.

“Their contribution is the difference between the new indoor centre going ahead or not.

“The new centre will enable us to open year-round, in all weathers, and to offer a much wider range of entertainment facilities – currently the Park is targeted at families, but with this development we’ll be appealing to a broader range of customers. 

“Our aim is to provide attractive leisure facilities for Islanders and visitors alike, and we will make sure that the centre is an excellent addition to the Island’s entertainment facilities”.

The park attracts about 55,000 visitors a year, around 65% of them are tourists.