2025 Winners

The winners of the UK Theme Park Awards 2025 have been announced, with Paultons Park crowned Theme Park of the Year and Ghostly Manor voted Best New Attraction.

For the sixth year, the British public were able to vote for their favourite theme parks in these prestigious national awards.

The awards are organised by ThemeParks-UK.com, an independent consumer guide to UK theme parks. This year, the awards are presented in association with AttractionTickets.com.

There were 22 categories in total, including Best New Attraction, Best Theme Park for Families, for Toddlers and for Thrills, the Best Seaside Park and Theme Park of the Year. New categories for this year included Best Use of IP in an Attraction, Best Queue Line Experience or Pre-Show, and Best Integration of Technology in a Guest Experience.

334,371 public votes were combined with the scores from the judging panel to determine the winners in each category. Of the 35 theme parks that received nominations, 24 won awards.

The awards ceremony was held at Wicksteed Park on 18 September and it was attended by more than 180 representatives from the UK theme park industry. The event was hosted by Naomi Wilkinson, TV presenter and children’s entertainment favourite, and Dave Payne, renowned presenter and master of awards ceremonies.

A recording of the awards ceremony is available to watch at ukthemeparkawards.com/watch.

The biggest winners in the awards include Alton Towers and Drayton Manor in Staffordshire (with 9 and 6 awards respectively), Blackpool's Pleasure Beach in Lancashire (4), LEGOLAND Windsor in Berkshire (6), Paultons Park in Hampshire (10), and Chessington World of Adventures and Thorpe Park in Surrey (with 2 and 4 awards respectively).

The other British theme parks winning multiple awards include Adventure Island in Essex (3), Blackgang Chine on the Isle of Wight (3), Crealy in Devon (3), Fantasy Island in Lincolnshire (4) and West Midlands Safari Park in Worcestershire (4).

Also winning awards this year: Adventure Coast Southport in Merseyside (1), BeWILDerwood in Cheshire & Norfolk (1), Flamingo Land in Yorkshire (1), Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach in Norfolk (1), Pleasurewood Hills in Suffolk (1), Sundown Adventureland in Nottinghamshire (1) Wicksteed Park in Northamptonshire (1) and the various Gulliver's Theme Parks (1).

Winning awards for the first time are Bottons Pleasure Beach in Lincolnshire (1), Drusillas Park in East Sussex, (1), Folly Farm in Pembrokeshire (1) and The Big Sheep in Devon (1).

There were also awards for Best Established Content Creator and Best Developing Content Creator, which includes bloggers, vloggers and podcasters, as well as those creating content on other platforms such as Instagram and TikTok.

Kelly Richardson, Director at Wicksteed Park, said:

“We are delighted to have been chosen to host the 2025 UK Theme Park Awards, which truly was an amazing event, showcasing everything that is unique and innovative about UK theme parks.”

“Wicksteed Park is the home of children’s play and has been providing fun for the whole family for more than 100 years, so was the perfect venue and it gave guests the chance to experience everything that is amazing about the Park, including a ride on our wonderful Waterchute.”

Lawrence Mancey, Marketing and Technology Director at Paultons Park, said:

“We are delighted to have been awarded 10 awards this year at the annual UK Theme Park Awards, including the prestigious Theme Park of the Year Award. These awards are testament to the hard work and dedication of our whole team at Paultons. We're looking forward to building on our success next year with the opening of our first inverting rollercoaster, Drakon, in our new immersive world Valgard: Realm of the Vikings opening May 2026.”

Meet the Judges

The winners of the UK Theme Park Awards were determined by combining public votes with the scores from our judging panel - find out more about them.

Sponsors

We would like to thank our sponsors for making the UK Theme Park Awards 2025 possible - find out more about them.

Winners

Theme Park of the Year presented by ADIPS

  • WINNER: Paultons Park

Best New Attraction presented by TEP Technica

  • GOLD: Ghostly Manor (Paultons Park)
  • SILVER: Toxicator (Alton Towers Resort)
  • BRONZE: Jurassic Resurrection (Bottons Pleasure Beach)

Best Reimagined Attraction presented by AWC

  • GOLD: Launch Pad (Pleasure Beach Resort)
  • SILVER: Wipeout (Pleasurewood Hills)
  • BRONZE: LEGO City Deep Sea Adventure (LEGOLAND Windsor Resort)

Best Theme Park for Families presented by Pure Entertainment Group

  • GOLD (Large): Paultons Park
  • SILVER (Large): Drayton Manor Resort
  • BRONZE (Large): LEGOLAND Windsor Resort

  • GOLD (Small): Crealy Theme Park & Resort
  • SILVER (Small): Gulliver’s Theme Parks
  • BRONZE (Small): Fantasy Island

Best Theme Park for Toddlers

  • GOLD (Large): Paultons Park (Peppa Pig World)
  • SILVER (Large): Drayton Manor Resort (Thomas Land)
  • BRONZE (Large): Alton Towers Resort (Cbeebies Land)

  • GOLD (Small): Crealy Theme Park & Resort (Sooty Land)
  • SILVER (Small): BeWILDerwood
  • BRONZE (Small): Sundown Adventureland

Best Theme Park for Thrills

  • GOLD: Thorpe Park
  • SILVER: Alton Towers Resort
  • BRONZE: Pleasure Beach Resort

Best Theme Park with Animals presented by QLINE Consulting

  • GOLD (Large): Chessington World of Adventures Resort
  • SILVER (Large): West Midlands Safari Park
  • BRONZE (Large): Flamingo Land Resort

  • GOLD (Small): Drusillas Park
  • SILVER (Small): Folly Farm
  • BRONZE (Small): The Big Sheep

Best Seaside Park presented by Universal Verification

  • GOLD (North): Pleasure Beach Resort
  • SILVER (North): Fantasy Island
  • BRONZE (North): Adventure Coast Southport

  • GOLD (South): Adventure Island
  • SILVER (South): Blackgang Chine
  • BRONZE (South): Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach

Best New Food or Retail Outlet presented by Rossi

  • GOLD: Lost Island Grill (Fantasy Island)
  • SILVER: The Pancake Kitchen (Paultons Park)
  • BRONZE: Nuii Hippo Creek (West Midlands Safari Park)

Best New Sustainability Initiative presented by Taylor Made Designs

  • GOLD: The Solar Energy Project (Paultons Park)
  • SILVER: Carbon Neutral Woodland Village (LEGOLAND Windsor Resort)
  • BRONZE: Hedgehog Charter (Wicksteed Park)

Best New Accessibility Initiative presented by Future Street

  • GOLD: Quiet Mornings (Drayton Manor Resort)
  • SILVER: Sensory Space (Chessington World of Adventures Resort)
  • BRONZE: Accessible Minibus Guided Tour (West Midlands Safari Park)

Best New Event presented by Brave New Beast

  • GOLD: LEGO Festival (LEGOLAND Windsor Resort)
  • SILVER: 75th Anniversary Fireworks (Drayton Manor Resort)
  • BRONZE: Hyperia VIP Lift Hill Climb (Thorpe Park)

Best New Entertainment presented by TAG Live

  • GOLD (Large): DeadBeat (Thorpe Park)
  • SILVER (Large): COMPOUND (Alton Towers Resort)
  • BRONZE (Large): Battle of the Bands (LEGOLAND Windsor Resort)

  • GOLD (Small): Tumbling Tigers Trampoline Show (West Midlands Safari Park)
  • SILVER (Small): Sooty's Disco Dance Off (Crealy Theme Park & Resort)
  • BRONZE (Small): T-Rex Tales (Fantasy Island)

Best Use of IP in an Attraction presented by Katapult

  • GOLD: Peppa Pig World (Paultons Park)
  • SILVER: Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic (Pleasure Beach Resort)
  • BRONZE: Thomas Land (Drayton Manor Resort)

Best Queue Line Experience or Pre-Show presented by KA Creative

  • GOLD: Wicker Man (Alton Towers Resort)
  • SILVER: The Curse at Alton Manor (Alton Towers Resort)
  • BRONZE: Ghostly Manor (Paultons Park)

Best Integration of Technology in a Guest Experience presented by Photo Experience

  • GOLD: The Curse at Alton Manor (Alton Towers Resort)
  • SILVER: Ghostly Manor (Paultons Park)
  • BRONZE: Flight of the Sky Lion (LEGOLAND Windsor Resort)

Best Customer Service presented by Rose Events

  • GOLD (Large): Paultons Park
  • GOLD (Small): Blackgang Chine

Best Value Theme Park presented by Semnox

  • GOLD (Large): Drayton Manor Resort
  • GOLD (Small): Adventure Island

Best Marketing Campaign presented by Agility

  • GOLD: Toxicator (Alton Towers Resort)
  • SILVER: Fright Nights (Thorpe Park)
  • BRONZE: Talking Bins with Joe Sugg (Blackgang Chine)

Best Social Media Content presented by Rubber Cheese

  • GOLD (Large): Alton Towers Resort
  • GOLD (Small): Adventure Island

Best Established Content Creator

  • GOLD: Theme Park Worldwide
  • SILVER: DigitalDan
  • BRONZE: UK Theme Parks

Best Developing Content Creator

  • GOLD: Coaster Dad
  • SILVER: Thrills and Food
  • BRONZE: Ben and Hollie's Theme Park Adventures

Nominees

See the full list of nominees.