Grand National

Grand National is a wooden roller coaster located at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool, England. It was designed and constructed by American engineer Charles Paige in 1935.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Valhalla.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Theme park

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Pleasure Beach Resort, best known by its former name Blackpool Pleasure Beach, is an amusement park situated on Blackpool's South Shore, in the county of Lancashire, North West England. Blackpool Pleasure Beach is situated 520 feet south of Grand National.

Valhalla is an indoor log flume and dark ride located at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool, England. Opened on 14 June 2000 at a cost of £15 million, it is one of the longest indoor dark rides in the world, with a ride time of over four minutes.

Nickelodeon Streak

Roller coaster

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Nickelodeon Streak is a wooden out-and-back roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool, England. It was built in 1933 by Charles Paige, and utilizes the lift hill and other parts of the former Velvet Coaster, which was retired in 1932. Nickelodeon Streak is situated 530 feet southeast of Grand National.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Layton and Lytham St Annes.

Layton

Suburb

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Layton is a suburb of Blackpool in the Borough of Blackpool in Lancashire, England. The ward population at the 2011 census was 6,845. Layton is situated 2½ miles northeast of Grand National.

Lytham St Annes

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Lytham St Annes is a conurbation in Lancashire, England. It is comprised of 3 towns, Lytham, Ansdell and St. Annes. It is a fairly affluent area, having being and still is a place that wealthy people retired to after generating wealthy in a city.