Newhall teen hits 10,000-signature target on his petition to bring back back the American Adventure theme park in Derbyshire
Declan Salmon hopes the petition will encourage council chiefs to get leisure companies to invest in the area
Helen KreftSenior reporter
A Newhall teenager has hit his 10,00-signature target in his fight to bring back the once-popular American Adventure theme park in Derbyshire.
Declan Salmon, 19, of Birch Avenue, now plans to hand the petition to council bosses.
He is hoping it will pave the way for talks on bringing old Wild West theme park back.
It comes as almost all traces of the park in Shipley, near Heanor, have gone and council bosses have already given the green light to a housing development on the 112-acre plot next door to Shipley Country Park.
Declan Salmon has organised the petition
It has taken 22 months for Mr Salmon to reach his total online.
Newhall teen's petition to bring back the American Adventure reaches 9,000 signatures!
Now Declan has reached his target of 10,000 signatures, his petition could be discussed by Amber Valley Borough Council which covers the area where the Wild West theme park once stood.
Among the rides and attractions, the park even had a replica life-size town from the Wild West, complete with a saloon, where Lazy Lil and her show girls used to perform.
There was also 'white knuckle' roller-coaster rides and a water log flume.
More than 9,000 people want the the American Adventure brought back to life
Declan hopes that the borough council will be encouraged by the petition to seek entertainment operators to bring another theme park to the county.
The theme park closed in 2007 following financial struggles and little remains of the original park, although some of the rides are in use at other venues.
All traces of the theme park have been removed
The buildings have been demolished and there are plans to build 307 homes on the land, a scheme which was approved in 2015.
Plenty of others have visited the petition and left messages of support. Anyone who would like to sign the petition can do so here.