SnowDome | |
Building Type: | Indoor ski slope |
Location: | Tamworth |
Completion Date: | May 1994 |
Main Contractor: | Europeople |
Other Designers: | Tamworth council |
The Snowdome is an indoor ski slope just off the A5 road in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. It opened in May 1994 and was the first full-sized recreational indoor ski slope in the UK.[1]
The slope is long by wide with an incline of around 1:7. There are also 2 serial 'travelator' lifts for access back to the top and two rope-tows.
The Snowdome has a learner slope underneath the main slope. The main slope also holds regular 'ramp nights' in which several objects are added, including a gas pipe, mini rail and a quarter pipe.
There is also one ice rink and one ice track - the UK’s only - which circles the real Snow Fun Park and the ice rink with a number of other things.
The complex also contains a swimming pool and gym—formerly known as Peaks Leisure Centre, but now owned and managed by the Snowdome as 'Snowdome Swim' and 'Snowdome Fitness' respectively. There is also a bar (aspens), a shop Ellis Brigham, and a coffee shop on site.
Construction work started in early 2009 for Sawley Cross properties to build a 120-bed, £7M hotel on land adjacent to the snowdome. The Holiday Inn Hotel opened in late November 2009.
On 24 September 2021, a twelve-year-old boy was killed after being injured at a tobogganing party at the snowdome.[2]