Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Pleasure Beach Resort, best known by its former name Blackpool Pleasure Beach, is an amusement park situated on Blackpool's South Shore, in the county of Lancashire, North West England. The park was founded in 1896 by A. W. G. Bean and his partner John Outhwaite. The current managing director is Amanda Thompson. The park is host to many records, including the largest collection of wooden roller coasters of any park in the United Kingdom with four: Big Dipper, Blue Flyer, Grand National, and Nickelodeon Streak. Many of the roller coasters in the park are record-breaking attractions. When The Big One opened in 1994, it was the tallest and steepest roller coaster in the world. The ride holds the record as the second-tallest and second-fastest roller coaster in the United Kingdom, and the longest roller coaster in Europe. The park was the first in Europe to introduce an inverting steel coaster, Revolution, and operates the last Steeplechase roller coaster. Grand National is one of only two wooden Möbius loop coasters still operating. Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machine is the oldest amusement ride in Europe, having opened in 1904. Valhalla was one of the largest and most expensive indoor dark rides in the world. The park also operates Nickelodeon Land, a themed children's section.