Located in Surrey near London, Thorpe Park boasts some of Europe’s most extreme rides. The park is mainly geared towards teenagers due to the vast majority of signature attractions being roller coasters and thrill rides.
Thorpe Park Rides and Attractions
Experience over 30 thrill rides, family attractions and unique events on a day trip or short break at Thorpe Park, one of the UK’s best theme parks.
Extreme Rides
Renowned for its collection of Extreme Rides, Thorpe Park offers a great selection of Roller coasters, Water Rides and flat rides. In total there are over 30 rides and attractions.
Thorpe Park offers a number of roller coasters, ranging from the family-friendly Flying Fish to the 205ft tall Stealth which features the fastest acceleration of any roller coaster in Europe.
An indoor junior roller coaster named X once held the record for the World’s first, theatre roller coaster in the dark. This ride has now been rethemed as The Walking Dead, a horror-themed roller coaster that mixes the theatrics of a Halloween-style scare attraction with the practical effects of a traditional ghost train.
Stealth is an Intamin launch coaster themed around 1950s drag racing. The ride accelerates from 0 – 80 mph in 1.8 seconds, sending its riders 205ft into the air. Stealth has the fastest acceleration of any roller coaster in Europe and is the tallest launched coaster in the UK.
Themed around the SAW horror movie franchise, SAW – The Ride is dubbed as the world’s scariest ride. It features a drop of 100 degrees and set pieces, including rotating saw blades, to accentuate the theme.
Featuring an inverted drop, the final roller coaster in the park at the time of writing is The Swarm. This ride is the UK’s first winged roller coaster, meaning that the seats are positioned beyond the width of the roller coaster track. It has a total of 5 inversions and is 127 feet tall.
The Swarm @ Thorpe Park Resort
Water Rides
In the Amity Beach section of the park is Depth Charge, a four-lane waterslide. Also located in Amity Beach are Storm Surge and Tidal Wave. Climb aboard a life raft and get in a spin on Storm Surge, the sky-high spinning water ride. The ride twists and turn on a 64ft spiralling descent whilst you try to stay dry in the line of water cannon fire. Opened in 2000, Tidal Wave was the Tussauds Group first major investment in the park, at the time it was the tallest water ride in Europe.
Amity Beach – Thorpe Park
Wet, Wet, Wet a small collection of water slides is one of Thorpe Park’s original attractions. Rumba Rapids is a white water rapids ride, opened in 1987 it is one of the oldest rides still in operation at Thorpe Park.
Flat Rides
Rush is a giant air-powered swing. Swing high into the air to 75ft at speeds of up to 50mph and experience the feeling of up to 4G’s. Spin 60ft above the ground and reach forces of up to 5G when you ride Samurai. Zodiac is a spinning Enterprise ride. Experience 15 high-speed rotations per minute on Vortex, a giant pendulum that spins and swings riders through the air. Reach 65ft and experience cyclonic forces on this mechanical giant.
Get a bird’s eye view of the Resort from the top of Detonator Bombs Away. A 100ft drop tower that sends back to earth at 50mph, it is an exhilarating, faster-than-freefall ride experience.
Family-Friendly Rides
Suitable for all the family, The Rocky Express is a spinning train ride. Quantum is quite an intense Magic Carpet ride. The traditional swinging ship ride, Mr Monkeys Banana Ride is also more family-friendly.
Thorpe Park Offers
Thorpe Park Resort frequently offers discounted short breaks and some great deals on Theme Park Tickets. View our webpage listing of all Thorpe Park Offers.
Whatever your tastes, there is something to suit every palette from simple pizza and pasta to oriental and Mexican dishes at Thorpe Park Resort.
Thorpe Park Resort Hotel
The Shark Hotel is situated within the Thorpe Park site, a short stroll away from the roller coasters. It makes an ideal base for thrill-seekers keen to get exclusive, early morning access to the rides. The hotel sits on the banks of a serene lake and it is surprisingly easy to forget that you are just metres from some of the UK’s largest roller coasters. The hotel is close enough to the park to instil excitement, yet also offers a tranquil and secluded escape.
The on-site hotel often has some great package offers available including tickets to Thorpe Park, visit Thorpe Breaks for details.
Travelling to Thorpe Park
Thorpe Park is located 20 miles from Central London, with plenty of transport links between Junctions 11 and 13 of the M25. There are a number of ways you can get to the attraction. There is also lots of accommodation available nearby.
Travelling by Train
Regular South West Trains run from Waterloo direct to Staines, which is the recommended railway station for travelling to Thorpe Park Resort.
Approximately 5 trains run per hour to and from London Waterloo, with a journey time of between 30 to 50 minutes. Staines can also be reached directly via other mainline stations. Search for your train tickets using Raileasy.
Nearby Accommodation
There are lots of places to stay in the vicinity of Thorpe Park. The on-site hotel often has some great package offers available including tickets to Thorpe Park, visit Thorpe Breaks for details.
If you only planning on visiting the park for one day and would like to explore some of the other attractions in the area then take a look at the self-catering cottages near Thorpe Park available from Snaptrip.
Colossus is located at Thorpe Park in Surrey. The £13.5m Thrill Ride was the parks first major attraction and set the World Record for the most inversions. Colossus at Thorpe Park Colossus set the Record for being the first roller coaster in the World with ten inversions. An exact replica, called the 10 Inversion Roller Coaster, was later built Read more…
Hyperia is located at Thorpe Park in Surrey. Reaching heights of 236ft and speeds of over 80mph, ‘Hyperia’ claims number one position for both the UK’s tallest and the UK’s fastest roller coaster. Hyperia at Thorpe Park Reaching speeds over 80mph Hyperia claimed the title of UK’s fastest roller coaster and standing at a height of 236ft it is Read more…
Nemesis Inferno is located at Thorpe Park in Surrey. The ride is themed around an erupting tropical volcano, the layout was conceived and designed by John Wardley and built by Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M), the same combination that brought us Nemesis roller coaster at Alton Towers Resort. As a result, Nemesis and Nemesis Inferno are often compared. Nemesis Inferno Read more…
Saw – The Ride is located at Thorpe Park in Surrey. Themed to the Saw film franchise, it is the world’s first horror movie roller coaster, featuring several references to the movies. Guests experience a ‘beyond vertical’ drop of 100 degrees from a height of 100ft, this was the steepest roller coaster drop in the world when the ride first Read more…
Stealth is located at Thorpe Park in Surrey. The £12m thrill ride is the UK’s fastest roller coaster utilising a hydraulic launch to accelerate to 80 mph in 1.9 seconds before racing into a steep, vertical top hat element. The ride reaches a height of 205ft in under 2 seconds. Stealth at Thorpe Park Stealth is one of Europe’s Read more…
The Swarm is located at Thorpe Park in Surrey. The £20m Thrill Ride is the UK’s first and only Roller Coaster of this type, referred to as a Wing Coaster. The Swarm tells the story of an alien attack on London, featuring excellent ride theming and interaction with the ride elements. The Swarm at Thorpe Park The Swarm is Read more…
Year Opened: 1996 (as X: No Way Out) 2012 (as X) 2018 (as The Walking Dead: The Ride)
The Walking Dead: The Ride is located at Thorpe Park in Surrey. The attraction is the world’s first roller coaster themed around the global TV phenomenon ‘The Walking Dead’, with numerous hidden props. On weekends and peak days, actors may lurk in the corridors and occasionally they may also ride with guests. The Walking Dead: The Ride at Thorpe Read more…
Thorpe Park - An Island Like No Other
Thorpe Park - Samurai
Thorpe Park - Saw - The Ride
Thorpe Park - The Swarm
Thorpe Park - Detonator: Bombs Away
Thorpe Park - Nemesis Inferno
Thorpe Park - Derren Browns Ghost Train
Thorpe Park - Tidal Wave
Thorpe Park History
The Thorpe Park Estate was demolished in the 1930's, turning the site into a gravel pit. Ready Mix Concrete originally owned the site and in the late 1970s, they decided to flood part of the site and create an educational theme park. In recent times this is where the "island like no other" slogan originates from. Officially opening to the public by the late Lord Louis Mountbatten in 1979, the park opened as a small attraction, slowly building up to their first large installation of "X:No Way Out" in 1996. The Tussauds Group bought the park in 1998 and from the outset, the park started opening key attractions such as Tidal Wave in 2000, Colossus in 2002, Nemesis Inferno in 2003 and Stealth in 2006.
SAW – The Ride is the world's first horror movie roller coaster. Riders experience a ‘beyond vertical’ drop of 100 degrees from a height of 100ft.
2 - Stealth
Stealth is one of Europe’s fastest roller coasters. Riders are propelled from 0-80mph in under 2 seconds and experience the same brake horsepower of two Formula 1 cars. The roller coaster train reaches a height of 205ft.
With a maximum speed of 80 mph, at the time of writing Stealth is the second-fastest roller coaster in the UK, behind The Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
3 - Swarm
Experience speeds of almost 100km/h and G-forces of up to 4.5 on the UK’s first winged roller coaster, The Swarm. Riders sit either side of the roller coaster track with nothing above or below you. Experience the thrill of The Swarm at Thorpe Park.
4 - Colossus
Colossus has a massive ten exhilarating inversions. Riders will experience a vertical loop, cobra roll, double corkscrew and the UK’s only quadruple barrel roll.
5 - Nemesis Inferno
Nemesis Inferno is the younger sibling of Nemesis at Alton Towers. The roller coaster was featured on an episode of The Inbetweeners. Nemesis Inferno spins, dives and swoops over 750 metres of twisting track at speeds of up to 50mph to escape the heat of a steaming volcano.
Rush swings you 75 foot into the air at speeds of up to 50-mph. Experience the feeling of up to 4G’s as you swoop back towards the ground on this giant air powered speed swing.
7 - Tidal Wave
Tidal Wave is a wet and wild thrill ride. Passengers experience a super-soaking splash as they plunge 85-ft into the waters below. On Tidal Wave a drenching awaits you. Any spectators not quick enough to escape the wave will also get soaked.
Hold tight as the mighty mechanical arm of Samurai spins you through 360 degrees. Samurai offers forces of up to 5G while spinning 60ft above the ground.
9 - Depth Charge
Offerring fun for all the family, enjoy a race down this four lane super slide. Depth Charge is the ideal ride when it’s time to cool off.
10 - Derren Brown's Ghost Train
Thorpe Park claims that Derren Brown's Ghost Train will blow your mind. Derren Brown's Ghost Train is a one of a kind theme park experience. Derren Brown has been heavily involved in the construction of the ride which is the world's only fully immersive psychological attraction designed to manipulate the human mind. The ride is set in a disused warehouse with a full-size Victorian train carriage suspended from the ceiling. Enter the seemingly innocent Victorian train carriage and prepare yourself to come face-to-face with what lies at the end of the line.
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1 Review on “Thorpe Park”
Thorpe Park is great for families with teenage children. It is better to visit out of season when the queues for the rides are shorter.