Revolution
Revolution is a launched shuttle roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool, England. It was built by Arrow Development in 1979, and was the first European roller coaster to feature an inversion.Photo: Sarion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Roller coaster
- Description: shuttle roller coaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
- Also known as: “Irn Bru Revolution”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Big One and Steeplechase.
The Big One
Roller coaster
Photo: Vuvar1, Public domain.
The Big One is a steel hypercoaster at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool, England. Designed by Ron Toomer and manufactured by Arrow Dynamics, the ride opened to the public on 28 May 1994 as the tallest roller coaster in the world, featuring a height of 65 metres.
Steeplechase
Roller coaster
Photo: Sarion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Steeplechase is a tri-tracked steel racing steeplechase roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool, England. It is a custom design built by Arrow Dynamics, and it cost £813,000.
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. Blackpool Pleasure Beach is situated 510 feet north of Revolution.
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 Revolution.
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 Revolution.
Revolution
- Categories: shuttle roller coaster, amusement ride, steel roller coaster, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Blackpool, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.7893° or 53° 47′ 22″ northLongitude
-3.05492° or 3° 3′ 18″ westInception
1979Operator
Blackpool Pleasure BeachOpen location code
9C5RQWQW+P2OpenStreetMap ID
way 566474299OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=roller_coasterOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q783549
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Scots—“Revolution” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Irn Bru Revolution”
- French: “Revolution”
- Scots: “Irn-Bru Revolution”
- Scots: “Revolution”
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