Old Thorpe Park Bosses
1979 - Alan V. Endsor, Managing Director of Leisure Sport Ltd.
1985 - Derek Oliver, Sales & Marketing Manager
1986 - John Camden, Chairman RMC Group
1988 - 1994 - Colin Dawson, General Manager
1997 - Chris Edge, General Manager
2000 - Glenn Earlam, Divisional Director
2009 - 2011 - Mike Vallis, Divisional Director
A selection of some of the people who have run Thorpe Park since it opened, with the years we know they were active.
Fun & Games
Calgary Stampede Sim
A simple but fun sim for
Thorpe Park’s classic
Canada Creek ride.
Created by Chris Papaioannou
© Thorpe Park Retreat 2004
Roller-Coaster Designer
Rollercoaster Rush
A great little flash game from Games.co.uk, just make sure you don’t go too fast and throw your riders from the train!
Rollercoaster Creator
Another fun flash game from Games.co.uk, this time you
build the track using the
pieces available.
Any links to copyrighted material or use of screen shots are for reference and recommendation only.
Build Your Own Coaster
This fun little game is on the Discovery Kids website and will rate your coaster with a fear rating after you have designed it.
Neilfever’s RCT3 Thorpe Park Recreation
Neilfever’s excellent recreation of Thorpe Park circa 2007 is
one of the best real life parks I have ever seen created
in any of the RollerCoaster Tycoon games to date.
Follow Neilfever for his Theme Park news updates and chat
on twitter @Neilfever
LOST The Ride at Thorpe Park
A while ago flickr user 8carl8 created a proposal
for not only a new B&M coaster but a whole new area of
the park that would be themed around the cult US TV series LOST.
Being a huge fan of the show I think this would have made a great new coaster for Thorpe Park. Especially with it being set on one of the newly created infilled islands.
These plans are © Carl Pike.
Random Thorpe Park Facts
- When it was built in 1978 The Mountbatten Pavillion (Port Atlantis/ The Dome) was one of Europe’s biggest single span structures.
- Loggers Leap “Britain’s Highest Log Flume” was opened by children’s TV legend Timmy Mallet.
- Hollywood star Howard Keele opened The Palladium Theatre in 1988.
- Thunder River was opened in 1987 by Dennis Thatcher.
- The core of the park covers approximately 25.5 hectares.
- Surrounding the core of the park are three water-filled gravel pits: Manor Lake (to the north-west), Fleet Lake (to the north-east) and Abbey Lake (to the south-west).
TV shows at Thorpe Park
A list of TV shows that have
been filmed at Thorpe Park
- 5 O’clock Show
- Balls of Steel
- Bang Goes the Theory
- Blue Peter
- Embarrassing Bodies
- Learn with Sooty - Down on the Farm
- Playstation2 Freedom Weekender
- Primeval
- Scream If You Know the Answer
- The Gadget Show
- The Inbetweeners
- Tomorrow’s World
- You Bet
A playlist of video clips from some of
these shows and more can be found on our YouTube channel.
