Blackpool

Blackpool is believed to get its name from a historic drainage channel that ran over a peat bog, discharging discoloured water into the Irish Sea, which formed a black pool.

Pleasure Beach, Blackpool is situated along the South Shore area of Blackpool. The park is currently home to over 125 rides and attractions, including twelve roller coasters, of which five are wooden - the Grand National, Big Dipper, Rollercoaster, Wild Mouse and Zipper Dipper. The newest roller coaster is Infusion, the world's first suspended looping coaster entirely over water.

When it opened in 1994, Pepsi Max Big One was the tallest, fastest and steepest roller coaster of any park in the world. It was also substantially one of the longest, measuring 5,497 feet long. Currently, the ride holds the crown as the tallest in the UK, measuring 235ft above sea level.

The Pleasure Beach is the only park in the world to operate a traditional wooden Wild Mouse coaster. The ride was built entirely in house, post-World War II and is still in complete working order. It was also the first park in Europe to introduce a fully inverting steel coaster, Irn-Bru Revolution, and the first to install a S&S Space Shot ride, Tango Ice Blast. The park went on to launch Valhalla, which was designed by Sarner, a UK based theme park design company.