We are delighted to follow up on an article we ran in the latest edition of the Clanger about Aspects with the news that planning permission has been granted to redevelop the site, expand the cinema by an extra three screens, and to bring new restaurant units to the leisure park.
The £3 million redevelopment will see a two-storey extension for Cineworld on the old ZappZone site to include a 3D option, better visibility and more luxurious stadium seating.
The idea is to make the leisure park much more family-friendly, and to make more of the connection with the river by enhancing existing cycle paths and to breathe new life into a neglected development. The hope is to encourage families to use Bedford leisure facilities rather than going to larger complexes at Milton Keynes or Cambridge. (Completely in line with the Clanger’s New Year Revolution: supporting local attractions…) The large car park will remain free to use.
The Clanger is hugely excited about what the redevelopment will mean for the town. Aspects Leisure are proud sponsors of the Out&About pages in The Clanger and we look forward to collaborating more with them as the development goes on – keeping you up to date on how things are progressing. Work begins in June and is expected to last 12-16 months.
Do Clanger readers have any retro-tastic photos/memories of the Aspects of Yore? Perhaps some fond memories of the carpet in Megabowl, afternoons spent laser-ing people down in the Zapp Zone, eating a revolting amount in Fatty Arbuckles, or partying at Enigma? Let us know if you do, we could do a lovely bowling-shoes-clad blog post about it.
