New ski slope and watersports lake could open an hour from Greater Manchester

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A watersports lake hosting activities including cable water-skiing, windsurfing and kayaking could open just an hour’s drive from Greater Manchester.

Plans have been submitted to Preston City Council for the lake, along with a 12m high dry ski slope. It’s the latest stage of major plans to transform Phoenix Park in the town into a modern and eco-friendly leisure attraction in the North West.

The plans also detail that the facility will provide support and training to vulnerable children, LancsLive reports. Huge climbing wall facilities, high ropes, a large wave pool, skate park, 4G football pitch and off-road biking are some of the features included in the wider masterplan for the site, with this recent planning application forming Phase 2.

The site is located on Preston Docklands, accessed off Wallend Road via Riversway, and if approved will be open to the public to enjoy. READ MORE: Three guns and ammunition found 'in bushes by children' The planned ski slope will be 95-metre-long slope, at a gradient of approximately 11 degrees.