Inland beach added to surfing park project

The surfing park will have a lagoon producing 1,000 waves an hour up to 2m (6ft) tall

An inland beach has been added to plans for a surfing park, on land next to a Warwickshire town.

Plans for the 5.4 acre (2.1 hectare) artificial surfing facility, set for land at Coleshill's Manor Campus, were initially approved by North Warwickshire Borough Council in 2020.

The Urban Surf Company Limited, which is behind the plans, has applied for an amendment that would see the removal of a central pier and the addition of a western "beach".

Once complete, the firm says the facility will have a lagoon producing 1,000 waves an hour up to 2m (6ft) tall.

On top of the additional beach, alterations have been made to the main club house, the parking layout, landscaping and the external appearance of the maintenance hub.

In 2019, the project was initially said to cost £25m, however Stoneweg InfraSport, a partnership between Stoneweg and Teras Capital, said they had invested £50m into the plans in 2024.

Work has already been completed on an access road for the project. The amendments were approved by council planning officers last week.