RR+: The UK will get a Universal theme park, including Bond, Paddington - and ‘The Lord of the Rings’

When the BBC posted its article on April 15, 2025, Prime Minister Keir Starmer was obviously happy to pose for some publicity shots - but quite a few people had already known things were happening.

Theme park website Riderater had already titled in December 2023: ‘Universal Studios Great Britain’ mooted. (Abre numa nova janela) It was made clear via US website Orlando Park Stop that Comcast had acquired a company (Abre numa nova janela) owning a site that has turned out to be the place where all things are happening.

Given the fact that Universal Studios had taken out the UK trademark UNIVERSAL DESTINATIONS & EXPERIENCES (Abre numa nova janela) on Jan 10, 2023, it must have been clear by then that plans were afoot.

Anyway, here is the official website to the project.

Set to open in 2031.