The Latest Breaking News from Alton Towers

Plans for huge £2.5billion UK theme park with castle and rollercoasters face abrupt halt

The London Resort was due to be a world-class theme park on the Swanscombe Peninsula near Dartford that would've been twice the size of Alton Towers and included tie-ins with Paramount Pictures

Daily Mirror · Apr 17, 2023

Alton Towers superfan moved family next to theme park to go on ride 15,000 times

Michael Eley was invited to Alton Towers to try out the Curse with a group of Year Six pupils from Denstone College where he teaches having ridden the park's ghost train 15,000 times

Daily Mirror · Apr 11, 2023

Man rides Alton Towers attraction 15,000 times — and even moved house to be closer to theme park

Michael Eley, 51, estimates he has been on the attraction 15,000 times in his life

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023

People baffled by 'disgusting' Alton Towers breakfast with mug full of beans

A photograph of a cooked breakfast allegedly served at Alton Towers has raised shudders among a number of foodies, who have branded the morning meal 'disgusting'

Daily Mirror · Mar 2, 2023

Helen Flanagan’s toddler son Charlie rushed to hospital after Alton Towers accident

The 22-month-old was taken off in an ambulance after snapping his collarbone

Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2023

Helen Flanagan's son rushed to hospital after he 'slipped really badly' at water park

Helen Flanagan has recalled the pain of seeing her young son suffering after the tot was rushed to hospital after suffering a nasty slip during a day out

Daily Mirror · Feb 24, 2023

Alton Towers building ‘highly secretive’ new ride costing £12.5m

‘None of us know what’s going on in there, because it’s highly secretive,’ says local councillor

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023

Alton Towers gets green light to build 'highly secretive' new £12.5million ride

The new rollercoaster will join the likes of The Smiler, Nemesis, Oblivion and Wicker Man at Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire, bosses of the park confirmed last week

Daily Mirror · Feb 20, 2023

23 lost rides and rollercoasters we remember from our childhood

They were the go to on school trips or family days out

Liverpool Echo · Feb 18, 2023

Alton Towers’ new terrifying horror house experience now has an opening date

The Curse will welcome its first guests at Alton Towers in March, after brave members of the public got to test their nerve at a themed pop-up on the Isle of Dogs in London

Daily Mirror · Feb 17, 2023