Blue Flyer
Blue Flyer is a wooden roller coaster in the Nickelodeon Land section of Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool, England. It is believed to have been built by Charles Paige, with assistance from Harry Traver.Photo: Sarion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Nickelodeon Streak.
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.
Nickelodeon Streak
Roller coaster
Photo: CoasterKaty, CC BY 3.0.
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.
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. Avalanche is situated 340 feet west of Blue Flyer.
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 north of Blue Flyer.
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 Blue Flyer.
Blue Flyer
- 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
53.79024° or 53° 47′ 25″ northLongitude
-3.05392° or 3° 3′ 14″ westInception
1934Operator
Blackpool Pleasure BeachOpen location code
9C5RQWRW+3COpenStreetMap ID
way 566469257OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=roller_coasterOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q885702
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Satellite Map
Discover Blue Flyer from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Blue Flyer” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Blue Flyer”
- French: “Blue Flyer”
- French: “Zipper Dipper”
- German: “Blue Flyer”
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