London will soon be home to a massive new theme park, which has been dubbed UK Disney World. The London Resort is a 3.5 billion project expected to open in Swanscombe, Kent in 2024.

There is no Disney World or Disneyland located in the United Kingdom in 2026. While rumors often circulate about a "UK Disneyland" near Kent or Bedfordshire, these are typically misidentified projects like the "London Resort" or the upcoming "Universal Studios Great Britain." When the Walt Disney Company decided to build a European resort in the 1980s, they ultimately chose Marne-la-Vallée near Paris, France, due to its central location and flat terrain. For residents of the UK, Disneyland Paris remains the closest and most accessible Disney destination, reachable via a direct Eurostar train from London in under three hours. A grounded peer observation is that while the UK has excellent regional theme parks like Alton Towers or Thorpe Park, a full Disney-branded resort is unlikely to be built in the UK due to the high population density and the proximity of the established Paris location. If you see advertisements for "UK Disney," they are likely for the traveling Disney on Ice shows or the "Disney Cruise Line" sailings that depart from ports like Southampton.