In recent figures filed by Blackpool Pleasure Beach, it has been reported that the company made a loss of £764,000 for financial year end April 3rd 2011 on a total turnover of £23.3m. It is expected that the introduction of Nickelodeon Land (which opened earlier this year) will bring the company back to profitability next year. Pleasure Beach invested £9m in Nickelodeon Land - a dedicated children's area in ...

The pace continues to increase at Thorpe Park as more track sections are installed for the park's new Winged Coaster opening 2012. The lift hill is now complete and more sections are being erected. Photos from Swarm's construction as of 15/10/11:           Gallery: Thanks to Sam Cooper-Kay for photography. ...

Construction of one of the UK’s biggest scare entertainment parks is taking shape in the heart of the Lancashire countryside in time for the Halloween season. With six all new attractions, Scare Kingdom Scream Park, located at Hawkshaw Farm Park, home to Mrs Dowson’s Ice Cream, in Longsight Road, Clayton-le-Dale, on the A59 between Blackburn and Preston, re-opens for a third spooktacular year on Friday, Oct ...

It's fast approaching Halloween and that means more competitions! Pumpkin Pursuit is here! It's your job to find the pesky pumpkin that has infiltrated the UK Park News website; it's now hiding somewhere amongst our pages and posts! To enter the competition, you first need to find out where the mischievous pumpkin is hiding (not the one on this page - that's so you know what to look for) - then email us to ...

It has been reported that thieves broke into Camelot Theme Park last Saturday and managed to escape with £4000 worth of goods, then used one of the park's converted Milk Float (with a Merlin Wizard Logo on the side) to flee. The intruders broke into a garage at the park where they gained access to the vehicle and managed to load CCTV equipment, a power washer and a laptop computer onto the vehicle which was ...

There are a host of Halloween-themed thrills and chills taking place at Oakwood over the October Half Term holidays. Running from Wednesday, October 26th to Sunday, October 30th anyone arriving at the Pembrokeshire theme park in full Halloween-themed fancy dress will receive a 20% discount on standard, junior and concessions tickets. To add to the fun staff will be donning frightening fancy dress for the ev ...

It’s the time of the year again during which many Theme Parks around the country are taken over by Halloween celebrations, and for the 10th season running, Fright Nights return to THORPE PARK. This year sees the launch of a brand new Horror Maze, Experiment 10, and this time it’s breaking all the rules. “Unleashed for 2011, journey through a chilling and disturbing government test lab where the latest proje ...

Drayton Manor Theme Park’s sensational 2011 season has been capped off by welcoming its one-millionth visitor. Walsall residents Surj Lal and his wife Nina visited the park with their children Ethan and four-year-old twins Anya and Kian, on Friday 10th October, to celebrate Ethan’s sixth birthday. To mark the one million milestone Drayton Manor has treated the family to an annual pass, which will provide th ...