Savills has received an offer for the purchase of Robin Hill Country Park at Downend – but there is no news yet on who is looking to snap up the 88-acre park. According to the estate agent’s website, the now-closed attraction is officially under offer. Robin Hill was listed with Savills in November last year with a guide price of £2.25million – seen as cheap to many social media commentators. It came after owners Vectis Ventures announced in October that they were closing the tourist attraction and placing it up for sale following a prolonged period of financial turbulence. The COVID pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis were also blamed for the decision to close, with poor weather in the past 2 seasons hitting visitor numbers too. The park was originally opened in 1971, before being bought by Vectis Ventures in the early 1990s. Sister park Blackgang Chine continues to operate as normal and will reopen for the 2024 season, complete with the Colossus swinging boat from Robin Hill.
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Turn it into a private housing estate, keep all the chavs and junkies out.
LoL at all the chavs and junkies down voting my comment. 😀
So true but I bet council reserve some of the housing which will ruin it
Seems kinda bonkers to keep the Park that will eventually fall into the Sea. Would be made more sense to move everything from Blackgang to Robin Hill.
Not really. It would cost a fortune to move it and one of the main attractions of Blackgang is its stunning location by the sea. It has been there for 180 years and little has fallen into the sea so I wouldn’t fret too much.
Little has fallen into the sea?!
Blimey, you must have short memory.
Relative to the size of the overall site, the losses are quite trivial. The plan has always been to move back gradually as land is eroded. Clearly, they could potentially keep retreating from the edge for hundreds of years but that is probably longer than the human race will last.
It’s not entirely where it was when I was a kid. Half if it dropped away and they moved it back a bit.
Would not cost that much if they didn’t keep putting it into Blackgang soon we won’t even be able to get over that way and yes lots of it has gone
Laughable comment, lots as fallen into the sea!
You obviously don’t know the area very well
If they put Blackgang chine up for sale who would buy it. Like you say its slipping away. Where as Robin Hill Will sale and that will give them enough money to clear there debts
i doubt blackgang can be insured and this is why they would sell robin hill
The owners of Thorpe Park?
88 acres for 2.25 million – absolute bargain if you have the money.
or how about just get the government to pay it of it’s not our problem COVID so why sell of the parks why not try and pay of your debt and get the people that made this flu up to pay it’s their doing
Bloody ridiculous comment
IF the rumour mill is true then the potential bidders have already invested hundreds of thousands into an attraction on the island. If not then at least hope for someone with some business acumen and the capital to back it up.
Imagine how many council houses they can fit onto 88 acres. Bloody hundreds. Should help keep the pub busy. No other reason to go there at the moment.
Probably Captiva Homes
Hopefully Centre Parcs bought it, it’s a perfect fit for them and the island really should have one.
Zero chance of Center Parcs. They already cover the local catchment population.
Tapnell Farm. Betcha.