The UK's largest waterpark , which has had its fair share of gross discoveries over the years, is now in line to be demolished. Wet 'n' Wild park in North Shields used to be home to record-breaking rides and a hoards of happy families splashing around. However, in 2019, due to maintenance issues and a drop in the number of visitors, the park was forced to close.
Since then it has remained eerily quiet and empty. Despite hope from fans that it would reopen, plans to demolish the waterpark were submitted in July 2024, by Bloom Developments and according to local media, came about after a number of break-ins at the site. Did you ever visit Wet 'n' Wild and discover something gross? Email us at webtravel@reachplc.
com The application states: "Property has recurrent breaking and entering with increasing anti-social behaviour. Demolition will enable future development." If approved, the demolishment will take approximately eight weeks to complete.
But the much beloved park had not been without its problems when it was still opening, including a string of gross discoveries. In 2015, Justine Bell and her 10-year-old daughter claimed they found excrement at the bottom of the log flume. Justine said: "It was just so dirty.
I went to pick my daughter up and there at the bottom of the flume was faeces. She nearly stepped in it. It was horrendous.
We told a lifeguard and he just stood there grinning.” Justine, from Walkergate, told Chronicle Live how staff were "joking around" and did no.