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Adventure Island is a theme park in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. The site of the theme park flanks the north end of Southend Pier and has been a theme park since 1976 when the land now forming the west side of the park was purchased by the Miller family.
Rage is a steel roller coaster situated at Adventure Island in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Rage is a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter model roller coaster (the 6th overall to be built). [1] At 97 degrees, it is steeper-than-vertical and tied for the third steepest roller coaster in the United Kingdom. [2] it is also tied six ways between itself ...
Golden Hind was a galleon captained by Francis Drake in his circumnavigation of the world between 1577 and 1580. She was originally known as Pelican, but Drake renamed her mid-voyage in 1578, in honour of his patron, Sir Christopher Hatton, whose crest was a golden hind (a female red deer ). Hatton was one of the principal sponsors of Drake's ...
Southend-on-Sea. / 51.55; 0.71. Southend-on-Sea ( / ˌsaʊθɛndɒnˈsiː / ⓘ ), commonly referred to as Southend ( / saʊˈθɛnd / ), is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in south-eastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, 40 miles (64 km) east of central London.
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Southend Pier is a major landmark in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom. Extending 1.33 miles (2.14 km) into the Thames Estuary , it is the longest pleasure pier in the world. [ 2 ] The bill to build the new pier, to replace a previous timber jetty , received Royal Assent in May 1829 with construction starting in July 1829.
Genre (s) Platform. Mode (s) Single-player. Hudson's Adventure Island, known as Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima (高橋名人の冒険島, Master Takahashi 's Adventure Island) in Japan and also known as Adventure Island, [ a] is a side-scrolling platform game produced by Hudson Soft that was released in Japan for the Famicom and MSX on ...
The Kursaal ( / ˈkɜːrzəl / [ 1]) is a former amusement park and a Grade II listed building [ 2] in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. The building, originally known as the Kursaal Palace was opened in 1901 as part of one of the world's first purpose-built amusement parks. [ 3] The venue is noted for the main building with distinctive dome ...