Thorpe Park

Thorpe Park

Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK

Status

Operating

Opened

24 May 1979

Owner

Merlin Entertainments

Area

500 acres (202 hectares)

Website

http://thorpepark.com/

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Thorpe Park is an amusement park located in Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK. It is operated by Merlin Entertainments, but is actually owned by Nick Leslau.

History

Thorpe Park is situated on the site of a former quarry on the border between Chertsey and Egham in Surrey, England.

In the late 1970s, the company "Ready Mixed Concrete Limited" flooded the site after the quarry's closure with the intention of opening an educational leisure park. In 1998, the park was purchased by the Tussauds Group, the then-owner of Alton Towers and Chessington World of Adventures. Tussauds added the majority of Thorpe Park's large rides during the 2000s, such as Colossus, Nemesis Inferno and Stealth. In 2007, Thorpe Park fell into the ownership of Merlin Entertainments after it purchased the Tussauds Group. Merlin decided to orient the park and its additions directly towards teenagers and young adults. This resulted in rides such as Saw - The Ride and The Swarm. However in 2014, Merlin decided to reposition the park back towards a more well-rounded age demographic with family-oriented additions such as Angry Birds Land, I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! and the park's onsite hotel.

For 2024, a new brand was introduced which incorporated a new logo and the tagline, The Home Of Feel-Good Thrills.

Roller coasters

Present (8)

Class	Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Roller	Colossus	Intamin	Sit-Down	March 22, 2002	Operating
Powered	Flying Fish	Mack Rides	Family	2007	Operating
Roller	Hyperia	Mack Rides	Hyper	May 24, 2024	Operating
Roller	Nemesis Inferno	Bolliger & Mabillard	Inverted	April 5, 2003	Operating
Roller	Saw - The Ride	Gerstlauer	Sit-Down	March 14, 2009	Operating
Roller	Stealth	Intamin	Launched Hyper	March 15, 2006	Operating
Roller	Swarm	Bolliger & Mabillard	Winged	March 15, 2012	Operating
Roller	Walking Dead: The Ride	Vekoma	Enclosed	March 23, 1996	Operating

Attractions

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
Big Easy Bumpers	Bertazzon	Dodgems	2014
Depth Charge	Aquatic	Dinghy Waterslides	1991
Dobble Tea Party	Mack Rides	Teacups	1986
Ghost Train	Severn Lamb Simworx	Simulator	July 2016
Detonator	Fabbri	Drop Tower	April 2001
High Striker	Zamperla	Junior Drop Tower	2017
Mr. Monkey's Banana Ride	Metallbau Emmeln	Pirate Ship	1994
Quantum	Fabbri	Flying Carpet	2003
Rumba Rapids	Intamin	River Rapids	1987
Rush	S&S Worldwide	Screamin' Swing	May 2005
Samurai	Mondial	Top Scan	2004
Storm Surge	WhiteWater West	Spinning Rapids Ride	March 2011
Tidal Wave	Hopkins Rides	Shoot The Chute	April 2000
Vortex	KMG	Frisbee	2001
Zodiac	HUSS	Enterprise	2006

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Black Mirror Labyrinth	Freemont Baxter	Walk-through	May 22, 2021	2023	Unknown
Calgary Stampede	Fairmatt	Troika	1993	2003	Travelling UK
Canada Creek Railway	Severn Lamb	Miniature Railway	1989	2011	Scrapped
Carousel Kingdom	Peter Petz	Carousel	1990	1999	Relocated to Alton Towers
Chief Ranger's Carousel	Euro Sujets	Carousel	1994	2014	Scrapped
Dare Devil Drivers	Unknown	Dodgems	1998	2000	Unknown
Eclipse	Fabbri	Ferris Wheel	2003	2004	Relocated to Chessington World of Adventures
Fantasy Fish	Modern Products	Roundabout	1980	2010	Unknown
Galleon Race	Modern Products	Roundabout	1980s	2010	Scrapped via John H. Rundle
Happy Halibuts	Modern Products	Junior Paratrooper	1980s	2010	Scrapped via John H. Rundle
Hi-Slide	Modern Products	Giant Slide	1980s	1990s	Unknown
Loggers Leap	Mack Rides	Log Flume	1989	2015	Scrapped
Major Orbit	Modern Products	Major Orbit	1980	1991	Relocated to Stade Amusement Park
Miss Hippo's Fungle Safari	Ihle	Track Ride	1990	2009	Scrapped
Mr. Rabbit's Tropical Travels	Mack Rides	Scenic Boat Ride	1982	2001	Scrapped
Ollie Octopus	Modern Products	Major Orbit	1992	2010	Scrapped via John H. Rundle
Rocky Express	Mack Rides	Sea Storm	1986	2021	Unknown
SAW Alive	Paragon Creative	Walk-Through	2010	2012	Changed to Fright Nights only, closed for good after the 2018 season.
Slammer	S&S Worldwide	Sky Swat	2005	2016	SBNO, later scrapped
Slippery Serpent	Modern Products	Track Ride	1980s	2010	Scrapped
Snake Slide	Zapfun	Tube Slide	1985	1990s	Unknown
Swinging Seashells	SBF Visa Group	Junior Ferris Wheel	1994 or earlier	2010	Relocated to Weymouth SEA LIFE Adventure Park
Timber Tug Boat	Zamperla	Rockin' Tug	2017	2021	Relocated to Chessington World of Adventures
Treasure Island Railway	Unknown	Miniature Railway	1983	1993	Scrapped
Up Periscope	Modern Products	Junior Jets	1980	2010	Scrapped via John H. Rundle
Wicked Witches' Haunt	Mack Rides	Tracked Dark Ride	1983	2000	Destroyed by fire
Zodiac	HUSS	Enterprise	2000	2005	Scrapped

Water slides

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Class	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Wet Wet Wet	Unknown	Body	N/A	1989	2021	Removed

External links

• Images of the park on NFCA Digital.