The English nature reserve which nearly had a huge £2.5billion Universal theme park in the 1990s – only to be scrapped

UNIVERSAL nearly opened a theme park in the UK back in the 1990s.

Following confirmation that Universal’s first Europe theme park will be based in the UK, it has emerged that the US entertainment giant had previously set its eyes on a UK park more than three decades ago.

YouTubeInitially Universal planned for a park in Germany, and drew up plans of what it could look like[/caption] YouTubeIf the UK park went ahead, Universal planned to build a new train station[/caption]

More than 35 years ago...