16-07-2025
New £32million Eden Project attraction that will be fully underground to open in the UK
ANOTHER Eden Project is set to open in the UK - but it won't be like any of the others.
On the Jurassic Coast, the plan is for the new attraction to be constructed completely underground.
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While it might be the first time some are hearing of the project, the Eden Project Portland was brought up many years ago but was paused - until now.
The new Eden Project Portland will be a partnership between MEMO and the Eden Project.
Speaking on Radio Solent's Dorset Breakfast show, founder and project director of MEMO, Seb Brooke said: "I believe this is going to happen now, and now is absolutely the moment."
The planned project will be built in South Dorset inside disused mine and quarry tunnels.
It has been called an"underground cathedral" where visitors will explore a combination of the ancient art of stone carving and cutting-edge technology.
The area will be transformed into an immersive space that will tell the story of life on Earth.
The Eden Project will also focus on the threats to biodiversity and how people can work towards a sustainable future.
The cost of the project has been estimated at £32.7million with an opening date planned for 2028.
The first in a series of many consultation events took place in early July 2025.
Around the same time, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer expressed his support for the attraction.
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He said it was a "hugely exciting project" and made clear that funding commitments will be made soon.
When the project was discussed in 2018, it was said that the attraction could bring 325,000 visitors a year to the isle and £24million to the local economy.
Up in Morecambe, there is a plan to build an Eden Project, but the opening date has been pushed back by two years.
The new project costing £100m was expected to open next year, but work on the attraction is yet to start.
Plans for the site show three huge egg-shaped structures looking over Morecambe Bay.
Other images of the site reveal planned walkways linking treehouses together as well as other wooden structures.
It will also have a "hyper-real forest" with large installations and an immersive theatre.
The project was originally named Eden Project North, and the hope was that it would have the same success as the Eden Project in Cornwall, which opened in 2001.
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