Fun Shack Group is planning a soft play centre and inflatable theme park in Middlesbrough’s Captain Cook Square, using the former Wilko store in the UK town.

The company wants to open the location this summer. The indoor theme park will be named InflateSpace and will consist of rope bridges, crawl tunnels and an electronic football pitch, plus trampolines, slides and other healthy exercise features.

Fun Shack already has outlets in Gateshead, Newcastle, Stockton and Seaham.