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Thorpe Park is a theme park to the south of London. Thorpe Park may also refer to: * Thorpe Park (''The Inbetweeners''), an episode of a British sitcom called The Inbetweeners * Thorpe Park Leeds, a business park in Leeds See also * Thorpe Camp, former Royal Air Force barracks for RAF Woodhall Spa * Thorpe (other) Thorpe is a variant of the Middle English word ''thorp'', meaning hamlet or small village. Thorpe may refer to: People * Thorpe (surname), including a list of people with the name Places England *Thorpe, Cumbria * Thorpe, Derbyshire * Thorpe, ...
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Thorpe Park
Thorpe Park Resort, commonly known as Thorpe Park, is an amusement park located in the village of Thorpe between the towns of Chertsey and Staines-upon-Thames in Surrey, England, southwest of Central London. It is operated by Merlin Entertainments and includes rides, themed cabins, live events and ''Stealth (roller coaster), Stealth'', the United Kingdom's fastest rollercoaster. In 2019 Thorpe park was the UK's third most visited theme park (1.9 million visitors), behind Alton Towers and Legoland Windsor Resort, Legoland Windsor. However, in 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the park only had a 125-day operation season, along with limited capacity, leading to massively reduced visitor numbers. Despite this, Thorpe Park was the second most attended theme park in the UK in 2020, behind Alton Towers. After demolition of the Thorpe Park Estate in the 1930s, the site became a gravel pit managed by Ready Mix Concrete (RMC). When the pits were expended, RMC regenerated the site ...
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Thorpe Park (The Inbetweeners)
''The Inbetweeners'' is a BAFTA Award-winning British sitcom A British sitcom or a Britcom is a situational comedy programme produced for British television. Most British sitcoms are recorded on studio sets, while some have an element of location filming. A handful are made almost exclusively on location ... created by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris, set in a fictional secondary school, and broadcast on E4 (TV channel), E4. The series follows the lives of four suburban sixth form student friends – protagonist List of The Inbetweeners characters#Will McKenzie, Will McKenzie (Simon Bird), his best friend List of The Inbetweeners characters#Simon Cooper, Simon Cooper (Joe Thomas (actor), Joe Thomas), and their friends List of The Inbetweeners characters#Jay CartwJay Cartwright (James Buckley (actor), James Buckley) and List of The Inbetweeners characters#Neil Sutherland, Neil Sutherland (Blake Harrison). The series is narrated by Will, who is the programme's central characte ...
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Thorpe Park Leeds
Thorpe Park Leeds or simply Thorpe Park is a business park located near Brown Moor, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Companies that are headquartered in Thorpe Park include Northern Gas Networks, Boost Drinks and Pharmacy2U. The Thorpe Park railway station is anticipated to open in the area in 2024. The overall development of the business park is expected to be complete by 2035. History In 2000, Scarborough Group International (SGI) began development on the business park. The chairman of SGI Kevin McCabe said that they wanted to create the "largest and best out of town, mixed-use development that Yorkshire has ever seen". Phase two development at Thorpe Park Leeds was enabled following an investment deal with Legal & General Capital in 2015. The Springs shopping centre was opened in October 2018. In May 2021, a life-size statue of Captain Tom Moore was unveiled at the park before being positioned at Tom Moore's birthplace in Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civ ...
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Thorpe Camp
Thorpe Camp, officially known as the Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre, is the former Royal Air Force barracks for RAF Woodhall Spa. It is southeast of the site of RAF Woodhall Spa, in the civil parish of Tattershall Thorpe. Built in 1940 during the Second World War, the site included Officer, Sergeant and Airman messes, a NAAFI building, ration store, latrines and ablution blocks. The site closed in the 1960s. The remaining buildings - the Airman's mess, NAAFI, ablution block, and ration store - are now preserved within the boundaries of the visitor centre, by the Thorpe Camp Preservation Group Limited. The visitor centre commemorates both the Royal Air Force, and RAF Woodhall Spa history, as well as civilian life in Lincolnshire in the 1940s. Dedications to RAF Woodhall Spa The visitor centre has various dedications to RAF Woodhall Spa, including a display for each of the squadrons that were either stationed there, or had operations relating to the station. The centre also has ...
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