Spinball Whizzer
Spinball Whizzer is a spinning roller coaster located in The Towers area of Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England. Built by Maurer Söhne, it was previously sponsored by Sega, the company that created the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise, and was known as Sonic Spinball from 2010 to 2015.Photo: Ukdave2010, Public domain.
- Type: Roller coaster
- Description: amusement ride
- Also known as: “Sonic Spinball”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alton Towers and Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure.
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.
Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure
Roller coaster
Photo: Liverpoolpics, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure is a family roller coaster located in CBeebies Land at Alton Towers, Staffordshire. It opened on 21 March 2015. It is located next to Spinball Whizzer, in an area which was previously part of Adventure Land.
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. The Smiler is situated 630 feet south of Spinball Whizzer.
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 2½ miles southeast of Spinball Whizzer.
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 Spinball Whizzer.
Spinball Whizzer
- Categories: steel roller coaster, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Farley, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.98892° or 52° 59′ 20″ northLongitude
-1.89456° or 1° 53′ 40″ westOpen location code
9C4WX4Q4+H5OpenStreetMap ID
node 2096324749OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=roller_coasterWikidata ID
Q911384
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Spinball Whizzer” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sonic Spinball”
- Dutch: “Spinball Whizzer”
- French: “Sonic Spinball”
- French: “Spinball Whizzer”
- German: “Sonic Spinball”
- German: “Spinball Whizzer”
- Spanish: “Zumbador de bola giratoria”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Big Fun Showtime and Something Special Sensory Garden.
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