Legoland Windsor is looking to upgrade its entrance to ‘enhance guest arrival’ with a ’much-improved experience’ – and add 2,400 solar panels to its car park.
The proposed changes come in tandem with Legoland’s grand plan to create its £35million Woodland Village - the UK’s ‘first Lego woodland themed holiday village’.
Legoland’s upgrades to ‘The Beginning’ include extending the entrance avenue south.
This is because the existing one is ‘restrictive for the current visitor numbers’ and has ‘several obstructions created by piecemeal security measures.’
Further enhancements include a reduction in road width, improved zebra crossing between the newly constructed Adventure Golf, drop-off and park entrance.
Themed bag-search shelters are designed into the secure line of the park. These replace temporary shelters that ‘detract from the guest experience’. They will also feature new technology for improved visitor flows and additional security.
The existing guest services building is remodelled to create a new entrance café (For Brick Street Café).
Meanwhile, the existing café building is to be remodelled to create new Guest Services, with the proposed café opposite. The outside of the existing toilets will be updated with new Lego tiles, and Lego brick façade and roof.
This plan can be seen with reference 24/00891/FULL in Windsor and Maidenhead council’s planning portal.
Solar panels
There is another Legoland plan in the making – seeking approval for solar car ports for generating electricity.
The proposal is to install more than 2,400 solar panels on car port canopies within Car Park B (reference 24/01093/CLAJ14).
A reconfiguration of the car parks has already been approved, alongside an improved entrance portal.
These will result in a combined total of 1,206MW generation, ‘which will dramatically reduce the electricity consumption at the resort.’
Most of this (99 per cent) will be consumed on the premises, serving the first phase of the holiday village and saving more than a million kilowatt-hours annually.
Over a year, the panels will contribute about 13 per cent of the resort’s total energy demand, Legoland says.
Holiday Village
Phase one of the Holiday Village has commenced and is due to be completed in this month.
Plans for phases two and three of the Holiday Village are due to be submitted shortly.
This month, in preparation for the Holiday Village, the Legoland team have been recreating creatures to go on display.
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