Splashdown Quaywest has been a mega day since the 1980s

It is one of those rare tourist attractions in Devon that has also attracted an engaged following among locals.

Splashdown Quaywest has been fun since the minute it opened in 1988. News that Paignton’s waterfront attractions are to undergo a £3million overhaul to make it even more of a draw spell for young families can only add to the good times.

Over the past three decades, generations of locals and vacationers alike have enjoyed waterslides and slides, from the relatively mild bump of tires in slower lanes to the adrenaline-pumping thrill of the nearly vertical Devil’s Drop.

It is one of those rare tourist attractions in Devon that has also attracted an engaged following among locals. Now he is about to improve the event.

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The owners of Goodrington Water Park have applied for permission to build new slides, better facilities for young families and an indoor climbing center among other new developments. Operators Lemur Attractions signed a new long-term lease at the site last year and it will take three to five years to complete the £3million park overhaul. General manager Alan Richmond said the investment will secure the future of the water park and leisure facilities for many years to come.

A new beach cafe and wet weather attractions will be part of the new developments. Areas such as the old Peter Pan playground next to the main canals and the old go-kart track will be redeveloped.

Splashdown Quaywest is the UK’s largest open-air water park and features in countless photographs in the scrapbooks of locals and holidaymakers. These are just a few excerpts from our archives.

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