Paultons Park 2024 Review

15 June 2024

Paultons Park

Paultons Park is a family run theme park located near Southampton, England. Aimed at families with children, there is so much at the park for all ages to enjoy including animal feeds, daily shows and character meet and greets. Not forgetting the numerous rides and attractions such rollercoasters, water rides, train rides, flat rides, ferris wheels and so much more. The park itself is divided into five themed worlds, these are Tornado Springs, Lost Kingdom, Critter Creek, Wild Lands and the UK’s only Peppa Pig World! The theme park still has enough thrilling and fun attractions to cater to big kids like us too, and with an exciting future planned for the park, we can’t wait to keep returning.

It is certainly clear when walking around, how much the staff care about the environment and surroundings. From the gorgeous greenery and open spaces to the perfectly planted flower beds, the staff at Paulton’s should be proud and take pride for their beautiful park.

We were invited to attend the parks first superfan day in May which invited lots of fans and influencers to explore and share their experiences of this family-owned theme park.

Tornado Springs

Opening recently in 2021, Tornado Springs takes you back in time to 1950’s Mid West America. Featuring 8 rides and attractions, this area is heavily themed with some great additions for the park and has something for everyone to enjoy.

One of the main attractions to the area is Storm Chaser. Reaching top speeds of 37mph and breath taking views of the park at 65 feet high, this spinning coaster by MACK is perfect for little thrill seekers! Next up is Cyclonator. This gyro swing is the first flat ride at the park to feature upside down sensations reaching heights of up to 25 metres! The Farmyard Flyer is the most recent addition to the area of Tornando Springs. If you’re looking for a fun, family ride then this Zierer roller coaster is a perfect option. Set to an authentic 1950’s USA Farm, riders can expect to see various animals throughout the ride and even a combine harvester! If you’re feeling warm and tired from spending time on the farm, you can always cool down on Buffalo Falls. Set with views across Tornando Springs, this water raft ride is great fun for all the family. This area of the park is also home to various other children’s flat rides including the double mini spinning drop tower, Windmill Towers, Al’s Auto Academy driving school and the tractor ride. Not forgetting the food and drinks options, Tornado Springs is home to Route 83 diner to eat the American way serving a range of burgers, chicken and hot dogs. Delicious!

LOST KINGDOM & NEW RIDE

Set across a jurassic themed landscape with life size animatronic dinosaurs around every corner, Lost Kingdom is home to 3 roller coasters, an adventure play park, an expedition car ride, and the bravest explorers will have the chance to meet the park’s living walking animatronic dinosaur. 

Highlights of Lost Kingdom include the two Vekoma rollercoasters which are both so much fun and feature low height restrictions for young and old to enjoy. Flight of the Pterosaur takes you on a journey suspended under the track swooping over the area and nearby attractions. Velociraptor is a junior boomerang coaster where you are taken uphill backwards before being released around the coaster layout before coming to spike and doing it all in reverse!

Lost Kingdom has a new addition for 2024! The Splash Lagoon log flume joined the line up of 6 other dinosaur themed rides and attractions. The log flume itself takes young thrill-seekers through a prehistoric lagoon discovering new species of dinosaurs along the way. This is a great addition to the park with excellent theming, a must ride on your next visit. 

PEPPA PIG WORLD & ZOO

Home to the world’s largest and first Peppa Pig World, Paulton’s Park gives visitors the opportunity to meet Peppa and George and explore the 9 themed, family rides. Hop on board a boat ride at Granny Rabbit’s Sailing club or enjoy a beautiful view on board Peppa’s Big Balloon Ride, Peppa Pig fans would not want to miss out. 

Although Paulton’s is home to fantastic rides and attractions, there is also a small zoo with a wide variety of animals including monkeys, flamingos and meerkats. Our personal favourite has to be Bacon the parrot, make sure you pay him a visit and say hello. He might even say hello back! 

The park itself is very picturesque and the lakeside walk and water mill is a great way to have a rest from the excitement and soak up the natural atmosphere. The watermill itself was built in 1860 and is a huge part of the Paulton’s heritage. From the lake you can look across to the Critters Creek area which contains the Cat-o-pillar coaster, popular with families, whilst surrounded by a weird and wonderful theme.

‘EDGE’ OF THE PARK

Around the edge of the park you can find several other larger attractions including The Edge, Magma, Cobra and more!

Edge – hop on board a giant spinning disk, reaching heights of 15 meters and traveling up to 43 mph! In this attraction you are facing outwards in a seated position to give the maximum thrill.

Magma – brave the giant smoking volcano hidden among the jurassic molten rock. Watch out for the drop after it erupts, rising and spinning 25 meters into the air. At the top you can see across the whole park which makes it the most thrilling observation tower around!

Cobra – this wild mouse family coaster is a fun combination of twists, turns and drops. The super fan day gave us the opportunity to go behind the scenes of this unique coaster. Walking through the maintenance bay, in the control cabin and under the track which was a one of a kind experience. It was a pleasure to meet the talented engineering team who look after and service the ride every day, to ensure a safe and fun experience each time.

FUTURE PLANS

During the superfan day Paultons hosted for us and other fans/influencers, they put on an insightful presentation discussing the past, present and future of the park. Talking about logistics and infrastructure, including a potential new phone mast to improve signal for guests, but also sharing information about new attractions.

2025 will see the (now closed) 4D cinema building and show street be completely transformed into a new spooky area. Ghostly Manor was confirmed as the name following on from a promo video of Dr Kinley discussing the paranormal activity and capturing of artefacts and spirits. Fear not, it’s not a scary attraction, but a more spooky haunted house for all ages. This attraction will feature a unique interactive ride system that we can’t wait to find out more about.

2026 was teased during a short video featuring cartoon viking characters and a metal rotating Paultons Park logo. No context or further information was given at this time. What do you think it could be?

Further beyond that is a mystery, but we are reassured that plans and options are constantly being explored behind the scenes, and they cannot wait to bring more exciting changes to the park in the future, and share when the time is right.

We’d like to give a huge thanks to the Mancey Family who run the park for being so hospitable to the community and putting an insightful and fun-filled itinerary on for the day. A particular shout out to Gary Johnson and Rich Tasker for their friendly and knowledgeable interactions throughout the day. We had access during park hours to the theme park as normal, we had yummy food from the Route 83 Diner before heading to one of the rollercoasters for a behind the scenes tour – we loved looking around the station and maintenance areas of Cobra. We were then given an hour extra ride time into the evening on selected attractions in Tornado Springs which was very enjoyable, and then a special presentation about the park and future. We ended the day with a silent disco party in Route 83 til late.

Paultons Park does put on special events during normal park openings, including select ‘late nights’ during Halloween which are not to be missed. Check their website for more information of times, prices and more!

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