Blackgang Chine
Blackgang Chine is an amusement park in Blackgang, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. It was opened in 1843 and is the oldest amusement park in the United Kingdom.Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Email: info@blackgangchine.com
- Type: Theme park
- Description: amusement park
- Also known as: “Blackgang Chine Theme Park”
- Address: Blackgang Road, Niton, Ventnor, PO38 2HN
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Catherine’s Oratory and St Andrew’s Church, Chale.
St Catherine’s Oratory
St. Catherine's Oratory is a medieval lighthouse on St. Catherine's Down, above the southern coast of the Isle of Wight. It was built by Lord of Chale Walter de Godeton as an act of penance for plundering wine from the wreck of St. St Catherine’s Oratory is situated 2,600 feet northeast of Blackgang Chine.
St Andrew’s Church, Chale
Church
St. Andrew's Church, Chale is a parish church in the Church of England located in Chale, Isle of Wight. St Andrew’s Church, Chale is situated 3,200 feet northwest of Blackgang Chine.
St Catherine’s Lighthouse
Photo: Jaapkievit, CC BY 3.0.
St Catherine's Lighthouse is a lighthouse located at St Catherine's Point at the southern tip of the Isle of Wight. It is one of the oldest lighthouse locations in Great Britain. St Catherine’s Lighthouse is situated 1 mile southeast of Blackgang Chine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blackgang and Chale.
Blackgang
Hamlet
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
Blackgang is a village on the south-western coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It is best known as the location of the Blackgang Chine amusement park which sits to the south of St.
Chale
Village
Chale is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight of England, in the United Kingdom. It is located three kilometres from Niton in the south of the Island in the area known as the Back of the Wight.
Niton
Village
Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Niton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Niton and Whitwell, on the Isle of Wight, England. It is west of Ventnor, with a population of 2,082.
Blackgang Chine
- Categories: amusement park, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Chale, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.58809° or 50° 35′ 17″ northLongitude
-1.31201° or 1° 18′ 43″ westOperator
Vectis Ventures LtdOpen location code
9C2WHMQQ+65OpenStreetMap ID
way 151234025OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=theme_parkWikidata ID
Q880839
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Blackgang Chine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Blackgang Chine”
- Czech: “Blackgang Chine”
- Dutch: “Blackgang Chine”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بلاكجانج كين”
- French: “Blackgang Chine”
- German: “Blackgang Chine”
- Japanese: “ブラックギャング渓谷”
- Russian: “Blackgang Chine”
- Russian: “Блэкгэнг Чайн”
- Slovak: “Blackgang Chine”
- Swedish: “Blackgang Chine”
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