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Three Counties Radio,16 Jul 2025,29 mins
What happens when a big theme park comes to town?
Rollercoaster: Universal's Bedfordshire JourneyAvailable for over a year
Riding the ups and downs of Universal's plans to build a theme park in the heart of the Three Counties. Olly Mann climbs on board to discuss what we can expect from the attraction estimated to welcome 8.5million people a year by 2031. In this episode, Olly Mann explores the potential impact on people living close to the proposed theme park. He discovers the history of the former brickworks site it will be built on, hears from locals who are both for and against the development and learns how theme parks changed the face of Orlando, Florida.
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