Planners have rejected a proposal for an underground zip – wire attraction in the Lake District, which an international heritage body had condemned and likened to a “theme park”.
Burlington Stone, which has run the Elterwater slate quarry for two centuries, wanted to create a tourist attraction that would allow the public into the caverns for the first time. The central idea was for an explorer experience using zip wires between metal platforms in a previously mined cavern.
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