Alton Towers will be celebrating Halloween in spine-tingling style with a brand new fourth live action scare maze in 2018.

Visit Alton Towers on the 6th-7th, 13th-14th and 19th October - 2nd November 2018 for hair-raising antics and spooktacular surprises!

The theme park is open 10am - 9pm every day throughout the event - giving you a whole 11 hours of scares. When night falls, it's an incredible opportunity to ride the most famous rides at Alton Towers in the dark, including Wicker Man.

A new documentary, Inside Alton Towers, goes behind the scenes at the UK’s biggest theme park as it launches new multi-million pound attraction, Wicker Man.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to design, build and launch a new roller coaster? Or wondered who might have come up with the idea of building a wooden roller coaster with fire?!

The UK’s first new wooden roller coaster in 21 years opens at Alton Towers this year, and we were invited to the press event on 16th March to experience it for the very first time.

Alton Towers has invested £16 million into the creation of Wicker Man, which has been in development for the last 4 years. Here's our review of the new ride...

Alton Towers has confirmed the opening date of their latest attraction Wicker Man, the first new wooden roller coaster to be built in the UK for 21 years, with the unique thrill of fire.

The brand new ride opens on Saturday 17th March 2018.

Alton Towers has released first-look images of their latest attraction Wicker Man, the first new wooden roller coaster to be built in the UK for 21 years, with the unique thrill of fire.

The dramatic images reveal a spectacular six-story (57.7ft) structure, featuring an impressive human face on one side and ram’s head on the other, which bursts into flames as the train races through its chest.