Blackpool Pleasure Beach wins seven prizes in UK Theme Park Awards

Blackpool Pleasure Beach won seven prizes at the 2022 UK Theme Park Awards.

The attraction scooped Gold in the categories of Best Seaside Park, Best Live Entertainment (for Hot Ice) and Best Dark Ride (for Wallace & Gromit’s Thrill-O-Matic).

The theme park also won three Silver Awards in the categories of Best Historic Ride for the Ghost Train, Best Steel Coaster for ICON and Best Wooden Coaster for the Grand National.

They won Bronze in the category Best Theme Park for Thrills.

The awards were organised by ThemeParks-UK.com, an independent consumer guide to UK theme parks.

There were 22 categories this year, including Theme Park of the Year, Best Customer Service and Best Value. New categories included Best Steel Coaster, Best Wooden Coaster and Best Mascot.

204,501 public votes were combined with the scores from a judging panel to determine the winners in each category. 

The awards ceremony was held at Drayton Manor in Staffordshire.

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