Alpamare, Scarborough: ‘We hope to keep our popular Yorkshire water park open in future’
The general manager of a popular water park in Yorkshire hopes it will remain open for the years to come - despite the potential of it being sold to new owners.
Alpamare, in Scarborough, is currently operated by Flamingo Land although North Yorkshire Council is examining the possible freehold sale of the site.
The authority took over Alpamare in Scarborough after the original owners went into financial collapse and was reopened officially in July 2024 under the operation of Flamingo Land.
Planning permission for the park was granted in 2012 as part of a development called The Sands located in Scarborough’s North Bay and Alpamare was officially open to the public in July 2016.
The general manager at the park, Jamie Hopwood, said he hopes the ‘popular’ water park will remain open for future generations.
He said: “From a personal point of view, I just hope that the council can move efficiently and effectively to try and keep this facility operational.
“A lot of effort has gone into reopening it, maintaining it and trying to rebuild its brand and we can only hope that that continues and we can keep it open in the future.”
During a busy period, the water park welcomes between 1,000 and 1,800 people a day.
Mr Hopwood added: “We are primarily a swimming and leisure family fun park.
“We have two outdoor pools, an infinity pool and a garden pool that are all heated above 30 degrees.
“Inside we have a wave pool and a selection of four different slides; we have two single rider slides, two-man ride and a four-person ride.
“We also host a luxury spa as well which is on the first floor which has a variety of facilities from a hamman room, a sauna, salt bath that has a backdrop of the ocean, a hot plate, a foot spa along with four treatment rooms.
“We’re very proud of the facility and the offering we can provide to all our customers,” Mr Hopwood said.
“Customers get a three hour experience with us and we monitor that.
“It’s very popular with all our guests, it’s a great facility, it provides great day outs for families and friends and it brings tourism into the area with huge potential.
“So it is very important that there’s a demand there to keep it operational moving forward.”
Council officers are currently exploring a “range of options for the future of the Alpamare site, having regard to its strategic location within the wider North Bay regeneration area”, councillors were told at a meeting in March.
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