London Resort

The London Resort, originally known as the London Paramount Entertainment Resort, was a proposed theme park and resort in Swanscombe, Kent, first announced on 8 October 2012. The complex was renamed to London Resort in 2017, after Paramount Studios withdrew it's support for the project.

In March 2022, the application for the resort was officially withdrawn following concerns raised by Natural England, and issues with the free port status of Tilbury. The company announced its intention to scale back plans and to resubmit an application the following year. London Resort Company Holdings went into administration in March 2023. The project was largely backed by Abdulla Al-Humaidi, who also served as director until his own bankruptcy in 2023. Some doubted that the resort would ever be built.

In 2023, Paramount sued London Resort Company Holdings, alleging that the restructuring implemented earlier that year was unfair and featured irregularities.

Plan

At the 2012 launch of the project it was announced that the complex would feature Europe's largest indoor water park, theatres, live music venues, attractions, cinemas, restaurants, event space and hotels. Allied to the project would be a training academy for the entertainment and hospitality sectors, a new country park, a large science and education visitor complex and "the biggest performing arts centre in Europe". With an initial completion date announced for 2019, the park and related enterprises were expected to employ 27,000 people. Plans were since reviewed and revised, with the London Resort announcing its intention to open in 2024. Considerable uncertainty as to when the planning application would be made lingered, and the appointed Examining Authority was increasingly critical of the lack of progress made by the LRCH in updating documents ahead of the examination.