List of theme parks in the United Kingdom
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- Alton TowersAlton TowersAlton Towers is a theme park and resort located in Staffordshire, England. It attracts around 2.7 million visitors per year making it the most visited theme park in the United Kingdom. Alton Towers is also the 9th most visited theme park in Europe...
- Adventure IslandAdventure Island (amusement park)Adventure Island is a free-admission amusement park in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK which has 33 different rides and attractions as well as a gift shop and catering outlets. The current site of the amusement park flanks the north end of Southend Pier and has been an amusement park since 1976 when the...
- Adventure WonderlandAdventure WonderlandAdventure Wonderland is a family theme park situated in the village of Hurn, near Bournemouth, United Kingdom. The park offers rides and attractions aimed at families with children up to the age of 12. It draws much of its theme from the novel Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Alice, Mad...
- American AdventureAmerican AdventureThe American Adventure was a theme park located in the East Midlands region of England; quite close to both Nottingham and Derby on the edge of Ilkeston in the county of Derbyshire. The park for many years had a number of large white-knuckle attractions, but in 2005 was re-themed as a 'family'...
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- Camelot Theme ParkCamelot Theme ParkCamelot Theme Park is a resort and theme park located in the English county of Lancashire. It is based on the legend of Camelot. It is located on a site near the village of Charnock Richard, west of Chorley. The site is owned by The Story Group, and operated by Knights Leisure...
- Cartoon World
- Chessington World of AdventuresChessington World of AdventuresChessington World of Adventures Resort is a theme park and zoo in South West London, England. It lies south of Central London. Historically opened as Chessington Zoo in 1931, a theme park was developed alongside it, opening in 1987...
- The Christmas AdventureThe Christmas AdventureThe Christmas Adventure is a seasonal event held at the Stockeld Park estate in North Yorkshire.Initially a supplement to the estate’s extensive Christmas tree business, The Christmas Adventure now boasts a number of unique activities, including a giant, snowflake-shaped maze based on the 12 Days...
- Clarence PierClarence PierClarence Pier is an amusement pier in Portsmouth, Hampshire. It is located by the Portsmouth Hovercraft terminal. Unlike most seaside piers in the UK, the pier does not extend very far out to sea, instead goes along the coast....
- Codonas Amusement ParkCodonas Amusement ParkCodonas Amusement Park is an amusement park in Aberdeen, Scotland with indoor and outdoor attractions. The theme park is currently open for the 2011 season.-History:The park was started by the Codona family in 1969 at its current site on the Beach Esplanade...
- Crealy
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- Dobwalls Adventure ParkDobwalls Adventure ParkDobwalls Adventure Park was a family-run visitor attraction in the village of Dobwalls, near Liskeard, Cornwall.Founded in 1970, by John Southern OBE, the park was one of Cornwall's top visitor attractions....
(closed) - DiggerlandDiggerlandDiggerland is the name of four theme parks in England based around the theme of diggers and JCBs. Diggerland is owned by the excavator hire firm H.E...
- Drayton ManorDrayton Manor Theme ParkDrayton Manor Theme Park is a theme park, resort & zoo in the grounds of the former Drayton Manor, near Tamworth in Staffordshire, England.Drayton Manor is best known because it is a theme park and zoo which attracts around 1.4 million people a year. The attraction has a wide selection of rides set...
- Dreamland MargateDreamland MargateDreamland Margate is an amusement park located in Margate, Kent, England. It is currently owned by Margate Town Centre Regeneration Company and is closed to the public...
(closed) - Donalds World
- Dinosaur Adventure (East Anglia)
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- Fantasy IslandFantasy Island UKFantasy Island is a family amusement park in Ingoldmells, near Skegness on the East Coast of England. It sits in the middle of one of the biggest spreads of holiday parks in the United Kingdom. Whilst entry to the park is free, guests either pay per ride or purchase an unlimited ride wristband...
- Flambards Village Theme Park
- Flamingo Land Resort
- FrontierlandFrontierland, MorecambeFrontierland Western Theme Park was a theme park at Morecambe, Lancashire, England, situated on Marine Road West, which operated from 1909 to 7 November 1999, with a final year consisting of only travelling rides in 2000...
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- Great Yarmouth Pleasure BeachGreat Yarmouth Pleasure BeachGreat Yarmouth Pleasure Beach is a historic free entry pleasure park located in the seaside resort town of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on the English east coast. The park first opened in 1909 and has been operating ever since....
(East Anglia) - Gulliver's KingdomGulliver's KingdomGulliver's Kingdom is an amusement park aimed at children aged 3 to 13 in the Derbyshire town of Matlock Bath, England. Founded in 1978 by Ray Phillips, it is still owned by the Phillips family and now has sister theme parks; Gulliver's World in Warrington and Gulliver's Land in Milton Keynes,...
- Gulliver's WorldGulliver's WorldGulliver's World is a theme park located to the west of Warrington in England. It is set in a forest and includes a man-made lake near Old Hall and Callands. The theme park has a large wooden roller coaster, The Antelope. Opened in 1989, the theme park has a number of small rides and is mainly a...
- Gulliver's LandGulliver's LandGulliver's Land is a children's theme park just inside Milton Keynes, England. It opened in 1999 and is the third park to be opened by Gulliver's. The other two parks are Gulliver's World and Gulliver's Kingdom. The park is pretty small and is centred around the Lilliput Land Castle...
- Gulliver's Eco-ParkGulliver's Eco-ParkGulliver's Eco-Park is an environmental theme park in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England that opened in 2007. It is easily accessible from Gulliver's Land as there is a gravel path linking the parks...
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- Legoland WindsorLegoland WindsorLegoland Windsor is a child-oriented theme park in Windsor, Berkshire in England, themed around the Lego toy system. The park opened in 1996 on the former Windsor Safari Park as the second Legoland after Legoland Billund in Denmark. The park is located within close distance of Windsor Castle and...
- Lightwater ValleyLightwater ValleyLightwater Valley is a theme park in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. The park is perhaps best known for being the home of Europe’s longest rollercoaster - The Ultimate....
- Loudoun CastleLoudoun Castle (theme park)Loudoun Castle was a theme park set around the ruins of the 19th century Loudoun Castle near Galston, in the Loudoun area of Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. The park opened in 1995, and closed at the end of the 2010 season...
(closed 2010) - The London Bridge ExperienceThe London Bridge ExperienceThe London Bridge Experience is a popular tourist attraction located on Tooley Street, in vaults below the southern abutment of London Bridge, immediately outside London Bridge Station and rival attraction London Dungeon. It is also opposite The Shard a london skyscraper currently under construction...
- Longleat Safari ParkLongleat Safari ParkLongleat Safari Park, in Wiltshire, England was opened in 1966 and was the first drive-through safari park outside Africa. The park is situated in the grounds of Longleat House, an English stately home that attracts tourists and is the current home of the 7th Marquess of Bath...
- Life Line Leisure Centre
- london dungeonLondon DungeonThe London Dungeon is a popular London tourist attraction, which recreates various gory and macabre historical events in a grimly comedic 'gallows humour' style, attempting to make them appealing to younger audiences...
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- M&DsM&DsM&Ds is an amusement park located in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Bordering on Strathclyde Park, the park contains five rollercoasters and two water rides among others as well as an arcade, theatre, ten-pin bowling and indoor reptile house, Amazonia....
- New MetroLand (closed)
- The Military Adventure Park- Scarborough
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- Paulton's ParkPaulton's ParkPaultons Theme Park is located in the village of Ower, near Romsey, in Hampshire, England. The theme park has 60 rides and attractions, the latest addition to which was a Peppa Pig World based on the children’s television series character Peppa Pig. The name is derived from the former Paultons...
- Pleasure Beach BlackpoolPleasure Beach BlackpoolPleasure Beach Blackpool is a family owned amusement park and resort situated along the Fylde coast in Blackpool, England. It is the most visited amusement park in the United Kingdom, and one of the top twenty most-visited amusement parks in the world with an estimate of 5.5 million visitors in...
- Pleasure Island Family Theme ParkPleasure Island Family Theme ParkPleasure Island Family Theme Park is a Theme Park in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England. It is commonly known simply as Pleasure Island. The park opened on 27 May 1993 and was originally a subsidiary of Flamingo Land Ltd...
- Pleasureland Arbroath
- Pleasureland SouthportPleasureland SouthportNew Pleasureland, previously named Pleasureland, is an amusement park located in Southport, Merseyside, England. The original park operated from 1912 to 2006 and was closed by the parent Blackpool Pleasure Beach company due to what they stated was a lack of returns after investment...
- Pleasurewood HillsPleasurewood HillsPleasurewood Hills is a theme park on a site between Corton and Gunton, near Lowestoft, Suffolk. The park contains attractions including three rollercoasters. Its mascot is called Woody Bear, who was given a "sailor" look in 2007...
(East Anglia) - Pleasure Beach Great Yarmouth (East Anglia)
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- West Midlands Safari Park
- Wicksteed ParkWicksteed ParkWicksteed Park is an amusement park in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. The park opened in 1921. It is believed to be the oldest amusement park in England; however, the Blackgang Chine theme park on the Isle of Wight is considerably older...
- Windsor Safari ParkWindsor Safari ParkWindsor Safari Park was a popular family attraction built on St. Leonards Hill on the outskirts of the English town of Windsor in Berkshire; it has since been converted into the site of Legoland Windsor...
(closed, now reopened as Legoland WindsorLegoland WindsorLegoland Windsor is a child-oriented theme park in Windsor, Berkshire in England, themed around the Lego toy system. The park opened in 1996 on the former Windsor Safari Park as the second Legoland after Legoland Billund in Denmark. The park is located within close distance of Windsor Castle and...
) - Woodlands Family Theme Park DevonWoodlands Family Theme Park DevonWoodlands Family Theme Park Devon is an all-weather family amusement park and falconry display in Dartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom.Woodlands has over of family attractions including 16 rides. The falconry display has over 50 birds of prey. In November the park hosts a fireworks festival.-External...