Alton Towers is the UK's largest theme park with around 3 million visitors a year, set in 500 acres of beautiful Staffordshire countryside. Alton Towers has more thrill rides than any other theme park in Europe, rides run for over 1500 hours every season. Characters such as Grave Diggers, Dippy Witches, Mad Inventors, Tom Thumb, Bo-Peep and Peter Rabbit wander the park. As well as the hundreds of rides and attractions, there are plenty of live shows including Peter Rabbit & Friends TM On Ice Show; Music Power House Situated in Festival Park; Children's Fun Factory; Old MacDonald's Farm, with real life bunnies, lambs and pot-bellied pigs plus animal-tastic rides and Old MacDonald's Singing Barn With larger than life, fully animated farmyard animals. Alton Towers information: 0990 20 40 60, Hotel information: 0990 00 11 00
