Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Come for a pov video of the ride Wicker Man Alton Towers. I use my gopro 12 black to record this ride. This video was taken in the 2026 season. I have put the links for Alton Towers website, merlin's website as they run all the big theme parks in England ( thrope park, LEGOLAND and Chessington World Of Adventures) and gopro website below. I also will put the address down below of Chessington world of adventures.
In the early 2000s, Alton Towers applied for planning permission to build a new wooden roller coaster. This was never built due to complaints from the public regarding noise pollution and environmental damage.[2]
The Flume closed on 10 October 2015. While not revealed at the time, it would later be replaced by Wicker Man.
In March 2016, the park began teasing the ride to the public through its Towers Loving Care Twitter page.[3] On 31 May 2016, Alton Towers filed for planning permission to build Wicker Man on the site of The Flume. The plans revealed that the ride would be a wooden roller coaster, and sound comparisons hinted at the ride being manufactured by Great Coasters International. The application was approved on 24 August 2016 and in December, demolition of the Flume began.
On 7 May 2017, wood arrived at Alton Towers. This followed the arrival of GCI earlier in May.
On 21 May 2017, vertical construction of the ride's station track and pre-lift section began.
On 30 May 2017, vertical construction of the ride's large theming element began.
In June 2017, vertical construction of the station began.
On 27 June 2017, vertical construction of the ride's lift hill began.
In July 2017, construction on the rest of the ride began with the installation of part of the first drop.
On 7 July 2017, the ride's lift hill reached its full height. This was commemorated by the British and American flags being placed on top of the lift hill, representing the two countries involved with the project.
On 16 August 2017, Alton Towers began a new marketing campaign for the ride. This marketing campaign involved the tagline Be Chosen, some Pagan-esque runes being placed on the construction fences surrounding the ride which apparently also translate to Be Chosen and the first in a series of videos marketing the ride. The second of these videos feature YouTuber Elliott Crawford and was released on 23 August 2017. The ride is also currently being marketed as a world class experience by the park.
In early September 2017, Alton Towers announced a new scare maze for the park's Scarefest event called The Welcoming. The Welcoming was heavily linked with Wicker Man.
On 6 October 2017, Alton Towers introduced a new logo depicting a burning wicker man into the ride's marketing. Also, the SW8 minisite started redirecting people to TheWelcoming.co.uk, where people were given more of an insight into the ride's story and the scare maze, including the introduction of another slogan; Feed The Flames.
On 22 October 2017, the park released another teaser featuring Elliott Crawford. This teaser featured runes teasing parts of the ride's storyline.
By the end of the park's 2017 season on 5 November 2017, the ride's queue line was being erected and most of the ride had the wooden track installed and was only awaiting the installation of the steel rails. Also, the exterior of the station and maintenance shed was mostly complete.
In late November 2017, Alton Towers released a partial time lapse video of the ride's construction. This was followed by a teaser on November 22 entitled Unite with the chosen ones.
On 9 December 2017, the European Coaster Club and multiple other sources reported that the ride made its first test run on 7 December 2017.
On 22 December 2017, Alton Towers sent out planks of wood to the media with the ride's logo on reading All will be revealed 8-1-18, confirming an announcement on 8 January 2018. Alton Towers subsequently announced that the ride would be named Wicker Man and that it would be the world's first roller coaster experience to fuse wood and fire.[4] However, this claim was later removed from the marketing campaign reportedly following a claim to the Advertising Standards Agency.
The roller coaster was planned to open on 17 March 2018, but due to poor weather, this was pushed back to 24 March.[5] However, the ride actually opened on 20 March.
gopro website:
gopro.com
Alton Towers :
altontowers.com
Merlin's website
merlinannualpass.co.uk
Alton Towers address :
Alton Towers
Farley Ln
Alton
ST10 4DB
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Come for a pov video of the ride Wicker Man Alton Towers. I use my gopro 12 black to record this ride. This video was taken in the 2026 season. I have put the links for Alton Towers website, merlin's website as they run all the big theme parks in England ( thrope park, LEGOLAND and Chessington World Of Adventures) and gopro website below. I also will put the address down below of Chessington world of adventures.
In the early 2000s, Alton Towers applied for planning permission to build a new wooden roller coaster. This was never built due to complaints from the public regarding noise pollution and environmental damage.[2]
The Flume closed on 10 October 2015. While not revealed at the time, it would later be replaced by Wicker Man.
In March 2016, the park began teasing the ride to the public through its Towers Loving Care Twitter page.[3] On 31 May 2016, Alton Towers filed for planning permission to build Wicker Man on the site of The Flume. The plans revealed that the ride would be a wooden roller coaster, and sound comparisons hinted at the ride being manufactured by Great Coasters International. The application was approved on 24 August 2016 and in December, demolition of the Flume began.
On 7 May 2017, wood arrived at Alton Towers. This followed the arrival of GCI earlier in May.
On 21 May 2017, vertical construction of the ride's station track and pre-lift section began.
On 30 May 2017, vertical construction of the ride's large theming element began.
In June 2017, vertical construction of the station began.
On 27 June 2017, vertical construction of the ride's lift hill began.
In July 2017, construction on the rest of the ride began with the installation of part of the first drop.
On 7 July 2017, the ride's lift hill reached its full height. This was commemorated by the British and American flags being placed on top of the lift hill, representing the two countries involved with the project.
On 16 August 2017, Alton Towers began a new marketing campaign for the ride. This marketing campaign involved the tagline Be Chosen, some Pagan-esque runes being placed on the construction fences surrounding the ride which apparently also translate to Be Chosen and the first in a series of videos marketing the ride. The second of these videos feature YouTuber Elliott Crawford and was released on 23 August 2017. The ride is also currently being marketed as a world class experience by the park.
In early September 2017, Alton Towers announced a new scare maze for the park's Scarefest event called The Welcoming. The Welcoming was heavily linked with Wicker Man.
On 6 October 2017, Alton Towers introduced a new logo depicting a burning wicker man into the ride's marketing. Also, the SW8 minisite started redirecting people to TheWelcoming.co.uk, where people were given more of an insight into the ride's story and the scare maze, including the introduction of another slogan; Feed The Flames.
On 22 October 2017, the park released another teaser featuring Elliott Crawford. This teaser featured runes teasing parts of the ride's storyline.
By the end of the park's 2017 season on 5 November 2017, the ride's queue line was being erected and most of the ride had the wooden track installed and was only awaiting the installation of the steel rails. Also, the exterior of the station and maintenance shed was mostly complete.
In late November 2017, Alton Towers released a partial time lapse video of the ride's construction. This was followed by a teaser on November 22 entitled Unite with the chosen ones.
On 9 December 2017, the European Coaster Club and multiple other sources reported that the ride made its first test run on 7 December 2017.
On 22 December 2017, Alton Towers sent out planks of wood to the media with the ride's logo on reading All will be revealed 8-1-18, confirming an announcement on 8 January 2018. Alton Towers subsequently announced that the ride would be named Wicker Man and that it would be the world's first roller coaster experience to fuse wood and fire.[4] However, this claim was later removed from the marketing campaign reportedly following a claim to the Advertising Standards Agency.
The roller coaster was planned to open on 17 March 2018, but due to poor weather, this was pushed back to 24 March.[5] However, the ride actually opened on 20 March.
gopro website:
gopro.com
Alton Towers :
altontowers.com
Merlin's website
merlinannualpass.co.uk
Alton Towers address :
Alton Towers
Farley Ln
Alton
ST10 4DB
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