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Wikipedia entry "Lightwater_Valley"
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Lightwater Valley is a modern amusement park set in 175 acres (708,000 m²) of parkland, located on the edge of the village of North Stainley , near Ripon , North Yorkshire in England .

Adjoining the theme park is Lightwater Valley Country Shopping Village, a development of factory outlet shops, with additional Classic Car Collection and Birds of Prey Centre attractions.

The complex is operated by Lightwater Valley Attractions Limited, a division of the holding company Heritage Great Britain PLC, who also operated attractions based at popular British landmarks such as Lands End and John O'Groats .

Lightwater Valley was founded by Robert Staveley and initially evolved from a small farm attraction.


The boating lake at Lightwater Valley theme park

New for 2006

In May 2006 the park opened its latest attraction, a Wave swinger! Named Skyrider. This ride has a height restriction of 1.2 metres.

The Ultimate roller coaster


The Ultimate station and first incline

Ultimate
Lightwater Valley’s signature attraction, The Ultimate , is a unique terrain roller coaster which was recognised by the Guinness Book of Records for been the world’s longest roller coaster, for ten consecutive years from 1991 to 2001 .

Set within 44 acres (178,000 m²) of woodland, The Ultimate takes passengers on a 5minute 50second ride along 7542 ft (2.3 km) of tubular steel track, with two lift hills of 107 and 157 ft (33 and 48 m) respectively, which rest on Canadian redwood trestles.

While The Ultimate was designed by Big Country Motioneering, they were not involved with the completion of the project. Lightwater Valley's owner got engineers from British Rail to oversee the construction. A few sections of track on the second half of the ride were redesigned to change their banking. The track was made by "Tubular Engineering".

The Ultimate represented an investment of £5.2million and was designed by the park’s original owner, Robert Staveley. Construction work began in early 1990 and took eighteen months to complete before the opening to the public on 17 July 1991 .

Park information

History

The park was originally a strawberry farm, which due to a drought had a lake added. This proved popular, and gradually minor rides were added, and the theme park grew up from there.

Amusement rides


Guests splashing down the Toad Hole water ride
Lightwater Valley is currently home to a varied collection of amusement rides specially chosen to suit all age ranges and tastes, from white knuckle thrill rides, like The Ultimate and The Eagles Claw, to gentler rides for all the family, like the Spinning Teacups and the Caterpillar Coaster. New for 2006 is the Skyrider ride (see above)

Mascots

The Valligators, are three friendly green alliagator costumed entertainers who currently act as the park’s mascots and entertain the younger visitors to Lightwater Valley. Recently the three mascots took part in the annual Yorkshire Young Farmers Rural Recycling Mascot Steeplechase to raise money for charity.

Unique Areas

The park is home to some unusual amusement rides, which have been specially built into the park’s terrain, including the Toad Hole a splash boat ride and the Rat Ride still the country's only subterranean roller coaster, which is set in a mock sewer.

Rumours About The Future


    A total retheme of the park to a water park


    The Ultimate (lightwater valley's flagship attraction) is due to be decommissioned in early 2009 and disasembled later that year. If rumours from staff at the park are to be believed the ride will be replaced by an inverted coaster of longer length but using much of the current path.


    Another rumour also indicates that 'The Ultimate' may be taken out of action for a length of time while it is refurbished with new parts and new trains. At the same time having the track extended immediately after the second drop so it travels up the hill immediately after the second drop and back down over the now disused golf course, and winning back the worlds longest roller coaster.

Accident

Twenty year old Gemma Savage died on 21 June 2001 following an accident the previous day when two carriages collided on the Treetop Twister, a spinning Wild Mouse roller coaster , which had opened in May that year. Police decided not to prosecute a maintenance worker, who claimed that he had only received an hour's training on that ride and had not seen its manual. Faulty wiring had also caused a malfunction on the ride. [ * ] . In October 2004 Deputy Coroner John Sleightholme at Skipton Magistrates' Court ruled death by misadventure.

See also


    Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo a similar theme park around twice the size of Lightwater Valley.
    List of theme parks in the United Kingdom

External links


    [ Lightwater Valley Home Page ]
    [ Review ]


    [ Valley Mania Forums ] The Ultimate LWV Community!
    [ Valley Mania ] The Ultimate LWV Fan Site - Opening Soon
    [ Heritage GB Home Page ]
    [ BBC News: Student dies after fairground crash ]
    [ BBC News: 'Worker error' before ride death ]
    [ BBC News: Worker cleared over ride death ]
    [ Theme Park Extreme ]

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