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
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.79052° or 53° 47′ 26″ northLongitude
-3.05659° or 3° 3′ 24″ westInception
1923Operator
Blackpool Pleasure BeachOpen location code
9C5RQWRV+69OpenStreetMap ID
way 212904902OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=roller_coasterOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata 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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