Scorpion Express
Scorpion Express was a mine train themed powered roller coaster at Chessington World of Adventures in Greater London, England. It opened with the theme park in 1987 as the Runaway Train.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: BenBowser, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chessington World of Adventures and Rattlesnake.
Chessington World of Adventures
Theme park
Photo: Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0.
Chessington World of Adventures Resort is a 128 acres theme park, zoo and hotel complex in Chessington, Greater London, England, around 12 miles southwest of Central London.
Rattlesnake
Roller coaster
Photo: Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0.
Rattlesnake is a steel wild mouse style roller coaster ride which opened in 1998 at the Chessington World of Adventures Resort in southwest London, England.
Dragon’s Fury
Roller coaster
Photo: Martyn Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dragon's Fury is a steel spinning roller coaster located at Chessington World of Adventures Resort in southwest London, England. Manufactured by Maurer AG, the ride opened on 27 March 2004 and features individual four-person cars that spin independently on a horizontal axis. Dragon’s Fury is situated 550 feet south of Scorpion Express.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Malden Rushett and Chessington.
Malden Rushett
Hamlet
Photo: Roger Miller, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Malden Rushett is a small village in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London. It is located at the southernmost tip of the Royal Borough, surrounded by woodland and farmland, and between the larger suburban villages and towns of Claygate, Chessington, Epsom, Ashtead, Leatherhead and Oxshott.
Chessington
Suburb
Photo: Martyn Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chessington is an area in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames within Greater London, which was historically part of Surrey. At the 2011 census it had a population of 18,973.
Hook
Suburb
Photo: Linda Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hook is a suburban area in south west London, England. It forms part of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and is located 12 miles south west of Charing Cross.
Scorpion Express
- Type: Roller coaster
- Description: Mine train themed roller coaster at Chessington World of Adventures
- Categories: steel roller coaster, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.3494° or 51° 20′ 58″ northLongitude
-0.31799° or 0° 19′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C3X8MXJ+QROpenStreetMap ID
node 12631844891OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=roller_coasterWikidata ID
Q16325217
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Scorpion Express”. Photo: BenBowser, CC BY-SA 4.0.