The £70million Disney-like theme park that nearly opened in one of the UK’s coolest cities

A HUGE space-themed theme park could have transformed Manchester – and was even compared to Disneyland.

Announced back in the 1990s, the huge attraction would be themed around Dan Dare, a comic book spaceman from Manchester.

A space theme park nearly opened in Manchester in the 1990s Inside would be four lands, with a monorail, rollercoaster and 3D cinema The theme park would be all undercover, and built on the Pomona Docks wasteland

The £70million project would convert old wasteland area at Pomona Docks...