Camelot - Closed for good

[Robbie]

Had it confirmed to me recently that Camelot never owned Knightmare - it was hired from a London-based company. Presumably said company can now no longer find another park dumb enough to take it on.

 

[Martyn B]

^ Southport?

 

[CoasterCrazy]

Well, did anyone notice some of Knightmare's track in the brakerun was missing in that video?
I suppose I can probably keep dreaming...

It's so saddening (and downright creepy) to see it get into such a state. It's even sadder to see such awful, and very much deliberate, vandalism - just, seriously, what is the point?

 

[ATTACKHAMMER]

This http://rcdb.com/1372.htm was siting on top of a hill at Southport today. Here are some pictures, looks like it'll never be ridden again:

Why the hell does it have a wing mirror!?

 

[rob666]

Mirror...
to check nobody is hanging out of the train being naughty,
and to make sure the queue is behaving on leaving the station.

 

[Robbie]

Another story about people breaking in and climbing Knightmare:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... -Park.html

 

[cjbrandy]

Best way to stop people climbing Knightmare is to relocate it to another park and renovate it! Seriously though I hope it happens, it doesn't look like a coaster that would set the world on fire but it seems pretty cool and for the UK it would be great.

 

[Chris Brown]

I've always thought it looks like a great family thrill ride. I wouldn't be surprised to see it go to Lightwater valley or Oakwood or a park of similar calibre. I here the owners are asking for a staggering price for it though!

 

[Robbie]

Resurrecting an old thread to say that if anyone has fond memories of "Mad Edgar" from Camelot in the 90s/early 2000s he won the first Britain's Got Talent semi-final on ITV last night (under his real name Steve Royle). The final's on 10th October if anyone wants to cheer him on.

Britain's Got Talent

Britain's Got Talent

www.itv.com

 

[Robbie]

Being demolished (still no planning permission for anything to replace it)

Camelot Theme Park: Pictures show demolition work getting under way at the Charnock Richard site

It's been closed since 2012, but ever since parts of the Lancashire theme park could still be seen from the M6.

www.lep.co.uk