EXCURSIONS

Birmingham Excursions

Drayton Manor Theme Park

A short drive from Birmingham city centre, the Drayton Manor Theme Park offers an exhilarating alternative to shopping and sightseeing. Loaded with more than 50 rides and pale-faced thrills the English media has lauded the park as having 'Britain's scariest rides'. Visitors can drop 177 feet (54m) from the world's first stand up tower, watching the ground race up from below, take a watery plunge in a rescue boat down a slippery 180º platform, fly around one of the parks two swirling rollercoasters or tackle the rapids with friends at Splash Canyon. Family fun at Drayton Manor Theme Park has not been short-circuited either as a plethora of children friendly rides and entertainment from Dragon's Tale to Circus World is provided.

Address: Near Tamworthon on A4091, close to Junctions 9 and 10 of the M42; Website: www.draytonmanor.co.uk; Telephone: 0844 472 1950; Opening time: Various, see website for details.; Admission: �23 (adults), �19 (children). Concessions available