Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Today Blackpool Pleasure Beach announced their brand new ride for 2026, a Gyro Swing!
Blackpool’s Pleasure Beach Resort has today unveiled its plans for a new £8.72M ride, which will be the biggest of its kind in the UK. A Gyro Swing is being added to the park’s line up of rides in 2026, and work has already begun on its delivery. The ride is a giant spinning pendulum that swings 120 degrees and reaches 138 feet at its highest point.
It can seat 40 riders who face outwards with their legs dangling, and will experience an exhilarating feeling of flying.
Although other swinging pendulum rides exist in the UK, none come close to the Pleasure Beach model in terms of height. For example, Drayton Manor’s Maelstrom reaches approximately 74 feet, with the new ride almost double that in size.
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Today Blackpool Pleasure Beach announced their brand new ride for 2026, a Gyro Swing!
Blackpool’s Pleasure Beach Resort has today unveiled its plans for a new £8.72M ride, which will be the biggest of its kind in the UK. A Gyro Swing is being added to the park’s line up of rides in 2026, and work has already begun on its delivery. The ride is a giant spinning pendulum that swings 120 degrees and reaches 138 feet at its highest point.
It can seat 40 riders who face outwards with their legs dangling, and will experience an exhilarating feeling of flying.
Although other swinging pendulum rides exist in the UK, none come close to the Pleasure Beach model in terms of height. For example, Drayton Manor’s Maelstrom reaches approximately 74 feet, with the new ride almost double that in size.
© Your Experience Guide / Pleasure Beach Experience. All rights reserved. No part of this video can be reproduced or redistributed without permission from Scott Bickerton, the owner and creator of Your Experience Guide & Pleasure Beach Experience. For permission requests, email hello@yourexperienceguide.info. Use without consent with or without credit is in direct violation of copyright law, and will result in a takedown request.
