England is THE place to be for the best family theme parks, the most electrifying theme park atmospheres, and the most reasonable admission prices. If you’re busy planning your next rollercoaster conquest, learn about the fastest, longest, and most thrilling English rollercoasters below:
1. Pepsi Max Big One: Theme Park in Blackpool
If you’re an adrenalin-junkie, you can’t go wrong with Europe’s tallest rollercoaster. You’ll climb 235ft in the air and defy gravity as you make a rapid descent to the end of this three-minute ride.
2. Colossus: Thorpe Park in Surrey
Defying gravity is the name of the game at Thorpe Theme Park in Surrey. You’ll screech through twists and turns, and then screech some more as you perform ten vertical loops. Another record-breaker, Colossus is the only quadruple corkscrew coaster in the UK!
3. Nemesis: Alton Towers in Staffordshire
Glide over rivers of rock and blood as you reach your peak speed. Peak speed for this superfast coaster actually creates more G-Force than a space shuttle launch. This ride is not for the faint of heart!
4. G-Force: Drayton Manor in Staffordshire
This exciting ride is also completely unique. You get to hang from your hip as tackle high backed curves, rolls, and camelbacks for more than 385 meters! This excitement is not to be missed!
5. Infusion: Blackpool Theme Park
As one of Pleasure Beach’s newer thrills, the Infusion, complete with an amazing water experience, will bombard your senses. Infusion offers five enormous loops, plenty of speed, and a unique double-line twist!
6. Nemesis Inferno ““ Thorpe Park in Surrey
This inverted coaster ride from Hell will turn your knuckles completely white! You get to ride into the mouth of a volcano, but not before corkscrewing, side winding, looping, and spinning first.
7. Rita, Queen of Speed: Alton Towers in Staffordshire
As her name would suggest, you will get enough speed on this ride to make you shiver with excitement. You’ll be catapulted forward until you reach 100km/ph!
8. Shockwave: Drayton Manor in Staffordshire
Another completely thrilling creation, Shockwave is still the only stand up rollercoaster in Europe. You get 4 inversion, 53mph, and 1600 feet of track with this heart-pounding coaster.
9. The Ultimate: Lightwater Valley in Yorkshire
If you’re looking for a longer white knuckle ride, The Ultimate is the one for you. The coaster twists, turns and thrill for almost 6 minutes, making it the longest thrill ride in Europe!
10. Kumali: Flamingo Land in Yorkshire
This little shocker will turn you over four times and leave you dangling 75ft above a lake. In addition, Kumali incorporates a Zero-G roll, and a Boomerang, as well as the scream-worthy twists and turns!
Enjoy the speed, embrace the turns, and enjoy every second as you conquer every one of England’s top ten rollercoaster rides!
