Many Mancunians will remember visiting a now lost theme park only a short car journey from Greater Manchester and only a few miles from the ever popular Alton Towers.
The American Adventure theme park in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, was a much loved wild west inspired themed park. Famous for its white-knuckle rides, the park opened on a country estate in 1987 and thrilled visitors from all over the North West in the '80s and '90s.
Originally the site opened in 1985 as Britannia Park but lasted a mere 10-weeks before closing. Derbyshire County Council bought the land in 1986 and sold it to Manchester based Granada who had also recently purchased the Camelot theme park and opened the now lost Granada Studios theme park in Manchester in 1988.
