A view looking across the excavated swimming pool, showing shuttering and concrete walls with the framework of the domed roof above, at the Sherwood Forest Holiday Village during construction

Date:: Aug 1986

Location:: Sherwood Forest Holiday Village, Rufford, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire; Show all locations

Center Parcs Sherwood Forest, Rufford, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire

Reference:: JLP01/09/861078

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Description

Work began on 17th March 1986 on the development of a holiday park at Sherwood Forest for Center Parcs, with 40,000 trees being removed from the site. The park would be the first Center Parcs development in the country and would consist of 600 bungalows and leisure and sport buildings; the contract also comprised the external landscaping of the site. The contract was for 14 months, with completion of the park expected to be May 1987; the handover took place on 15th May 1987 and the park opened to guests on 3rd July. The futuristic dome structure of the swimming pool was topped out on 2nd July 1986. It was covered with Texlon plastic and maintained a constant temperature of 85 degrees Fahrenheit. When completed, the swimming pool had a wave pool, waterfalls and a 75m water slide.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/09 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives 1974-1994; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

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Keywords

Late 20th Century Holiday Camp, Late 20th Century Swimming Pool, Leisure And Recreation, Construction