Sundown Adventureland

Sundown Adventureland

Pirate ship at Sundown Adventureland
Location	Rampton, Nottinghamshire, England
Coordinates	53.3040°N 0.8125°W / 53.3040; -0.8125
Opened	26 May 1968 (1968-05-26)
Owner	Rhodes Family
Slogan	The Theme Park For The Under 10's
Operating season	February – December
Website	sundownadventureland.co.uk

Sundown Adventureland is a children's theme park in Rampton, Nottinghamshire, UK. It originally opened as a farmyard in 1968 and is owned by the Rhodes family.^[1] As of 2020, it has over 30 rides and attractions.^[2]

Park guide

The park has several themed areas, including fantasy, Wild West, pirate and fairytale themes.

The park has a number of rides aimed at young children, as well as walkthrough attractions, most of which being interactive through pressing buttons that have visual and audio consequences. In addition, there are also has some themed outdoor play areas.

It has three main dining locations: Honey's Pumpkin Patch Café, Crash Landings and Rodeo Corral. The latter two both contain themed soft play areas.

Attraction	Date opened/Closed	Description
Giddy Piggies		A small children's round ride.
Jolly Pirate Boat Ride	1992	A themed boat ride. Previously named the Boozy Barrel Boat Ride.
Monkey Mayhem Driving School	2018	A themed children's driving ride.
The Okie Yolkie Ride		A teacups-style round ride.
Wild Ostrich Safari Ride	2017	A tracked ride.
Robin Hood's Merry Adventure		A Medieval themed dark ride.
Rocky Mountain Railroad		A themed train ride.
Santa's Sleigh Ride		A Christmas themed dark ride.
The Night Before Christmas		A second Christmas themed dark ride.
Tractor Ride		A children's tractor car ride.
Lollipoppet Castle		A walk-through themed to sweets.
Market Square		An interactive walk-through attraction
Singing Pet Shop		Animated walk-through.
Storybook Village		Walk-through based on fairytale houses.
Sunnydown Farm		Animated walk-through about farm animals.
Toy Town		Walk-through attraction.
Shotgun City		Walk-through of western buildings
Monkey Mischief		Interactive walk-through.
The Great Crazy Critter Bonanza	1983-2008	An animated children's show formerly in Shotgun City made by Golding Leisure featuring western animals singing country songs, no footage or photos of this show in its prime have been discovered yet. Show was replaced in 2009 by Buck & Duke with the animatronics now on display in the ice cream parlor and the fiddle playing coyote in the haunted house but relocated in 2019 to storage.
Angry Birds Activity Park	2012	A themed play area.
Fort Apache		A themed play area.
Crash Landings		A themed indoor play area.
Rodeo Corral		A themed indoor play area.

History

Sundown Adventureland first opened in 1968 and was run in the Rhodes' back garden.^[3] In its first year open, it was visited by over 2000 people.^[3] Animals that could be seen during early operation included pheasants, ducks, bush babies, flying and red squirrels, budgerigars, canaries, a monkey, fox and a donkey. It was originally known as Sundown Pets Corner.^[3]

Awards

In 2020 Sundown Adventureland was voted the fourth-best theme park in the UK and the 16th best in Europe, according to TripAdvisor

References

1. "Notts theme park welcomes adventure-seeking families for summer holidays". Love Business East Midlands. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
2. "Rides & Attractions". Sundown Adventureland. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
3. "The sad passing of Audrey Rhodes Sundown Adventureland Founder". Sundown Adventureland. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2022.

External links

• Official website