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ANTRIM QUARRY TO BECOME £9.5M RECREATION AREA FOR ADRENALINE JUNKIES – BELFAST TELEGRAPH

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By David Young
Friday, twenty-three Jul 2010

The UK’s longest zip line as good as an Olympic customary BMX bike lane have been set to renovate a failing in duty chase in to a bliss for adrenaline junkies.

Northern Ireland’s initial permanent bungee burst height is additionally between a attractions due for a £9.5 million outside distraction area upon a former concrete functions during Magheramorne upon a shores of Larne Lough.

The devise is partial of a wider £100m skeleton to renovate a 153-hectare site in to an environmentally accessible gulf village.

As good as around 450 homes a chase will horde restaurants, shops, a village centre, a hotel, a harbour-side traveller indicate with observation building as good as boating comforts

While a metamorphosis plan was voiced by a Government final year, a feasibility investigate has right away summarized what visitors can demeanour brazen to in a distraction area — a trickery that could speak up £1.5m in to a internal manage to buy any year.

A centrepiece will be an expanded bike play ground that could potentially soak up 7 downhill trails from an easy ‘blue’ class by to a impassioned ‘double-black’ trails, totalling over 6 miles.

As good as a 400-metre Olympic track, there is additionally space for a 13-mile cross-country circuit as good as a full towering biking skills area.

The study, that was conducted by a Countryside Access as good as Activities Network (CAAN), additionally summarized proposals for a operation of adrenaline activities together with a zip line, as good as tall ropes march as good as a synthetic abseiling tower.

A due scuba diving centre is additionally programmed for a upon a water area.

Clare Wright from CAAN said: “The categorical captivate upon a site will be Magheramorne Bike Park.

“This will have an form of cross-country as good as towering bike trails with directed towards areas for lots of alternative cycling disciplines, a cycling locus as good as a services heart together with sustenance for a cafe, cycle shop, becoming different comforts as good as bike wash.”

Developer Lafarge Cement UK is due to begin building a total work during Magheramorne subsequent year.

The company’s rating as good as metamorphosis physical education instructor Lloyd McInally said: “We acquire this investigate that resolutely backs a Magheramorne site as carrying a intensity to be a illusory towering biking as good as alternative sporting activities venue.

“We demeanour brazen to stability a work with CAAN to swell skeleton for this as partial of a altogether aims for a total site.”

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