Thorpe Park
— — the island of steel and water.
Not only on a wall.
“A 200-acre theme park built on a flooded gravel quarry near Chertsey, southwest of London. The water that fills the old pits runs between the rides, so most of the park's roller coasters cross or skim it. Hyperia, opened in 2024, became the tallest coaster in the United Kingdom on its first day at 236 feet. Stealth still launches to 80 mph in under two seconds.
Thorpe Park, on ceramic.
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Thorpe Park sits on a former gravel-extraction site near Chertsey in Surrey, about 20 miles southwest of central London. The park opened in 1979 and has been operated by Merlin Entertainments since 1998 (Merlin Entertainments). Its 200 acres include several lakes left from the gravel works, and the layout threads attractions between and over the water. The 2024 addition of Hyperia, a 236-foot Mack hyper coaster, gave the park the tallest roller coaster in the United Kingdom (Mack Rides). Twelve coasters operate across the resort.
Three lakes left from the original gravel works structure the park's layout. Tidal Wave's 85-foot drop ends in a wall of lake water that crosses the visitor path; Stealth's launch track skims the southern lake, and Hyperia's first drop runs alongside the northern one. The water comes from the same Thames-floodplain table that fed the quarry through the 1970s, and the lakes are now home to swans, herons and resident pike (Surrey Wildlife Trust).
The park runs a March-to-November season with extended hours for Fright Nights in October. The main entrance is by car off the M25, or by South Western Railway to Staines, where a shuttle bus completes the trip. Twelve roller coasters operate on site, including Stealth (a 2006 Intamin launch to 80 mph), Nemesis Inferno (a B&M inverted) and Saw: The Ride (a Gerstlauer Eurofighter) (Thorpe Park). The annual pass shares access with Alton Towers and Chessington.