Alton Towers
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Alton Towers | |
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Location | Alton, Staffordshire, England, UK |
Status | Operating |
Opened | April 4, 1980 |
Owner | Nick Leslau, leased to Merlin Entertainments |
Area | 324 hectares (800 acres) |
Website | http://altontowers.com/ |
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Alton Towers is a theme park located in Staffordshire, England. They opened as a permanent theme park in 1980 and have been building world-renowned rides, such as Nemesis and Smiler, ever since. The park also has a children's section called CBeebies Land with licensed BBC characters.
Roller coasters[edit | edit source]
Present (10)[edit | edit source]
Name | Manufacturer | Type | Opened | Status |
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Galactica | Bolliger & Mabillard | Flying | 2002 | Operating |
Nemesis | Bolliger & Mabillard | Inverted | 1994 | Operating |
Oblivion | Bolliger & Mabillard | Dive Coaster | 1998 | Operating |
Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure | Zamperla | Family | 2015 | Operating |
Rita | Intamin | Launched | 2005 | Operating |
Runaway Mine Train | Mack Rides | Powered | 1992 | Operating |
Smiler | Gerstlauer | Infinity Coaster | 2013 | Operating |
Spinball Whizzer | Maurer AG | Spinning | 2004 | Operating |
Thirteen | Intamin | Sit-Down | 2010 | Operating |
Wicker Man | Great Coasters International | Wooden | 2018 | Operating |
Past (8)[edit | edit source]
Name | Manufacturer | Type | Opened | Closed | Relocated |
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4 Man Bob | Zierer | Sit-Down | 1985 | 1990 | Pleasure Island Family Theme Park |
Alton Mouse | Vekoma | Wild Mouse | 1988 | 1991 | Idlewild & SoakZone |
Beastie | Pinfari | Family | 1983 | 2010 | Barry Island Pleasure Park |
Black Hole | Schwarzkopf | Enclosed | 1983 | 2005 | Furuvik |
Corkscrew | Vekoma | Sit-Down | 1980 | 2008 | - |
Mini Apple | Pinfari | Family | 1982 | 1997 | Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach |
New Beast | Schwarzkopf | Sit-Down | 1992 | 1997 | Divetido |
Thunderlooper | Schwarzkopf | Shuttle | 1990 | 1996 | Hopi Hari |
Photo Gallery[edit | edit source]
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