Chessington World of Adventures
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| place | Chessington / United Kingdom | |||
| opening | June 7, 1987 | |||
| Visitors | 1.6 million (2014) | |||
| Website | https://www.chessington.com/ | |||
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Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 54 ″ N , 0 ° 19 ′ 1 ″ W.
Chessington World of Adventures is a theme park and zoo in Chessington , in south west London . It was originally opened as a zoo in 1931. A theme park was finally built along the zoo, which opened in 1981.
Today the park is divided into ten themed areas: Wild Asia , Forbidden Kingdom , Land of the Dragons , Market Square , Mexicana , Mystic East , Pirates Cove , Toytown and Transylvania . There is also the zoo and a hotel. In addition to 27 attractions, the park is also home to over 1,000 animals.
roller coaster
- Dragon's Fury
- Rattlesnake
- Runaway Train
- Vampires
Other attractions
- Room on the Broom (formerly Hocus Pocus Hall) (New 2019)
Web links
Commons : Chessington World of Adventures - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Chessington World of Adventures (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Global Attractions Attendance Report 2014. (PDF) TEA, accessed on January 16, 2016 (English).