TripAdvisor — top 10% of attractions worldwide, third year running.
The UK leisure parks association — and every ride ADIPS-certified, every year.
From 1,900 reviews — and we answer the grumpy ones too.
White Rose Awards 2025 — the only theme park on the shortlist.
The rides
Our big one — 720 metres of coaster threaded through the oak wood. The drop into the Hollow is the photo you will take home.
Thirty-two metres up, eight minutes round. On a clear day you can see the whole dale — and on a very clear one, York Minster.
Four minutes of drifting, one four-second plunge, guaranteed wet socks. Ponchos £1 at the kiosk or bring your own.
Our 1926 carousel, restored twice and repainted every winter. The horses have names; ask at the gate for the list.
The classic swinging chairs, gentler than they look — the view over the lake does most of the thrilling.
Twelve cars, proper sparks, and the same argument about who crashed into whom that your parents had here in 1988.
The ride finder
8 rides · with a grown-up
14 rides · six on your own
20 rides · the flume day starts here
all 24 rides
Under 90cm: 8 rides plus the soft-play barn — and under-90s get in free.
The gate board
Plan the day
The Orchard Barn, the railway and both afternoon shows run whatever the sky does. Washed out before noon? Your ticket comes back within 30 days for £5.
Picnics are not tolerated here, they are expected. Sixty tables, two lawns, and the kettle hut sells boiling water for a flask refill at 20p.
A full lap with a picnic in the middle is about six hours. Gates at 10:00; the Bolt last train goes at 17:00 sharp.
Queue Assist wristbands (we recognise the Access Card), a Changing Places room by the gate, and a quiet hour before opening on the first Sunday of the month.
The morning walk-round
From the visitors book in the gatehouse.
Checked the height finder before we told the kids. Our smallest is 92cm — fourteen rides, it said, and fourteen rides it was. No gate tears for the first time in three years.
It hammered down from eleven till one. Barn, railway, magic show, flask refilled for 20p — and the sun came out for the Bolt. The rain plan on the site is not marketing, it is just true.
Took my granddaughter for her sixth birthday. £19 for me, free railway all day, and a bench with the best view in Yorkshire. I did the Wheel twice; she did the Gallopers eleven times.