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Drayton Manor Theme Park

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Drayton Manor is a theme park resort and zoo in the grounds of the former Drayton Manor, in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England, UK. [1]

76 relations: A453 road, Accelerator (roller coaster), Alton Towers, Amusement Today, Anton Schwarzkopf, Apocalypse (Drayton Manor), Becky and Barnaby Bear, Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, Bodymoor Heath Training Ground, Boomerang (roller coaster), Bourne Brook, Colin Bryan, Deaths in September 2013, DMP, Drayton, Drayton Bassett, Drayton Manor, Drop tower, Edgbaston Cricket Ground, English country houses with changed use, Fazeley, Flamingo Land, Flying Jumbos, Frisbee (ride), G Force (roller coaster), G4 (band), George Bryan (British businessman), Gerstlauer, Happy Feet, History of Dreamworld, History of the roller coaster, Intamin, Lichfield District, List of amusement parks (C–D), List of amusement parks in the United Kingdom, List of gondola lifts, List of Intamin rides, List of Vekoma roller coasters, List of zoological gardens and aquariums in United Kingdom, List of zoos by country, Log flume (ride), Mack Rides, Madhouse (ride), Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension, Maurer AG, Mears Group, Middleton, Warwickshire, Nether Whitacre, Pareulype berberata, Pinfari, ..., Ridable miniature railway, River rapids ride, Robinsons (drink), Rockin' Tug, Shockwave (disambiguation), Shockwave (Drayton Manor), Staffordshire, Stand-up roller coaster, Stormforce 10, Tamworth F.C., Tamworth Greyhound Stadium, Tamworth, Staffordshire, The Claw (Dreamworld), Thomas & Friends, Thomas & Friends (franchise), Thomas Land (Drayton Manor), Tow boat ride, Twinlakes Theme Park, Vera Bryan, Villa Volta, Warwickshire ring, Zamperla, 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways in the United Kingdom, 2011 in amusement parks, 2013 in the United Kingdom, 2015 in amusement parks. Expand index (26 more) »

A453 road

The A453 road was formerly the main trunk road connecting the English cities of Nottingham and Birmingham.

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Accelerator (roller coaster)

Accelerator is a steel Family Boomerang roller coaster at Drayton Manor Theme Park.

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Alton Towers

Alton Towers Resort, often shortened to Alton Towers, is a theme park resort located in Staffordshire, England.

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Amusement Today

Amusement Today is a monthly periodical that features articles, news, pictures and reviews about all things relating to the amusement park industry, including parks, rides, and ride manufacturers.

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Anton Schwarzkopf

Anton Schwarzkopf (8 July 1924 – 30 July 2001) was a German engineer of amusement rides, and founder of the Schwarzkopf Industries Company, which built numerous amusement rides and large roller coasters for both amusement parks and traveling funfairs.

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Apocalypse (Drayton Manor)

Apocalypse is a freefall tower ride located at Drayton Manor Theme Park, England.

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Becky and Barnaby Bear

Becky and Barnaby Bear is a live action television series on United Kingdom TV (CBeebies) for children between the ages of 0 and 5, starring Barnaby Bear and his friend Becky.

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Birmingham and Fazeley Canal

The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal is a canal of the Birmingham Canal Navigations in the West Midlands of England.

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Bodymoor Heath Training Ground

The Recon Training Complex is Aston Villa Football Club's training ground, at Bodymoor Heath in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England.

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Boomerang (roller coaster)

Boomerang is a model of roller coaster manufactured and designed by Vekoma, a Dutch manufacturer.

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Bourne Brook

The Bourne Brook or Black Brook, as it is known in its upper reaches, is a tributary of the River Tame in Staffordshire, England.

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Colin Bryan

Colin Edward Jarrom Bryan is a British businessman who is the managing director of Drayton Manor Theme Park.

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Deaths in September 2013

The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2013.

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DMP

DMP may refer to.

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Drayton

Drayton may refer to.

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Drayton Bassett

Drayton Bassett is a village and civil parish in the District of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England.

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Drayton Manor

Drayton Manor, one of Britain's lost houses, was a British stately home at Drayton Bassett, in the District of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England.

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Drop tower

A drop tower or big drop is a type of amusement ride incorporating a central structure or tower.

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Edgbaston Cricket Ground

Edgbaston Cricket Ground, also known as the County Ground or Edgbaston Stadium, is a cricket ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England.

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English country houses with changed use

Many English country houses have experienced a change of use and are no longer privately occupied.

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Fazeley

Fazeley is a small town and civil parish in the District of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England.

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Flamingo Land

Flamingo Land is a theme park, zoo, and resort located in Kirby Misperton, North Yorkshire, England.

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Flying Jumbos

Flying Jumbos is a Red Baron ride operated at Chessington World of Adventures Resort in London.

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Frisbee (ride)

The frisbee is a type of pendulum amusement ride featuring a circular gondola that rotates as it swings back and forth.

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G Force (roller coaster)

G Force is a roller coaster at Drayton Manor Theme Park, Tamworth, England.

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G4 (band)

G4 are a four-piece British vocal troupe who first came to prominence when they finished second in Series 1 of The X Factor in 2004, and are known for their operatic delivery of modern pop songs.

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George Bryan (British businessman)

George Herbert Hamilton Bryan OBE (9 April 1921 - 20 September 2013) was a British businessman who was the managing director of Drayton Manor Theme Park.

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Gerstlauer

Gerstlauer Amusement Rides GmbH is a German manufacturer of stationary and transportable amusement rides and roller coasters, located in Münsterhausen, Germany.

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Happy Feet

Happy Feet is a 2006 Australian-American computer-animated musical family comedy film directed, produced, and co-written by George Miller.

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History of Dreamworld

The history of Dreamworld dates back to the mid-1970s when John Longhurst envisioned the future theme park.

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History of the roller coaster

Roller coaster amusement rides have origins back to ice slides constructed in 18th-century Russia.

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Intamin

Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland.

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Lichfield District

Lichfield is a local government district in Staffordshire, England.

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List of amusement parks (C–D)

No description.

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List of amusement parks in the United Kingdom

A list of past and present United Kingdom amusement parks.

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List of gondola lifts

This article is a List of gondola lifts around the world.

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List of Intamin rides

This is a list of Intamin amusement rides.

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List of Vekoma roller coasters

Vekoma is roller coaster manufacturer.

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List of zoological gardens and aquariums in United Kingdom

The List of Zoological Gardens and Aquariums in United Kingdom is naming the Zoos und Aquariums in United Kingdom including some parts oversea, in particular these who are member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

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List of zoos by country

This is a list of zoological gardens (zoos) around the world.

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Log flume (ride)

Log flumes (colloquially known as log rides) are amusement rides consisting of a water flume and artificial hollow logs or boats.

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Mack Rides

Mack Rides GmbH & Co KG, also known simply as Mack Rides, is a German company that designs and constructs amusement rides.

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Madhouse (ride)

A Madhouse is a flat ride manufactured by Vekoma.

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Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension

Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension (also titled Marvin the Martian in 3D and Marvin the Martian in 4D) is a 3-D Looney Tunes film which is currently being shown at Drayton Manor Theme Park in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England.

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Maurer AG

Maurer AG is a steel construction company and roller coaster manufacturer.

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Mears Group

Mears Group is a housing and social care provider.

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Middleton, Warwickshire

Middleton is a small village in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire, England.

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Nether Whitacre

Nether Whitacre is a small village and larger rural civil parish in North Warwickshire, Warwickshire, England.

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Pareulype berberata

The Barberry Carpet Moth (Pareulype berberata) is a moth of the Geometridae family.

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Pinfari

F.lli Pinfari S.r.l was an Italian ride manufacturing company based in Suzzara, Italy.

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Ridable miniature railway

A ridable miniature railway (US: 'riding railroad' or grand scale railroad) is a large scale, usually ground-level model railway that hauls passengers using locomotives that are models of full-sized railway locomotives (powered by diesel or petrol engines, live steam engines or electric motors).

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River rapids ride

A river rapids ride (or river rafting ride) is an amusement ride that simulates whitewater rafting.

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Robinsons (drink)

Robinsons is an English fruit drink brand owned by Britvic.

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Rockin' Tug

Rockin' Tug is a flat ride manufactured by Zamperla.

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Shockwave (disambiguation)

* A shock wave, a type of propagating disturbance in a fluid, gas, or plasma medium Shockwave may also refer to.

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Shockwave (Drayton Manor)

The Shockwave (Originally The 7up Shockwave & npower Shockwave) is the worlds only Intamin stand-up roller coaster located at Drayton Manor Theme Park at Drayton Bassett in the United Kingdom.

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Staffordshire

Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of England.

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Stand-up roller coaster

A stand-up roller coaster is a roller coaster designed to have the passengers stand through the course of the ride.

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Stormforce 10

Stormforce 10 is a ride that recreates the story of a lifeboat rescue, launched in association with the RNLI.

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Tamworth F.C.

Tamworth Football Club is an English association football club based in Tamworth, Staffordshire.

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Tamworth Greyhound Stadium

Tamworth Greyhound Stadium was a greyhound racing and speedway stadium in Fazeley near Tamworth, Staffordshire.

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Tamworth, Staffordshire

Tamworth is a large market town in Staffordshire, England, northeast of Birmingham and northwest of London.

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The Claw (Dreamworld)

The Claw is an Intamin Gyro Swing located at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast, Australia.

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Thomas & Friends

Thomas & Friends (originally known as Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends or Thomas the Tank Engine; also known as Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! in the twenty-second season) is a British children's television series.

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Thomas & Friends (franchise)

Thomas & Friends was created by the Rev. W Awdry.

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Thomas Land (Drayton Manor)

Thomas Land is a themed area at Drayton Manor Theme Park in Staffordshire, England, based on the children's television series Thomas and Friends.

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Tow boat ride

A tow boat ride is a water ride constructed on a body of water.

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Twinlakes Theme Park

NB:park is closed throughout Jan every year.

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Vera Bryan

Vera Florence Alice Bryan (9 June 1917 - 16 October 2013) was a British businessperson who was the co-founder and a director of Drayton Manor Theme Park.

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Villa Volta

Villa Volta is an attraction in the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands.

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Warwickshire ring

The Warwickshire ring is a connected series of canals forming a circuit around the West Midlands area of England.

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Zamperla

Antonio Zamperla S.p.A. is an Italian design and manufacturing company founded in 1966.

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2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways in the United Kingdom

A list of,,, and narrow-gauge railways in the United Kingdom.

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2011 in amusement parks

This is a list of events and openings related to amusement parks that occurred in 2011.

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2013 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 2013 in the United Kingdom.

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2015 in amusement parks

This is a list of events and openings related to amusement parks that occurred in 2015.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drayton_Manor_Theme_Park

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