When Did the Eden Project Open?

The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, England, UK. The project is located in a reclaimed china clay pit, located 2 km from the town of St Blazey and 5 km from the larger town of St Austell.

How long has the Eden Project been open?

The doors of the Eden Project open officially for the first time on 17 March 2001. The Biomes are shrouded in Cornish mist but, as dawn breaks, the air clears and thousands of visitors and staff look out onto what the Times calls the 'eighth wonder of the world'. We welcomed 1.2m visitors in our first year.

Who officially opened the Eden Project?

But even before that, half a million people flocked to see the 80 million pound project while it was being built in a former clay pit at Bodelva. At the opening, Sir Tim Smit declared: "Eden belongs to the people. The whole point of the Project is to highlight what we can do as a species, working with nature.