Legoland Windsor Resort has commenced work on its upcoming Legoland Woodland Village.
The holiday village is set to open in spring next year with an investment of £35m. The Woodland Village will consist of 150 accommodation lodges across a 10-acre site.
Divisional Director for Legoland Windsor Resort, Helen Bull, said: “Breaking ground on Legoland Woodland Village is a significant milestone in the history of one of the UK’s much-loved family entertainment theme parks.”
Bull was accompanied by Merlin Entertainments COO, John Jakobsen, MP for Maidenhead, Theresa May, and Council Leader, Andrew Johnson for the celebratory dig event.
The Woodland Village will take in greenery, nature trails and animals depicted by Lego bricks. The project will create over 60 jobs giving further economic opportunities to people in the area of Windsor.
“Our vision to create the first Lego themed Woodland village is an innovative way of demonstrating how Legoland Windsor Resort will continue to meet the growing needs of our guests and will be a major economic boost for the local area providing high quality and sustainable tourism for the future,” added Bull.
As a nature project, Legoland will be doing its bit for the environment as the village will be the first operationally carbon-neutral accommodation built by Merlin Entertainments, who oversee Legoland resorts. John Jakobsen, Chief Operating Officer for the Legoland Resorts Group, explains: “Today’s announcement for Legoland Windsor acts as a blueprint for future accommodation sites, we may create in the other nine Legoland Parks we have globally.
“Merlin Entertainments have a clear focus on moving to become a leader in our industry for carbon-neutral location-based entertainment. We have been working actively to implement and maintain sustainability across our Legoland Parks, as well as our other hotels and attractions.
“We continue to review our working methods, procedures and purchasing, to enable us to establish our overall objective to help ‘build better’ and make the world a more awesome place for future generations.”
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