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The demolition of the Thorpe Park Estate in the 1930s transformed the grounds into a gravel pit, originally owned by Ready Mixed Concrete Limited.RMC excavated gravel from the site for 30 years from 1941 until 1970 when they began to plan a transformation of the site into a leisure based visitor attraction.
In January 2013, Thorpe Park announced that the last two rows on The Swarm would be rotated to face backwards for 2013, a first for a Wing Coaster. The park's tag line for this experience is 'THE SWARM- Brave It Backwards'. The park additionally announced that they were adding a damaged, mangled billboard, which the train travels through.
During the off-season between 2023 and 2024 as well as the beginning of the 2024 season, Colossus experienced a partial repaint with Thorpe Park stating that the areas that were not repainted would be retracked in the coming years.
Hyperia is a steel roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in Chertsey, Surrey, England.Manufactured by Mack Rides, the hypercoaster opened as the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the UK on 24 May 2024, with a height of 236 feet (72 m) and a maximum speed that reportedly exceeds 80 mph (130 km/h).
Logger's Leap did not open after the 2015 season and stood not operating. The park announced via social media that the ride was "under redevelopment". In February 2019, it was confirmed that Logger's Leap had permanently closed and ride parts were to be auctioned in May, however no auction ever took place.
Stealth is a launched roller coaster in the Amity area of Thorpe Park located in Surrey, England.Built and designed by Intamin of Switzerland for £12 million, the Accelerator Coaster model opened in 2006 as the fastest roller coaster in the UK before being passed by Hyperia in 2024.
On 27 March 2018, Thorpe Park announced that the ride would open on 31 March 2018. The ride (Along with Derren Brown's Ghost Train: Rise Of The Demon) was closed during the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was due to the inability to social distance with the attraction being indoors. It re-opened for the 2021 season on 17 May.
Samurai was a Mondial Top Scan installed in 1999 and closed in 2003 in Mystic East, [16] then relocated to sister park Thorpe Park. Chessington Zoo Railway (12 in (305 mm) miniature gauge) closed in 1985 before the theme park had been constructed. [44] Chessington Railroad (2 ft / 610 mm narrow gauge) [45] left at the end of 1996. [16]