Wicksteed Park is an amusement park in Kettering, England. Opened in 1921 by Charles Wicksteed, it's believed to be the oldest leisure park in the UK.
Wicksteed purchased 147 acres (595,000 mē) of land in 1913 with the vision of building a village on the site, however this never came to fruition and instead lead to the park. One of the first features to be opened in 1921 was the 30 acre (120,000 mē) man-made boating lake.
Today the park has many amusement rides, but unlike most larger theme parks such as Alton Towers it does not charge for entry. Open all year round, the children's playground is free for all to use, and one of the largest in Europe.
The park is owned by the Wicksteed Trust, a registered charity set up by Charles Wicksteed in 1916.
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Wicksteed Park official site (http://www.wicksteedpark.co.uk/)
WicksteedPark is an amusement park in Kettering, England.
Wicksteed purchased 147 acres (595,000 m²) of land in 1913 with the vision of building a village on the site, however this never came to fruition and instead lead to the park.
Today the park has many amusement rides, many of which were designed and built by Wicksteed itself, but unlike most larger theme parks such as Alton Towers it does not charge for entry.
WicksteedPark Ltd of WicksteedPark, Kettering pleaded guilty at Kettering Magistrates Court to failing to comply with Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and were fined £15,000 and ordered to pay £2,354 in costs.
Unusually, there has been a history of derailments at the WicksteedPark railway over the past decade and a raft of advice from HSE and others about the need to improve track maintenance, but still this part of the track was in a terrible state of repair until this accident.
3) The railway at WicksteedPark is a 24" narrow gauge track approximately one and a quarter miles in length.
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