Blackpool Pleasure Beach takes a leading spot in new theme park national rankings
The Blackpool attraction generates more than two million Google searches annually
Blackpool Pleasure Beach has taken joint second place in a new study of which are the best theme parks in the country.
It shares second spot in the chart issued by Digital Loft with Drayton Manor in Staffordshire, both scoring 6.48 out of 10.
The only location ahead of them is Paultons Park in Hampshire’s New Forest, with a score of 6.85 in the study which covers child admission price, number of rides, number of food outlets, Tripadvisor rating out of five, percentage of ‘excellent’ reviews and annual Google searches.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach remains one of the country’s most iconic seaside attractions, offering 32 rides, 14 food outlets, and attracting over 2.1 million Google searches annually - the highest in the study’s top three.
Alton Towers in Staffordshire, which generated the most Google searches in the study, took fourth place overall with a score of 6.11.
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The study comes as Blackpool Pleasure Beach welcomes families for its first school summer holidays since the opening of its new £8.7 million thrill ride, Aviktas, unveiled in May.
The Blackpool attraction is said in the study to have an average Tripadvisor rating of 4.0, with 48 per cent ‘excellent’ reviews. It offers 32 rides, with 14 food outlets and has a child admission price of £33.
Study topper Paultons Park, which includes a Peppa Pig World attraction, has a child admission price of £46.75 and generated 1.7 million annual Google searches but had an average Tripadvisor rating of 4.5, with 71 per cent ‘excellent’ reviews.