Battel's Landon Gardens

Battel's Landon Gardens is a theme park located in Manchester, England. It is known as one of the UK's best theme parks.

History
The park opened on the 2nd of June, 1993 by James Landon, who wanted a Disney style park in Manchester. At the time, the park only had one rollercoaster, Wild West Express, a MACK Rides powered coaster built in a man-made mountain. Other notable rides included the Aqua Flume, Fairy Tale Adventures, and The Ape-Ology's.

The park didn't change until 1995, when the park unexpectedly added Dragon's Fury, a B&M sit-down coaster. This dramatically raised park attendance. The Knights Theater was also added.

1996 saw the grand opening of Volcano Eruption, a HUSS Top Spin, along with a refresh to the Jungle Land area to become the Daring Jungle.

1998 was the year that the parks kids area, Gnomes Forest, became the Happy Land of Hannah-Barbera. This addition included some kids rides and a Vekoma junior coaster, dubbed "Scooby's Ghoster Coaster." The 3D Cinema was also added. The first ride removal also happened with the removal of The Ape-Ology's.

1999 was an uneventful year, with the opening of the Daring Theater. A halloween event known as Scream Park was also added.

2000 was a huge year, with the opening of Wicked, a GCI wooden-twister rollercoaster. This year also saw the opening of Ocean Island, a waterpark. This year did have some sad news though, as the Antique Cars were removed.

2002 saw the addition of Terrorizer, a Vekoma giant-inverted boomerang, in the place of the Antique Cars. The area around it was also rethemed from Olde Britain to Scream Sector.

2003 had an addition to the waterpark, with Cowabunga!, a tornado slide. The park, however, did remove Fairytale Adventures.

2004 had the park add Haunted Manor to the park. The Happy land of Hannah-Barbera was also rethemed to Happy Land that year, due to the name "Hannah-Barbera" being less recognizable.

2007 was the year that Speed Demon, an Intamin Accelerator, opened. It was the UK's tallest coaster at the time, at 100.584 meters tall.

2008 saw TNT Blast, an S&S combo tower, open. Arctic Racer, a Mat Racer slide, also opened in Ocean Island.

2012 saw the addition of Python, a Gerslaurer Euro Fighter to the park.

2014 had the waterpark lose the kids area, Cartoon Lagoon, but they also added a new one, Bedrock Beach.

2017 saw the closure of Wicked, and this brought up speculation in the British Coaster Community, since the ride was popular, but rough.

2018 saw the park open the RMC conversion of Wicked, Insanity, which also saw the area get a light retheme to The Outpost. Jolly Christmas, a Christmas event, was also added.

2021 had the park remove the 3D cinema, but they replaced it with a VR gaming centre dubbed "The Virtual Zone."

2023 saw updates to areas such as Happy Land, The Fantastical Kingdom, and Fun Junction.

Themed Areas

 * Garden Street
 * Fun Junction
 * The Fantastical Kingdom
 * Daring Jungle (Formerly Jungle Land)
 * The Outpost (Formerly Scream Sector and Olde Britain)
 * Happy Land (Formerly The Happy Land of Hannah-Barbera and Gnome Forest)

Kiddie Rides
All Kiddie Rides can be found in Happy Land

Ocean Island Waterpark
The water park is closed during Scream Park and Jolly Christmas.

Shops

 * Main Mercantile
 * Character Corner
 * Beach Stuff
 * Coaster Craziness
 * Landon Kids
 * Dragon Gifts
 * Speed Stop

Restaurants

 * Landon's Confections
 * Cadbury Chocolate Cafe
 * Go Bananas! Healthy Foods
 * Chuck's Americana
 * Pizza Perfection
 * Chaotic Sandwiches
 * Amazon Fish & Chips

Trivia

 * The park has shockingly had no major incidents since opening
 * The parks only up-charge attraction has been The Virtual Zone