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Aerial Extreme adventure course opens in Sheffield


New £250,000 attraction is one of two openings scheduled this year and becomes the operator's fifth venue By Tom Walker


Aerial Extreme already runs


A new urban high ropes adventure course has opened to the public in Sheffield. The Aerial Extreme course,


which is located at iceSheffield, launched on 17 July and boasts more than 30 obstacles, such as rope bridges, scramble nets, zip wires and swinging logs. The £250,000 attraction is


the first of two new Aerial Extreme sites scheduled to open this year, with another new facility due to launch in Manchester later this year.


four courses – Bedale, North Yorkshire; Knowsley Safari Park, Merseyside; Trentham Estate, Staffordshire; and Willen Lake in Milton Keynes. Sinan Osman, managing


director of Aerial Extreme, said:


"We have been keen to bring Aerial Extreme to a big city like Sheffield for some time. "The course we have devel-


oped is tailor-made for Sheffield and having it situated right in the heart of a city makes it much more accessible for adventurers of all ages."


The new urban high ropes course has been created at iceSheffield


Buyer sought for Guernsey's Oatlands attraction By Pete Hayman


Guernsey-based Swoffers Commercial has been appoint- ed to secure a buyer for the freehold of Oatlands, St Sampsons – one of the island's largest visitor attractions. The attraction, which


occupies a 6-acre (2.4-hectare) site, is centred around two listed 19th century brick kilns, two thatched barns and a traditional four-bedroom


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includes an indoor play zone, go-kart and quad race tracks and a coffee shop. Oatlands also boasts outlets


The Oatlands visitor attraction


Guernsey farm house. Facilities include a miniature golf course and a children's party zone – The Jungle House – which


offering services from picture framing to chocolate making, while planning consent is in place for a new 6,000sq ft (557sq m) activity barn. Oatlands' co-owner John


Tostevin, said: "We have run the business successfully for 13 years and it is now time to move on to other interests."


Non-league clubs to share £6m


A new club development fund will be launched by the Football Conference after receiving a £6m


"solidarity package" from the Premier League. The funding will be split


into general payments – £1.2m shared among the 68 competing clubs each year – and £800,000 to be made available through the new fund.


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