The Water Palace experienced continuous financial difficulties, and finally closed in 1996.[1] Throughout its lifespan, the Water Palace was renowned for poor health and safety, and several accidents were publicised in the local press,[2] although these were not the direct reasons for its closure.
After closure, the site was sold for nearly £24m.[3] It was then redeveloped in the late 1990s to become the Colonnades Leisure Park.
Referencesedit
^"Croydon Kids Leisure Water Adventure". Croydon Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
^"How A Glittering Palace Was Sunk". News Shopper. 20 June 1998.
^"Remembering Water Palace, the epic splash park in Croydon everyone from East Surrey went to". Surrey Live. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
croydon, water, palace, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, nov. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Croydon Water Palace news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Croydon Water Palace was an indoor water park complex that opened in 1990 on Purley Way in Waddon in the London Borough of Croydon opposite Croydon Airport It featured four water slides a large jacuzzi area a lazy river and a wave pool using an artificial wave making machine There was also an on site cafe It was part of the Purley Way retail development drive that occurred in the early 1990s which also saw the creation of the Valley Park Retail Area Water Palace Purley Way Croydon 1990 1996The Water Palace experienced continuous financial difficulties and finally closed in 1996 1 Throughout its lifespan the Water Palace was renowned for poor health and safety and several accidents were publicised in the local press 2 although these were not the direct reasons for its closure After closure the site was sold for nearly 24m 3 It was then redeveloped in the late 1990s to become the Colonnades Leisure Park References edit Croydon Kids Leisure Water Adventure Croydon Guardian Retrieved 18 July 2009 How A Glittering Palace Was Sunk News Shopper 20 June 1998 Remembering Water Palace the epic splash park in Croydon everyone from East Surrey went to Surrey Live 27 June 2021 Retrieved 4 December 2021 External links editPurley Way History51 21 22 N 0 06 54 W 51 356 N 0 115 W 51 356 0 115 nbsp This London location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Croydon Water Palace amp oldid 1137491267, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
