Alton Towers
Alton Towers, the largest theme park in the United Kingdom, is in Staffordshire, England. It is generally considered by rollercoaster enthusiasts to hold its own with any such park in the world.Photo: Dunderklumpen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Theme park
- Description: major theme park in central England
- Address: Alton, Alton, ST10 4DB
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Smiler and Galactica.
The Smiler
Roller coaster
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Smiler is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers Resort in Staffordshire, United Kingdom. It was built in 2013 and is an Infinity Coaster model from Gerstlauer and is located in the X-Sector area of the park.
Galactica
Roller coaster
Photo: Andyfishburne, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Galactica is a flying roller coaster located in the Forbidden Valley area of Alton Towers amusement park in Staffordshire, England. It originally opened as Air on 16 March 2002 and is the first flying coaster manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard.
Nemesis Reborn
Roller coaster
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nemesis Reborn, previously Nemesis, is an inverted roller coaster located at the Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire, England. It was manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard and designed by Werner Stengel, from a concept by park developer John Wardley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alton and Denstone.
Alton
Village
Photo: Paul Buckingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alton is a village in Staffordshire, England. It is noted for the theme park Alton Towers, built around the site of Alton Mansion, which was owned by the Earls of Shrewsbury, and designed by Augustus Pugin.
Denstone
Village
Photo: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Denstone is a village and civil parish situated between the towns of Uttoxeter in East Staffordshire and Ashbourne in Derbyshire. It is located next to the River Churnet.
Alton Towers
- Categories: amusement park, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.9883° or 52° 59′ 18″ northLongitude
-1.8832° or 1° 52′ 60″ westElevation
620 feet (189 metres)Operator
Merlin EntertainmentsOpen location code
9C4WX4Q8+8POpenStreetMap ID
way 25798916OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=theme_parkGeoNames ID
6694389Wikidata 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 تاور”
- Arabic: “ألتون تاورز”
- Arabic: “التون تاور”
- 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”
- Japanese: “アルトン・タワーズ”
- Japanese: “オルトンタワーズ”
- Polish: “Alton Towers”
- Spanish: “Alton Towers”
- Swedish: “Alton Towers”
- Western Panjabi: “ایلٹن ٹاورز”
- “Alton Towers”
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