Colossus
Colossus is a steel roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England, and the park's first major attraction. It was built by Liechtenstein-based manufacturers Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel as an adaptation of Monte Makaya in Brazil.Photo: Sarion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thorpe Park and The Walking Dead: The Ride.
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.
The Walking Dead: The Ride
Roller coaster
The Walking Dead: The Ride is an enclosed steel roller coaster at Thorpe Park in England. It was the park’s first non-powered roller coaster. The attraction originally opened as X:\ No Way Out in 1996, was rethemed and renamed X for the 2013 season, and underwent a further retheming to The Walking Dead: The Ride for the 2018 season.
Saw – The Ride
Roller coaster
Photo: Sarion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saw – The Ride is a steel roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England. Manufactured by Gerstlauer, the ride is a Euro-Fighter model that opened to the public on 14 March 2009. Saw – The Ride is situated 380 feet southeast of Colossus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chertsey and Thorpe.
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.
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.
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.
Colossus
- Type: Roller coaster
- Description: roller coaster at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England
- Categories: steel roller coaster, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Runnymede District, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.40335° or 51° 24′ 12″ northLongitude
-0.5129° or 0° 30′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C3XCF3P+8ROpenStreetMap ID
way 161293672OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=roller_coasterOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q287855
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