Big Dipper

Big Dipper is a wooden out-and-back roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool, England. Originally built in 1923, its layout was extended in 1936.

Photo: Norms360, Public domain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Icon.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Theme park

Photo: Vuvar1, Public domain.

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.

Icon

Roller coaster

Photo: BlackpoolJC91, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Icon is a launched roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool, England. Manufactured by Mack Rides, the ride opened on 25 May 2018, and had a total cost of £16.25 million.

Avalanche

Roller coaster

Photo: WillMcC, CC BY 2.5.

Avalanche is a steel bobsled roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool, England. It was the first bobsled coaster in the United Kingdom, and remains the only one in the country. It was designed and built by Mack Rides and opened in 1988.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Layton and Lytham St Annes.

Layton

Suburb

Photo: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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 3 miles northeast of Big Dipper.

Lytham St Annes

Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Bispham

Village

Photo: Michael Beckwith, CC BY 2.0.

Bispham is a village on the Fylde coast in the Borough of Blackpool in Lancashire, England. Bispham is situated 4½ miles north of Big Dipper.

Big Dipper

Type: Roller coaster
Description: amusement ride
Categories: wooden roller coaster, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Blackpool, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.79052° or 53° 47′ 26″ north

Longitude

-3.05659° or 3° 3′ 24″ west

Inception

1923

Operator

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Open location code

9C5RQWRV+69

OpenStreetMap ID

way 212904902

OpenStreetMap feature

attraction=roller_coaster

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q265733

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Italian—“Big Dipper” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Big Dipper”
French: “Big Dipper”
German: “Big Dipper”
Italian: “Big Dipper”

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