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A pop-up inflatable water park will be coming to Kent all the way from Australia this summer, in the first attraction of its kind in the UK.
The Inflatable Fun Park – a bespoke park with its own pools and attractions – will be popping on land next to soft play centre Under One Roof in Pysons Road, Ramsgate.
Craig White, who is originally from Canterbury, founded the business after relocating to Melbourne.
Now, he is bringing the venture home.
The 31-year-old told KentOnline: “It's a bespoke inflatable water park with various pools, slides and a range of other fun family attractions.
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“This is the first water park of its kind in the UK.”
The park will be open outside Under One Roof throughout the school summer holidays.
After mulitiple options for a location, the soft play centre was chosen due its "great reputation”.
Visitors will find “multiple inflatable pools, slides, paddle boats, a toddler area, a football inflatable zone, minigolf, NERF battle zone and more”.
The attraction will then return for the following two summers, and operate throughout the season.
Mr White, who attended Chaucer Technology School, explained: “I decided to travel the world and ended up in Australia where I launched a football coaching business which turned into an inflatable event business focusing on sports events and sports attractions.
“Inflatable Fun Park was originally a football-themed inflatable water park and has since developed into a variety of different themed attractions.
“I've been waiting for the right time to launch in Kent and this is the year for that.
“We are all about providing an experience for families, to be able to get active and create memories.”
As well as the Ramsgate park, there are “tentative plans” for a further two UK locations next year.
The company also plans to create more family attractions as the business establishes itself here.
Mr White added: “I have been running this business since 2015 and have done a few events here in Kent previously such as the Kent County Show and some local football tournaments with the range of football Inflatables I have.”
Inflatable Fun Park will be open 10am till 4pm during the school summer holidays.
