The Super Snails ride which has been a fixture on Weymouth beach for nearly 25 years will not return this year, after Weymouth Town Council altered its pitch licence.

The local authority merged two pitches together in order to create one singular attraction space further down the beach, which was then awarded to another operator. 

“We did have some people being upset seeing that there will not be a pitch for the snails,” owner Cesar Palucsis told the BBC.

“I tried to reassure people that we are trying to look forward, to make some way a pitch, or try to come to a conclusion with the council in a forward direction.”

Palucsis said that the snails ride has been a constant for the many families who have spent decades taking holidays in Weymouth, adding “they brought their kids and second-generation kids and it carries on.”

According to BBC Dorset, Weymouth Town Council “merged pitches for attractions on the beach meaning the snails missed out, but says that stakeholders were invited to apply for a new licence.”

“The merged site will have seven rides from one company and will include trampolines, a balloon ride, a pirate coaster and a helter-skelter.”