Sheffield Ski Village (Snow Mountain)

A proposed £80 million development, which had been given the go ahead by the planning department, would have had one of the world’s largest indoor ski areas and a mile-long cable car link connecting the Langsett Road Supertram stop and the City.

Menta acquired interests in over 130 acres in the Upper Don Valley including an investment made in the existing Sheffield Ski Village in order to bring forward a fully themed Alpine Village and associated leisure uses alongside a 350m long indoor real snow facility.

“ Sheffield Ski Village’s location offered Menta the opportunity to bring state of the art snow facilities to Sheffield as a part of a regeneration project that would have introduced a private sector funded gondola cableway to a public transport link between the city centre tram system and one of the most deprived housing areas in the UK. This development would have been one of the catalysts in regeneration of the Upper Don Valley area. The potential is to create over 1000 jobs within the facility and surrounding sports village with hotel, restaurant and bars.” Craig Marks