Dry Slope Used by Eddie the Eagle For Sale

23rd April 2026

The Gloucester Ski and Snowboard Centre in Matson is on the market for £625,000.

The artificial slope was built in 1973

Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards, the first Briton to compete in Olympic ski jumping, began his training at the centre and said he hoped it could be kept open.

“I did hear it was up for sale a while ago and I was told there was a buyer involved but obviously that must have fallen through,” he said.

“It’s still going strong, I still miss it. I still go to Gloucester every once in a while. It was my home when I was a child.

“I have very fond memories of it and I hope somebody buys it and carries it on.”

Eddie the Eagle. Image © PlanetSKI

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The Centre manager, Cameron Singer, told BBC Radio Gloucestershire the owner is selling the centre to focus on his main business and staff hope new owners can be found.

“The owner has another business and he wants to focus on that – it’s his primary business,” he said.

“We’re hoping that we just move onto the new owners [and that] there will be no closure.”