17-06-2020, 07:24 PM
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Wicksteed Park goes into administration
https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/new...virus-18430126Wicksteed Park, based just up the A14 in Kettering, Northamptonshire announced onJune 15 that they had gone into administration.
The closure of the park means the loss of 48 permanent staff and 67 part-time staff due to the huge financial strain after the hospitality and leisure industry was hit particularly hard by the measures brought in to contain coronavirus.
A fundraising appeal was launched to help save the park, with donations flooding in and thousands already raised from many people who have fond memories of the park, and who visited during their childhood.
Oliver Wicksteed, chairman of the Wicksteed Charitable Trust, who own the park, revealed that they had fallen victim to the unforeseen circumstances and that the coronavirus outbreak had left the Trust with no income for months - apart form a small amount of car parking revenue.
Plenty of old-fashioned fun:
https://wicksteedpark.org/attractions
As a child, I spent many a "day-out" there .....
17-06-2020, 07:30 PM
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Re: Wicksteed Park goes into administration
Places are closing everywhere.In Torquay they have closed The Living Coasts zoo. I have been there but didn't really take to it. I do like Paignton zoo though & that seems OK & is owned by the same company. So hopefully that will open again eventually.
18-06-2020, 11:21 PM
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Re: Wicksteed Park goes into administration
Had many a great day out at Wickstead Park as a kid and also took my kids there. Not only was it a Leisure Park, they used to make many of the rides and slides that used to be in all of the old local parks and Wickstead Park used to be a bit like a showroom showing the rides they made and they used to have about six really high slides there until Health and Safety kicked in.|
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