Top Roller Coasters at UK Theme Parks: Ultimate Thrill Ride Guide

Rage is located at Adventure Island a free-admission amusement park in Southend-on-Sea. The Parks headline attraction features a vertical lift hill with a steeper-than-vertical first drop.   Rage at Adventure Island With its pink and yellow paintwork, Rage can be seen from miles around, acting as a beacon pointing the way to Adventure Island. The entrance to the ride slices Read more…

Raptor Attack was an indoor roller coaster ride at Lightwater Valley Theme Park in North Yorkshire. When it first opened as the Rat Ride in 1987, it was the first roller coaster at the park, paving the way for the record-breaking Ultimate.   Raptor Attack at Lightwater Valley Theme Park Raptor Attack was contained within a warehouse-type building, which is Read more…

Revolution is located at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in Lancashire. The £1m Thrill Ride which opened in 1979 was the first fully looping roller coaster in Europe.   Revolution at Blackpool Pleasure Beach Revolution, formerly Irn Bru Revolution, is an Arrow Development shuttle roller coaster. The Thrill Ride uses an Electric Motor and Spring Tension Launch mechanism to propel the ride. Read more…

Rita is located at Alton Towers Resort in the beautiful Staffordshire Countryside. Rita was one of the few roller coasters at Alton Towers Resort to not form part of the Secret Weapon program.   Rita at Alton Towers Rita starts with the train racing forward from the station area, accelerating from 0 to 98.3 km/h (61.1 mph) in 2.5 seconds. The Read more…

Roller Coaster is located at Pleasure Beach Great Yarmouth. This classic ride built in 1932 is amongst the oldest roller coasters still operating in the UK and is designated as a Grade II listed building.   Roller Coaster at Pleasure Beach Great Yarmouth The ride features two large drops, the first one is a real ‘headchopper‘ with the train diving 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…

The Scenic Railway is a wooden roller coaster located at Dreamland Margate. This classic ride first opened in 1920 and is the oldest roller coaster in the UK. The ride is distinctive compared to modern-day roller coasters, as a brakeman is still required to ride on the roller coaster train to control its speed, manually applying brakes when needed.   Read more…

Sik at Flamingo Land Resort in North Yorkshire was originally scheduled to open in 2020. Sadly Covid-19 delayed the construction of the ride with its opening date pushed back until summer 2022. Experience the fantastic £18m Thrill Ride which features 10 inversions and only lap bars.   Sik at Flamingo Land Sik features a similar layout to Colossus at Thorpe Read more…

Speed was located at Oakwood Theme Park in Pembrokeshire, South West Wales. It WAs the tallest, fastest and steepest roller coaster in Wales, with its vertical lift hill and first drop visible from some distance away.   Speed at Oakwood Speed was the tallest, fastest and steepest roller coaster in Wales. The ride was the UK’s original beyond-vertical-drop rollercoaster, and it Read more…

Spinball Whizzer is located at Alton Towers Resort in the beautiful Staffordshire countryside. The spinning roller coaster ride is loosely themed on a pinball machine and the name was a pun on the song “Pinball Wizard” by The Who. Between 2010 and 2016, the ride was named Sonic Spinball as part of a sponsorship deal with Sega.   Spinball Whizzer at Read more…

Stealth is located at Thorpe Park in Surrey. The £12m thrill ride held the record of UK’s fastest roller coaster until Hyperia opened, also at Thorpe Park in 2024. Stealth utilises 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 Read more…

Th13teen is located at Alton Towers Resort in the beautiful Staffordshire countryside. Codenamed Secret Weapon 6, the £15m ride was the world’s first vertical freefall drop roller coaster, on which the track and train freefall in darkness. The ride replaced the very popular Corkscrew which had been at Alton Towers Resort for 28 years between 1980 and 2008.   Th13teen at Read more…