Alton Towers

Alton Towers, the largest theme park in the , is in , . It is generally considered by rollercoaster enthusiasts to hold its own with any such park in the world.
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  • Type: Theme park
  • Description: major theme park in central England
  • Also known as: “ألتون تاور”, “التون تاور”, “アルトン・タワー”, and “オルトンタワーズ”
  • Address: Alton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 4DB

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Smiler and Nemesis Reborn.

Roller coaster
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is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers in , England. The Infinity Coaster model from Gerstlauer set a world record for most inversions on a roller coaster when it opened in 2013, featuring 14 inversions that include dive loops, sidewinders, corkscrews, and other inverting elements.

Roller coaster
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, previously Nemesis, is an inverted roller coaster located at the Alton Towers theme park in , England. It was manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard and designed by Werner Stengel, from a concept by park developer John Wardley.

Roller coaster
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is a flying roller coaster located in the Forbidden Valley area of Alton Towers amusement park in , . It originally opened as Air on 16 March 2002 and is the first flying coaster manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alton and Denstone.

Village
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is a village in , England. It is noted for the theme park Towers, the UK's biggest and most famous theme park built around the site of Mansion, which was owned by the Earls of Shrewsbury, and designed by Augustus Pugin.

Village
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is a village and civil parish situated between the towns of in and in . It is located next to the .

Alton Towers

Latitude
52.9883° or 52° 59′ 18″ north
Longitude
-1.8832° or 1° 52′ 60″ west
Elevation
620 feet (189 metres)
Operator
Merlin Entertainments
Open location code
9C4WX4Q8+8P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25798916
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­theme_park
Geo­Names ID
6694389
Wiki­data ID
Q443909
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Alton Towers” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ألتون تاورز”
  • Chinese: “奧爾頓塔”
  • Dutch: “Alton Towers Resort”
  • Dutch: “Alton Towers”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “التون تاورز”
  • French: “Alton Towers”
  • German: “Alton Towers”
  • Hungarian: “Alton Towers”
  • Italian: “Alton Towers”
  • Japanese: “アルトン・タワーズ”
  • Polish: “Alton Towers”
  • Spanish: “Alton Towers”
  • Swedish: “Alton Towers”
  • Western Panjabi: “ایلٹن ٹاورز”
  • “Alton Towers”

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