Flying Fish
The Flying Fish is a powered steel roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in Surrey. The ride was known as Space Station Zero upon opening in 1984, until being moved outdoors in 1990.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0.
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: roller coaster
- Also known as: “Flying Fish (roller coaster)” and “Flying Fish (thorpe park)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tidal Wave and Thorpe Park.
Tidal Wave
Log flume ride
Photo: ThorpePark1000, FAL.
Tidal Wave is a giant 'Shoot-the-Chutes' water ride located at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England, UK. It was opened in 2000 and was Tussauds' first major investment in the park before the Colossus rollercoaster in 2002.
Thorpe Park
Theme park
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Thorpe Park is a theme park located in the village of Thorpe between the towns of Chertsey and Staines-upon-Thames in Surrey, England, 20 miles west-southwest of Central London. Thorpe Park is situated 720 feet south of Flying Fish.
Stealth
Stealth is a launched roller coaster in the Amity area of Thorpe Park located in Surrey, England. Built and designed by Intamin of Switzerland for £12 million, the Accelerator Coaster model opened in 2006 as the fastest roller coaster in the UK before being passed by Hyperia in 2024. Stealth is situated 390 feet west of Flying Fish.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thorpe and Chertsey.
Thorpe
Village
Photo: RAY JONES, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thorpe is a village in northwest Surrey, England, around 20 miles west of central London. It is in the Borough of Runnymede, between Egham, Virginia Water and Chertsey.
Chertsey
Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chertsey is a town in Surrey. Chertsey was founded in 666 AD which means it is one of the oldest towns in England.
Laleham
Village
Photo: David Squire, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Laleham is a village on the River Thames, in the borough of Spelthorne, about 17 mi west of central London, England. Historically part of the county of Middlesex, it was transferred to Surrey in 1965.
Flying Fish
- Categories: powered roller coaster, steel roller coaster, building, and tourism
- Location: Runnymede District, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.40522° or 51° 24′ 19″ northLongitude
-0.51387° or 0° 30′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C3XCF4P+3FOpenStreetMap ID
way 1271504545OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5463415
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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 “Flying Fish”. Photo: Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0.