Amusement Park, Theme Park and Fairground Links

About Theme Parks. Part of About.com, this is an excellent theme park survival guide, with good links pages.
Aerial Glide, Shipley Glen. Information about Shipley Glen Pleasure Grounds, formerly home to the Aerial Glide ride.
Alton Towers Almanac. Very comprehensive website about Alton Towers, with news, photographs, history, general information and a discussion board.
Alton Towers Memories. Photographs, guidebooks and video of Alton Towers through the years.
Alton Towers Heritage. Fantastic website, put together by Alton Towers in association with Staffordshire University, pulling together information from various archives.
Amusement Park Photographic Library. A huge resource of images of British amusement parks and the rides which operate within them. Primarily aimed at the world's media.
Amusement Links. The biggest amusement industry links site on the web.
Amusement Trader. A website where the online amusement community can buy and sell new or used equipment.
Belle Vue Revisited. Affectionate tribute to one of Britain's greatest amusement parks, Manchester's Belle Vue. If you have enjoyed reading our Belle Vue books or watching the videos, you will love this website!
Best of British Magazine. Monthly magazine about Britain past and present, which regularly carries material about fairgrounds, fairground transport, steam museums, etc. Highly recommended.
Birnbeck Pier. The website of the Friends of the Old Pier Society, which hopes to see Birnbeck Pier, Weston-Super-Mare, restored to its former glory. The Pier once featured amusement park rides, including a switchback railway.
Brighton West Pier. The website of the Brighton West Pier Trust. Britain's finest pier has now sadly been destroyed, but the Trust now plans a new pier for the site.
Butlins Memories. Celebrating the memories, history and fun of Butlin's holiday camps, including a guide to all parks (open and closed).
CoasterBuzz. News and community for the amusement industry and enthusiasts. Also includes features, forums, extensive links and much more.
Coaster Enthusiasts of Canada. An amazingly comprehensive website, with information on Canadian amusement parks and rides, books, and a huge links resource.
Coasterimage.com. For US roller coaster and amusement park photographs, videos, Roller Coaster Tycoon files, wallpaper and other downloads.
Daffy Klub. The official website of the Darkride and Funhouse Enthusiasts.
Days Out UK. This site includes discount tickets to many UK theme parks.
Dean Organ Builders. Specialists in the manufacture and restoration of fairground organs and other mechanical musical instruments.
Dean Group. For all mechanical music from music boxes and musical jewellery boxes to fairground organs, mechanical music and much more in music related products.
NJ Dean & Co Fair Organ Music and Music Boxes. Perforated Music for Fairground & Street Organs plus Music Boxes & Music Gifts
Disneyland Resort Paris. The web's largest fan based website covering the Disneyland Resort Paris. The website is a guidebook to the theme parks and their attractions, the hotels, the Disney Village, the restaurants ... and everything else at the Disneyland Resort Paris.
Frontierland Remembered. A website dedicated to Morecambe's lost amusement park, Frontierland (formerly Morecambe Pleasure Park).
Funworld Magazine. The official magazine of the International Amusement Parks Association.
ITEC. Based in Orlando, this company designs theme park rides and "fun places" worldwide and is made up of former Disney imagineers.
Janice Bailey's Photography. Includes a collection of pages of carousel horses, carousels, pastels and digital carousel art.
Jigsaw Puzzles. Limited edition jigsaw puzzles of British piers.
John Burke's Blackpool. Another fantastic Blackpool Pleasure Beach website, with photographs of the park taken over several decades by a local Blackpool photographer.
John Wardley. The man behind many of the UK's best new rides, including Nemesis and Oblivion at Alton Towers, has his own website.
Laff in the Dark. Fantastic website about dark rides and fun houses in the USA.
Lawrie's Carnival and Amusement Park Pages. If you want to find out about the amusement parks and travelling fairs (carnivals) of Finland, this amazingly comprehensive website will tell you everything you need to know.
The Magic Eye. New website about dark rides, fun houses and walk through attractions, plus a focus on rides that are now disappearing from the World's amusement parks.
Media Library. Hard-to-come-by amusement park and roller coaster-related media items such as books, VHS cassettes and DVDs.
Monkey Forest. Based at the Trentham Estate, this is an exciting walk amongst 140 monkeys.
Music Shop Direct. Online musical instrument catalogue.
National Amusement Park Historical Association. American educational and enthusiasts organisation dedicated to amusement park history. The site includes extensive factual information.
National Piers Society. Many of Britain's piers feature excellent amusement parks. This website provides a whole host of information about Britain's piers, past and present.
Pennies by the Sea. Special website devoted to the long-awaited book on the history of Joyland Amusements, Bridlington.
Penny Machines.co.uk. A website devoted to the history of British fairground and arcade amusement machines.
Pleasure Beach 235 Club. The only official enthusiasts organisation for the Pleasure Beach, Blackpool.
Pleasure Beach Postcards. If you are interested in the history of the Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, then this site will be of interest. It features some extremely rare images and some fascinating new pictures. Recommended.
Richard's Wheel. The story of how one man's dream became a reality. Richard Ryan restored Southsea's famous Corbiere Big Wheel and reopened it in Southport. The website tells the full story along with details of where to ride it.
Roller Coaster Database. A comprehensive, searchable database with information and statistics on over 1200 roller coasters throughout the world.
Roller Coaster Mayhem. Help Andrew Edwards research roller coaster books. This site includes a full list of UK roller coasters.
Save Dreamland Campaign. A website dedicated to the campaign to save Dreamland Fun Park, Margate, which is home to Britain's oldest roller coaster, the Scenic Railway.
Shop 4 Music Boxes. A range of musical collectables and music gifts including musical carousels, cylinder music boxes and other musical collectables.
Skelter Publishing. Website of the specialist amusement park and fairground publisher.
Talk Rideas. Popular forum for discussing anything and everything about the UK's theme parks.
ThrillNetwork.com. Well established website with news, rumours and articles on amusement parks, theme parks and water parks. Also has a popular forum.
ThemeParks-UK. An independent guide to Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Chessington World of Adventures, Drayton Manor and Legoland. The site features park guides, ride guides, information and news pages for each park.
Tunnel of Laffs. Dark ride and fun house tribute website run by I-Ride, the International Dark Ride and Fun House Organization.
UK Seaside Piers. The largest collection of UK pier photographs on the Internet, this website also includes excellent vintage amusement park and slot machine photographs.
UK Theme Park Leaflets. Excellent website, which features high quality scans of theme park leaflets from the 1980s and 1990s, including park maps and some fantastic photographs.
Ultimate Rollercoaster. News and information about roller coasters from this American site. Most noteable for its excellent forums.
White City, Manchester. The history of Manchester's second amusement park, White City.

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