Drayton Manor
Drayton Manor Park and Zoo is a theme park with a Zoo located near Tamworth in Staffordshire.
This theme park is home to Europe's only stand up roller coaster, Shockwave. This ride has an 83 ft drop and travels up to 53 mph and also includes a zero gravity roll.
Other rides include
Stormforce 10, this is a water ride that is supposed to represent a lifeboat rescue and was launched in association with the RNLI.
Apocalypse, a 177ft free fall tower.
G-Force, a roller coaster which features big boy seats to enable larger riders to ride comfortably.
Pandemonium, a ride with 2 large swinging carriages with over the shoulder restraints and a large lap bar. The carriages swing progressively higher, in opposite directions, until they swing right over 360 degrees at the height of 24.7 m.
Maelstrom, a circular gondola where the riders sit facing outwards while the gondola swings to heights of 22mand revolving at the same time.
The Bounty a pirate ship ride.
Thomas Land Rides for smaller children based on Thomas the tank engine and friends such as Troublesome Trucks, Jeremy's Flying Academy, Terence's Driving School, Diesel's Locomotion Mayhem, Crazy Bertie Bus, Lady's Carousel, Sodor's Classic Cars, Harold's Heli-Tours, Cranky's Drop Tower, Emily's Indoor Play Area, Spencer's Outdoor play area and Rockin' Bulstrode.
There are lots of other rides including The Haunting, Pandemonium, Big Wheel, Flying Dutchman, Drunken Barrels, Wild West Shoot Out, Buffalo Coaster, Sombreros, Polperro Express Railway, Carousel A Dragon's Tale, Pirate Adventure, Dodgems Splash Canyon, Black Revolver, Chair Lift. and Drayton Queen Boat.
The Zoo
Drayton Manor Zoo has over 100 species from all over the world. It is also the only part of Drayton Manor that is open 365 days of the year.