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Town to get its own 'Jurassic Park' golf course

Committee votes unanimously to approve the new 18-hole links complete with dinosaurs and a volcano

The Prairie Sports Village in Burnley(Image: Google)

A Lancashire town is set to welcome its own 'Jurassic Park' golf course.

Burnley Council's Development Control Committee has unanimously approved the creation of a new 18-hole links, complete with dinosaurs and a volcano.

Councillors said the innovative 'adventure' course was expected to further enhance the appeal of the once controversial Prairie Sports Village in Windermere Avenue, near the borough's boundary with Pendle.

This new addition will replace an existing pitch and putt facility and a nine-hole miniature golf course.

Whittlefield with Ightenhill Conservative Councillor Mike Steel, who has often played the existing courses with his son, said: "The sports village is an incredibly valuable facility. Now Burnley will get its own Jurassic Park 18-hole golf course.

"It will be something to get young people off their phones and video games."

A statement from Burnley Leisure and Culture read: "The proposal seeks to diversify the existing recreational offer and build on the centre's reputation for attracting children into the sport of golf from an early age.

"Adventure golf courses are built to a theme that includes pirates, jungles, dinosaurs, crocodiles, etc, each designed to capture the imagination of younger children and their families.