We haven’t forgotten about the many rides & attractions that have left the theme park and wider resort, whether to make space for new developments or because of planning restrictions. Remind yourself of what once resided at the resort, for some Alton Towers nostalgia.

Past Attractions

Attraction

Area

Opening Year

Closing Year
Dinosaur Land Springfield Centre 1981 1983
Spaceboat Ingestre Centre 1983 1983
Magic Carpet Festival Park 1984 1985
Cable Cars The Gardens 1963 1986
Alpine Bobsleigh Fantasy World 1980 1986
Rupert Bear Magic Show Talbot Centre / Festival Park 1980 1986
Sunliner Trains The Lakes 1984 1986
Ferris Wheel Festival Park 1985 1986
Planetarium The Towers 1970s 1987
Turbo Star Fantasy World 1984 1989
Sea Lions Ingestre Centre / Aqualand / Towers Street 1967 1990
Thunderbirds Talbot Street 1982 1990
4 Man Bob Talbot Street 1985 1990
Blue Carousel Talbot Street / Adventure Land 4-11 1981 1991
Mississippi Showboat & Jazz Band Aqualand 1985 1991
The Spider Festival Park 1986 1991
Alton Mouse Talbot Street 1988 1991
Model Railway The Towers 1957 1992
Paddling Pool The Lakes 1960s 1992
Astroglide Talbot Street / Adventureland 4-11 1970s 1992
Cine 2000 Springfield Centre / Fantasy World 1980 1992
Doom and Sons Talbot Street 1981 1992
Adventure Railway Adventureland 4-11 / Talbot Street 1982 1992
Octopus Aqualand / Talbot Street 1984 1992
Motor Museum Talbot Street 1987 1992
Tri-Star Talbot Street / Festival Park 1991 1992
Gravitron Fantasy World 1990 1992
Adventureland Playground Talbot Centre / Fantasy World 1970s 1993
Around the World in Eighty Days Talbot Street 1981 1993
Aquarium Ingestre Centre / Aqualand 1970s 1994
1001 Nights Festival Park 1984 1994
The Dolls House Talbot Street / Land of Make Believe 1981 1995
The Boating Lake The Lakes 1920s 1996
Park Railway The Gardens 1953 1996
Splash Cats Aqualand / The Lakes 1960s 1996
Thunder Looper Thunder Valley / Forbidden Valley 1990 1996
Mini Apple Coaster Adventureland 4-11 / Talbot Street / Land of Make Believe 1982 1997
The Beast Talbot Street / Thunder Valley / Forbidden Valley 1988 1997
Nickelodeon: Outta Control Cred Street 1997 1998
Festival Park Dome Festival Park 1987 1998
Crown Carousel Aqualand / Talbot Street / Land of Make Believe / Cred Street 1985 1999
Swan Boats Aqualand / Merrie England 1987 2003
AstroDancer Fantasy World / Festival Park 1993 1998
Dino Dancer Ug Land 1999 2000
Dynamo Forbidden Valley 2002 2003
Energizer Festival Park / X-Sector 1995 2000
Boneshaker Ug Land 2001 2004
Cine 360 Aqualand 1984 1987
3D Cinema Aqualand / Merrie England 1988 2004
The Big Top & Ice Arena Ingestre Centre / Aqualand / Safeway Farm / Storybook Land 1980 2005
Black Hole Fantasy World / X-Sector 1984 2005
Toyland Tours Land of Make Believe / Cred Street 1994 2005
Vintage Car Ride Fantasy World / Land of Make Believe / Cred Street 1983 2005
Cred Street Carousel Cred Street 2000 2005
Splash Kart Challenge Merrie England 2004 2007
Tea Cup Ride Merrie England 1987 2008
Corkscrew Talbot Centre / Festival Park / Ug Land 1980 2008
Bouncing Bugs Adventureland 4-11 / Festival Park / Ug Land / Cred Street 1981 2008
Soakasaurus Ug Land 1999 2009
Mini Dragon Coaster Talbot Centre / Festival Park 1983 1991
The Beastie Thunder Valley / Forbidden Valley / Adventure Land 1992 2010
Pirate’s Treasure Mutiny Bay 2008 2010
Lava Lump Ug Land / Forbidden Valley 1999 2011
Submission X-Sector 2001 2013
Old MacDonald’s Singing Barn Old MacDonald’s Farmyard 1995 2013
There’s Something in the Dung Heap Old MacDonald’s Farmyard 2007 2013
Berry Bish Bash Old MacDonald’s Farmyard 2003 2013
Old MacDonald’s Tractor Ride Old MacDonald’s Farmyard 1995 2013
Riverbank Eye-Spy Britannia Farm / Safeway Farm / Old MacDonald’s Farmyard 1989 2013
Squirrel Nutty Ride Storybook Land 1996 2013
The Bookworm Storybook Land 1996 2013
Furry Friends, Giant Bunnies & Miniature Donkeys Old MacDonald’s Farmyard 2007 2014
Space Adventures Adventure Land 2002 2014
Log Flume Ingestre Centre / Aqualand / Katanga Canyon / Merrie England 1981 2003
The Flume Merrie England / Mutiny Bay 2004 2015
Ripsaw Forbidden Valley 1997 2015
Air Forbidden Valley 2002 2015
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride Cloud Cuckoo Land 2006 2015
Barney’s Playground Cred Street 2000 2002
The Tweenies Playground Cred Street 2003 2005
Cred Street Playground Cred Street 2006 2008
Wobble World Cloud Cuckoo Land 2009 2015
Ice Age: The 4D Experience Cloud Cuckoo Land 2012 2016
Wave Swinger Festival Park 1984 1998
Ug Swinger Ug Land 1999 2008
Twirling Toadstool Cloud Cuckoo Land 2009 2016
Nina’s Science Lab CBeebies Land 2014 2018
Doodle Doo Derby Old MacDonald’s Farmyard 1995 2013
The Numtums Number-Go-Round CBeebies Land 2014 2020
Charlie and Lola’s Moonsquirters & Green Drops CBeebies Land 2014 2020
Mr Bloom’s Allotment CBeebies Land 2014 2021
Tree Fu Tom Training Camp CBeebies Land 2014 2021
The Retro Squad – Mixtape X-Sector 2021 2021
Enterprise X-Sector 1984 2021
The Haunted House Gloomy Wood 1992 2002
Duel – The Haunted House Strikes Back Gloomy Wood 2003 2022
Nemesis Forbidden Valley 1994 2022
The Retro Squad – Roller Disco Dark Forest 2021 2022
The Retro Squad – Funk’n’Fly Forbidden Valley 2021 2023
The Retro Squad – Spinjam X-Sector 2022 2023
The Retro Squad – Twistatron X-Sector 2023 2023

Past Entertainment

Entertainment

Area

Opening Year

Closing Year
Parrot Show Ingestre Centre / Aqualand / Kiddies Kingdom 1980 1988
Circus Hassani Ingestre Centre / Aqualand 1983 1986
International Circus Aqualand 1987 1988
Christmas Ice Spectaculars Aqualand / Safeway Farm 1988 1991
Fantastic Fountains Talbot Street 1981 1992
Henry’s Parades The Lakes 1988 1993
Captain Henry’s Gold: An Adventure on Ice Safeway Farm 1992 1993
Magic Theatre Land of Make Believe 1993 1997
Peter Rabbit and Friends on Ice Storybook Land 1994 2001
Ug Family Ug Land 1999 2001
Barney’s Theatre Cred Street 2000 2002
Webmaster: An Adventure on Ice Storybook Land 2002 2003
The Tweenies Theatre Cred Street 2003 2005
The Magic of Ice: Circus of Illusion Storybook Land 2004 2005
Bob the Builder Cred Street 2006 2006
ATTV Cred Street 2007 2007
Sir Algenon and Friends Cred Street / Cloud Cuckoo Land 2008 2010
The Go!Go!Go! Show Cloud Cuckoo Land 2011 2011
The Pirates of Mutiny Bay Mutiny Bay 2008 2015

Past Areas

Area

Opening Year

Closing Year
Fairground 1960 1979
Springfield Centre 1980 1983
Fantasy World 1984 1997
Ingestre Centre 1980 1983
Aqualand 1984 1991
Merrie England 1994 2007
Talbot Centre 1980 1983
Festival Park 1984 1998
Ug Land 1999 2009
Talbot Street 1982 1992
The Land of Make Believe 1993 1996
Cred Street 1997 2008
Kiddies Kingdom 1986 1995
Adventureland 4-11 1989 1991
Britannia Building Society Farm 1989 1991
Safeway Farm 1992 1994
Old MacDonald’s Farmyard 1995 2013
Thunder Valley 1992 1993
Storybook Land 1996 2013

Past Scarefest Attractions

Attraction

Located

Opening Year

Closing Year
Room 13 Conference Centre 2006 2007
The Field of 1000 Screams Hotels 2007 2009
The Boiler House Hotels / Black Hole Tent 2008 2011
Carnival of Screams Hotels / Black Hole Tent / Near Goalstriker 2010 2013
Zombies! Scare Zone Near Goalstriker / Dark Forest 2011 2014
The Sanctuary The Towers 2012 2014
Scary Tales Near Goalstriker 2014 2014
Altonville Motel – Theatrical Dining Experience Outside Swiss Cottage 2014 2014
The Ultimate Sleepover The Towers 2014 2014
The Haunting of Molly Crowe The Towers 2015 2015
Sub Species: Operation Lockdown The Towers 2015 2015
Nox Infernus Dark Forest 2015 2015
Dark Apocalypse Forbidden Valley 2015 2016
Terror of the Towers The Towers 2002 2002
Terror of the Towers: Bloodfest Banquet The Towers 2003 2008
Terror of the Towers: What Lies Within The Towers 2009 2017
Freak Show Between Hospitality Suite & X-Sector 2016 2017
The Welcoming: Be Chosen Mutiny Bay Courtyard 2017 2018
House of Monsters Wobble World Building 2016 2018
Sub Species: The End Games The Towers 2015 2019
Project 42 Nemesis Sub-Terra Building 2018 2019
Freak Show: Toxic Junkyard Near The Games Bunker 2020 2021
Garden Lights Walk: Whispering Souls The Gardens 2020 2022
Darkest Depths Mutiny Bay Courtyard / Near Dark Forest 2019 2023
The Invitation Near The Games Bunker 2022 2023

Past Resort Attractions

Attraction

Located

Opening Year

Closing Year
Enchanted Forest Tree Top Quest Forest near hotels 2015 2019
Alton Towers Spa Alton Towers Hotel 2003 2023