Universal Studios reveals plans for huge 500-acre theme park in the UK

Meanwhile, Universal has now confirmed to Sun Online Travel that they have acquired land in Bedford and are exploring the possibility of building a park there.

A spokesperson said: ";We recently acquired land in Bedford and are at the early stages of exploring its feasibility for a potential park and resort at this site. 

"It will be many months before we are ready to make a decision to proceed and we look forward to engaging with all relevant stakeholders and the local community.”

Universal stressed that they while they do own the land in Bedford, it will still be a long time before they are ready to make a decision regarding whether or not to proceed.

They are still very early in the planning stages of the project and are determining its feasibility.

However, they did confirm that they are always looking at new locations around the world, including in Europe, and added that they see the UK as an attractive place for a potential project.  

They like the UK because it has a large population, creative industries, strong tourism, and transportation infrastructure, with close links to other parts of Europe.

Furthermore, Bedford has been chosen as a potential location due to its excellent transportation connectivity to London and Europe, with more than half of the UK population within a two hour journey away.

Additionally, the town is seen as having potential because of its close proximity to Luton airport.

The location would put any new theme park less than half an hour away from Gulliver's Land and less than an hour from Warner Brothers Studios in Watford.

Theme park fans online have been getting excited about the possibility of the park after putting some of the pieces of the puzzle together themselves.