SWANSCOMBE BY NUMBERS
17,000 the number of staff the park will employ once fully open
1,700 invertebrate species recorded at Swanscombe
465 hectares of brownfield land will be developed into the London Resort theme park
50% of the UK’s population of distinguished jumping spiders is at Swanscombe
WHY IS THE SITE SIGNIFICANT?
The Swanscombe Peninsula is a mixture of marshlands, coastal habitats, wetlands and grasslands. Formerly home to a cement works and landfill pits, it is a classic wildlife-rich brownfield site and “one of the richest-known sites in England for invertebrates”, according to the Kent Wildlife
