- The London Paramount resort in Kent, financed by Kuwait's Al-Humaidi family, is set to attract 50,000 tourists daily
- It will be located near Ebbsfleet International station, on the Eurostar route between London and Paris
- Attractions will include a water park, theatres, live music venues, rides and cinemas and around 5,000 hotel rooms
- The 872-acre site is nearly twice the size of the Olympic Park and will be built on the Swanscombe Peninsula
Britain is to get a £2billion theme park that could rival the scale of Disneyland Paris - and it could open its doors as early as 2021.
Measuring twice the size of the Olympic Park, the London Paramount Entertainment Resort is to be built on the Swanscombe Peninsula in Kent.
It is estimated that around 50,000 tourists a day will flock to the attraction, which will include a large indoor water park, theatres, live music venues, rides, cinemas, restaurants, event space and 5,000 hotel rooms.
Attraction: Developers have unveiled plans to build one of the biggest theme parks in the world in Britain. The £2billion, 872-acre entertainment complex will create an estimated 27,000 jobs
The resort, which will feature a theme park, water park, cinema and large theatre, is expected to open in 2021
Hints of attractions can be seen in the plans, with a Mission: Impossible training centre detailed in sketches and Star Trek emblems on rides
Plans for the resort appear to show a Star Trek themed land, with the emblem visible on one of the rides
The theme park is being financed by Kuwait's Al-Humaidi family and is set to feature attractions themed around BBC Worldwide shows, Aardman Animations and Paramount Pictures, the oldest major Hollywood studio in existence.
This could mean that elements from films including Mission: Impossible and The Godfather could feature throughout the resort.
The deal with the BBC may mean that some of the corporation's biggest characters, such as Doctor Who and the Daleks may also make an appearance.
The project is said to have suffered a number of delays since its proposal, including planning application setbacks.
The main opposition has been from companies from the industrial estate that will be cleared to house the tourist attraction.
Following meetings with local residents last year, construction is now set to begin in 2018.
It is estimated that the resort will create around 27,000 jobs in the area and boost tourism to other attractions on the outskirts of London such as Knole and Hever castles.
Fenlon Dunphy, chief financial officer of the company, said to the Western Daily Express: 'This is going to have a hugely significant impact on the economy - we will dovetail into a lot of the other attractions in the area. It will be a game changer for much of Kent.'
That's entertainment: Swanscombe Penninsula, as it appears on Google Earth, has handy links with London
Potential: The proposed site for the giant theme park is currently an overgrown wasteland
The ambitious resort will be located in the Swanscombe Peninsula in Kent, currently a brownfield site
Further setbacks were experienced in February, when they massively overstated their cash assets, according to The Sun.
The accounting error stated that London resort Company Holdings had £291,000 in the bank, when it actually had just £952.
Other concerns include how the surrounding area will cope with the increase of tourists.
Peter Fleming, leader of Sevenoaks District Council, told the news site: 'We have not got a lot of accommodation for tourists at the moment.
'People already come to our area and find they cannot get a bed.'
The park will be located near Ebbsfleet International station, which is on the Eurostar route between London and Paris.
Lucrative: One of the major films in the Paramount stable is Titanic (right) and a BBC favourite that could make an appearance is Doctor Who (left)
Other characters that could feature in the resort are Daleks from Doctor Who (left) and Paramount's TinTin (right)
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