Wicker Man
Wicker Man is a wooden roller coaster at Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire, United Kingdom. Manufactured by Great Coasters International, the £16-million ride opened to the public on 20 March 2018 following a three-day weather delay.Photo: WL2018, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alton Towers and Congo River Rapids.
Alton Towers
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Congo River Rapids
River rafting ride
Photo: BenBowser, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Congo River Rapids is a river rapids ride made by Intamin. It is located in the Katanga Canyon area of Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England. The rapids comes close to the Runaway Mine Train as it passes through the tunnel. Congo River Rapids is situated 370 feet east of Wicker Man.
Marauder’s Mayhem
Amusement ride
Marauder's Mayhem is an operating spinning teacups ride at the British theme park Alton Towers. It is located in the pirate-themed Mutiny Bay. Marauder’s Mayhem is situated 400 feet west of Wicker Man.
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. Denstone is situated 2 miles southeast of Wicker Man.
Whiston
Village
Whiston is a village in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England. Population details as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Kingsley. It is located within the Churnet Valley on the A52 road east of the village of Froghall. Whiston is situated 3 miles northwest of Wicker Man.
Wicker Man
- Type: Roller coaster
- Description: wooden roller coaster at Alton Towers Resort, England
- Categories: wooden roller coaster, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Farley, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.98966° or 52° 59′ 23″ northLongitude
-1.88834° or 1° 53′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C4WX4Q6+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 11978318640OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=roller_coasterWikidata ID
Q25223509
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Satellite Map
Discover Wicker Man from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Wicker Man” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Wicker Man”
- French: “Wicker Man”
- German: “Wicker Man”
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Highlights include Heave Ho! and Runaway Mine Train.
Nearby Places
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