The UK seaside town getting a huge new tourist attraction this summer

A POPULAR seaside town in the UK is opening a huge tourist attraction this summer.

Felixstowe Beach, which is a Blue Flag beach, was recently named one of the best in the UK.

And the Suffolk town will soon be home to a huge new Ferris Wheel, right on the sand.

The 115ft wheel will have 24 pods, carrying around 140 people at a time.

Construction on the attraction is expected to start in the next few days, with it hoping to open next month.

However, you will have to be quick – it will only open for six months, before being taken down again.

A&P Designs, who are behind the tourist attraction, said: “The town itself is reliant to an extent on its tourism industry and has not benefitted from the media exposure some East Coast seaside towns receive.”

“Therefore the applicant with cooperation from the Local Tourism Board, are keen to increase the visibility of this very pretty, less commercialised, seaside resort, to take full advantage of the increasing popularity in staycations within the UK and therefore boost the local economy.

“It is felt that this attraction would provide a major focal point for visitors allowing viewpoints across the beach which was awarded a Blue Flag for the first time, and the mouth of the Orwell River and out over the Port and beyond.”

Felixstowe Beach was recently named one of the best in the UK following a survey by the .

Praising the “five miles of beach,” one reader said: “Felixstowe hits that sweet spot of being prosperous without being pretentious.”

Not only that but it was named one of the best places to live in the UK by the Sunday Times.

The local council recently added another 27 beach huts to the stretch of sand, which can be bought from £22,000.

Also at the beach is Beach Street, a shipping container complex with shops and food stalls, as well as mini golf and promenade.

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