COME ONE COME ALL

PHASE ONE Works begin January 2010, due for completion Spring/Summer 2011 Cost of £12 million Restore facade of Cinema, plus restaurant and lower ground floor Protect remainder of Cinema building from deterioration Rebuild Scenic Railway and build world’s first heritage amusement

park, utilising rides already rescued from across the UK Scheme to occupy a minimum of 50% of the whole site

Plans for the Heritage

Amusement Park, drawn up by Levitt

Bernstein architects

working with amusement

park designer Jean-Marc Toussaint.

Early Dreamland buildings weremodernist in style. Our buildings

echothese streamlined designs.

THE MAIN PLAZA The world-famous

Scenic Railway is the centrepiece of the park, here alongside gallopers and children’s rides.

A body of water will run along the Scenic, with a deck allowing visitors to get up close to the ride.

The Cableway gives a bird’s eye view of Marine Terrace and the sands.

SCENIC RAILWAY STATION The Scenic

Railway station follows the park’s modernist styling.

It features a large fin, reminiscent of the cinema tower.

The Helter Skelter is designed to feel like a lighthouse at the end of the pier.

WILD MOUSE & WHEEL Another

streamlined building, here a food and drink kiosk. This style works with modern materials, such as the metal of the Wheel, but also sits happily with the wooden structure of the Mouse.

Each ride will be introduced by fact boards in the queue lines, including historical information, technical details and old photos.

RIVER CAVES & WATER CHUTE The entrance to

the River Caves is an homage to the great Scenic rides of the 1920s, one of which at Coney Island’s Dreamland was called Dragon’s Gorge.

These rides form the south-west corner of the park.

They maximise the available space by sharing hydraulics and maintenance space, plus providing the park’s office space.

INSIDE THE RIVER CAVES The theming draws

inspiration from the listed 19th-century Menagerie Cages on Dreamland.

This ride will be a whimsical journey around the world searching for fantastic mythical dream creatures which will populate the cages of our “Menagerie of the Weird”.

THE CINEMA BUILDING Facade restored to create a

landmark building at the Western end of Margate’s Golden Mile.

Lower ground floor providing a grand entrance to the amusement park.

Refurbished restaurant.

Remainder of building, including the unique Compton-Noterman theatre organ, protected from deterioration.

PHASE TWO Work due to start January 2012 Cost of c£20 million Creating a major performance and entertainment venue

to stage live music, cabaret, cinema, theatre and more Celebrating popular seaside culture and Margate’s

history as a centre for youth cults Exhibitions, restaurants, bars and shops

Draft plans for the Cinema Building,

Lower Ground Floor, drawn up by Levitt

Bernstein architects.

Draft plans for the Cinema Building, Ground

Floor, drawn up by Levitt Bernstein

architects.

Draft plans for the Cinema

Building, First Floor, drawn up

by Levitt Bernstein

architects.

Draft drawing of the centre’s South Elevation.

Climb onboard, fasten your

seatbelts and enjoy the

ride!