Commuters in central Bristol will be able to park and slide this summer, if an ambitious crowd-funding project gets its way.

In one of the best initiatives of its kind (right up there with London's first cat cafe), the 90-metre giant water slide is set to be laid out on Park Street - one of the city's busiest thoroughfares - on Sunday 4 May.

The idea is the brainchild of artist Luke Jerram, who has tested the concept in a mock-up at Brisol's Ashton Court estate and needs £5,621 in donations to make it a reality.

"It was sort of inspired by the heatwave last summer. Because I have an office on Park Street it got me thinking last year," he told the Bristol Post. "I’m just interested in thinking about our city in different ways. If you just imagine, you could put slides all around Bristol connecting neighbourhoods."

Giant water slide to be created in central Bristol