Galactica
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.Photo: Andyfishburne, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Roller coaster
- Description: roller coaster at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England
- Also known as: “Aerial Inversion Ride” and “Air”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alton Towers and Nemesis Reborn.
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.
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. Nemesis Reborn is situated 390 feet north of Galactica.
Nemesis Sub-Terra
Drop tower
Nemesis Sub-Terra is a haunted drop tower dark ride located at Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire, United Kingdom. The ride opened to the public on 24 March 2012. Nemesis Sub-Terra is situated 700 feet northwest of Galactica.
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 Galactica.
Norbury
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Norbury is a village in Derbyshire, England. It is located 3 miles north of Rocester, on the B5033 road and the River Dove. The hamlet has links with George Eliot's family, the Evans. Norbury is situated 3 miles east of Galactica.
Galactica
- Categories: flying roller coaster, 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
52.98592° or 52° 59′ 9″ northLongitude
-1.88256° or 1° 52′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C4WX4P8+9XOpenStreetMap ID
node 2097609287OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=roller_coasterWikidata ID
Q406696
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Galactica” goes by many names.
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