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The Snowdome is an
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just off the
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in
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,
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. It opened in May 1994 and was the first full-sized recreational indoor ski slope in the UK.


Facilities

The slope is long by wide with an incline of around 1:7. There are also 2 serial 'travelator' lifts for access back to the top and two rope-tows. The Snowdome has a learner slope underneath the main slope. The main slope also holds regular 'ramp nights' in which several objects are added, including a gas pipe, mini rail and a quarter pipe. There is also one ice rink and one ice track - the UK’s only - which circles the real Snow Fun Park and the ice rink with a number of other things. The complex also contains a swimming pool and gym—formerly known as Peaks Leisure Centre, but now owned and managed by the Snowdome as 'Snowdome Swim' and 'Snowdome Fitness' respectively. There is also a bar (aspens), a shop Ellis Brigham, and a coffee shop on site.


Events

Construction work started in early 2009 for Sawley Cross properties to build a 120-bed, £7M hotel on land adjacent to the snowdome. The Holiday Inn Hotel opened in late November 2009.


Incidents

On 24 September 2021, a twelve-year-old boy was killed after being injured at a tobogganing party at the snowdome. The operating company, Snowdome Limited, was successfully prosecuted by the
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for breaching health and safety regulations and was fined £100,000. In August 2024, the adjoining Holiday Inn hotel was damaged as part of the
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. Windows were smashed and three
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s were thrown. One police officer and three police dogs were injured.


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