There are plenty of Theme parks to entertain adults, kids and everyone in between. Birmingham Adventure, Theme Parks & Zoos: likes of Drayton Manor Theme Park, West Midlands Safari Park and Twycross Zoo in easy reach of Birmingham city, Birmingham has got family days out covered.
Alabama Adventure and Splash Adventure is a combination waterpark and amusement park offering a variety of waterslides, thrilling rides and activities for all ages.
includes access to West Midland Safari Park's four-mile Drive-through, the walk-through exhibits and Adventure Theme Park*. Take a look at our example itinerary below to help plan your visit. *Summer season only.
Home to two of the country's most infamous roller coasters – Nemesis and Oblivion – Alton Towers is the UK's largest theme park. What makes it so successful is its perfect blend of terrifyingly fast rides and family-friendly attractions.
Where is the new theme park being built in the UK?
Universal Studios is looking to England for its next theme park. The attractions operator has bought land in Bedford, 45 minutes outside of London, and may build its next big project there.
The six-land theme park hoped to open by 2024 on the Swanscombe Peninsula near Dartford, in Kent, across 535 acres. However, the project is now in the balance, according to the Sun. Since plans were submitted, the scheme has run into a number of problems.
What is the bigger theme park in the UK than Disney?
Alton Towers Resort
Alton Towers is the largest theme park in the UK, with 10 themed areas across 910 acres. The attraction boasts more than 40 rides and attractions, including 10 record-breaking coasters and 20 family-friendly offerings. In spring 2023, Alton Towers opened a new dark ride.
Following reports last week from affected guests who had been contacted by the Resort to advise of the imminent closure, the Resort have today confirmed that its on-site spa, located in the Alton Towers Hotel, is now permanently closed.
Alton Towers is much larger, set in grounds of a large gothic ruined house as you probably know... Thorpe have 4 major coasters, 6 in total. Alton Towers has 5 major coasters, 8 in total.
West Midlands has several universities, colleges, and cultural institutions, but it remains best known for its manufactures, ranging from the luxurious (Rover cars from Solihull) to the everyday (chocolate and cocoa from Cadbury's model workers' settlement at Bournville).
Introducing the award-winning Safari Lodges at West Midland Safari Park. A mixture of luxury lodges and premium cottages, designed to give you an up-close and immersive overnight wildlife experience like no other.
Birmingham was historically referred to as the Magic City because its soil contained the three necessary elements to produce iron: limestone, coal, and iron ore.
Sutton Park is a 2,400 acre National Nature Reserve located 6 miles north of the city centre. It's one of the largest urban parks in Europe and is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Birmingham has 591 parks and open spaces, totalling over 3,500 hectares (14 sq mi), more than any other equivalent sized European city. The centrepieces of Birmingham's park system are the five Premier Parks.
Although the bulk of the estate had already been sold in 1918, in 1924 the remaining lands and Alton Towers itself were sold to a group of local businessmen. So, after some 700 years the Towers and the Estate passed out of the hands of the Earls of Shrewsbury.
Nemesis was closed by order of the Phalanx - the secret organisation tasked with keeping the beast pinned beneath its steel structure under control - over fears about her “abnormal behaviour”.
All of our rollercoasters are controlled by sophisticated systems that monitor the safe operation of rides at all times. In our 40 year history, Alton Towers Resort has delivered over 1 billion rides, entertained over 87 million visitors and our teams have completed over 64,000 hours of inspection time.
We'd recommend Thorpe Park to groups of adults and older children who are no stranger to thrill-rides, while Alton Towers is great for younger families and those looking for an all-encompassing experience.
Thorpe Park has more extreme rides than Chessington, so it depends if that would appeal to your kids. I should think it was more extreme than most the rides at Disneyland. To get to Thorpe Park, get a train to Staines from either Victoria, London Bridge or Waterloo station, then catch the 950 bus.
On 17 July 2007, as part of the financing for the Tussauds deal, Merlin sold Thorpe Park to private investment firm Prestbury, under a sale and leaseback agreement. The site is operated by Merlin based on a renewable 35-year lease. As of 2023, the site is owned by LXi REIT Plc.
It is owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Experiences division and is home to two theme parks (Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure), three hotels, and a shopping, dining, and entertainment district known as Downtown Disney.
Universal Studios – or, as it's now known after a rebrand earlier this year, Universal Destinations & Experiences – has just confirmed that it is in the early stages of planning a theme park right here in the UK.
