Blackgang Chine

A seating area for interactive shows .

This ride was closed towards the end of the 2022 season after the ride collapsed.

Two of the chutes are open and referred to as 'Overflow 1' and 'Overflow 2'. The third is enclosed and known as the 'Plughole'.

The cove also features the Crossbones play area , opened in 2007, with climbing nets, rope bridges and slides.

Several themed buildings surround the pirate ships, including 'The Vortex' (see separate description) and a pirate shooting gallery.

Pirate Cove was previously the site for New Adventureland .

Built next door to the old ship ashore inn at that time .

Featuring Giuseppe the talking crab a giant whale amongst others.

Built on the site of the old fantasy land and the blackgang to Niton derelict coachroad.

Originally Buffalo Creek in Isle of Wight County before its relocation in 1994 .

After it was relocated it was renamed in a 1990s guidebook as buffalo canyon .

It has gone through a couple of name changes since .

Many of the original features from its first layout were retained during this move.

The notable exceptions being Fort Buffalo , the trappers cabin and The trading Post building .

It was redeveloped from the original Dinosaurland trail and retains several of the original figures.

In 2022 a new walkway and below ground footpath was added , including new dinosaurs.

Originally in Buffalo Creek , then re sited and expanded with Boot Hill 2 in 1994 when the cowboy town was moved.

The building was originally a house called Brackadale.

An animated haunted walkthrough attraction inside an old manor house, now infested with boggarts, goblins and other creatures from folklore.

Rumpus Mansion was built inside of an old residential blackgang dwelling called Five Rocks .

The attraction was updated with a tweak to some of the animals and the music in 2020.

The premise is explained, on attraction signs, as the Dodos having hatched from eggs left behind by a pirate fleet, and uncovered in the park many years later.

The area was partly restyled for 2018 adding more dodos and a rope net bridge .

Originally located in Adventureland .

Later resited near dodo valley in the late 1980s .

In 2022 the crooked house was completely revamped inside , removing all previous exhibits. Now a cowboy and fairy themed interior of animated cut out talking characters .

It was relocated opposite the Cliffhanger rollercoaster.

Also featuring 'The House That Jack Built', a two-level walkthrough where visitors are challenged to find all of the animals and characters mentioned in the famous rhyme.

Little Miss Muffet was removed circa 2020 .

Also featuring the wishing tree, a tree that houses a family of musical pixies inside. Nurseryland was sited on an area previously on park maps named as the fern Glen.

According to a 1990 guidebook the castle is based on one in Austria .

Relocated to its current location after land movement 1994 .

Located at iScream , Chocabloc and La Cantina .

It was housed in a metal corrugated iron structure .

Then moved to the current version of the entrance and shop in 1986 .

This version closed in 2013 to make way for the 'Dinostore' shop.

It re-opened in 2016 in a new location next to the 'BBC Coast' exhibition.

The building used was originally a house called St Catherines , the childhood home of actress Sheila Hancock.

Historically, the original Hall of Mirrors was one of the first attractions at the park, with ten mirrors from Paris being installed in 1933.

Over 5000 privett bushes were used in its construction .

Originally conceived the same time as the water gardens .

The maze was extended in the late 1960s .

Built on the putting green of the Blackgang Hotel .

The ancient wooden wishing chair is also found near the whales head .

Originally discovered in 1985 in scrubland and opened in 1987 .

A short landscaped walkway that meanders through a natural brook incorporating a small bridge playing tranquil music .

Later a landslip simulator room was added featuring BBC local news footage of the landslides of 1994 .

Consisting of pinball machines and shoot `em up games of the era .

The working steam powered engine from the paddle steamer Compton castle.

Plus a recreation of a longshoreman's 19th century quay. Various other maritime exhibits and a history of the isle of wight ferry services. This also included the whale bones and the wishing chair.

As of April 2023 cliffhanger has now been renamed rock n roller and is now located at Dreamland , Margate .

Removed but not re sited after excessive landslides.

A walkthrough themed with life size fibreglass jungle animals and sounds.

Tarzan was located up in a tree .

Most jungleland animals are now relocated to sister park , Robin Hill .

It was replaced by the Butterfly Walk and Giant Bug Walk in 2008.

This included a collection of old military vehicles, a replica of the spacecraft from the Disney movie The Spaceman and King Arthur called stardust . And a representation of the NASA Mission Control. The old mission control building, can still be seen just to the west of the main park. It was also the original location for the crooked house ( the concrete base is still visible ) Also the smugglers cave was sited here and the entrance archway to it albeit derelict can still be seen in the undergrowth . Remains of this area which included a wicksteed children's roundabout (pictured) was edging nearer the eroding cliff edge and removed in 2018 . It has not returned to the park . A children's play area featuring the wicksteed roundabout , slide and swings were also in this area .

Sited on the area now called pirate cove . Many items from original Adventureland were transported to the new Adventureland . These included military vehicles , stardust space rocket which was a prop from the film " the spaceman and king Arthur AKA unidentified flying oddball." The bloodhound missile , and the neptune submarine from the james bond film " for your eyes only." New play equipment was installed along with Lunar Base , a replacement for Mission control which wasn`t re sited .

Later in the 1970s further fibreglass dinosaurs were added to the original six. On park maps in 1972 Dinosaurland is named Dinosaur Zoo. This name was changed to Dinosaurland This area was upgraded with new animatronic dinosaur figures to become 'Restricted Area 5' in 2014. Some of the original static models were retained.

Bluff meaning a steep slope in the cliff at a vertical angle. A wooden raised platform observatory facing west . Nearby a wooden child's swing and see-saw . Adjacent was a large wooden hut containing a set of avery weighing scales .

Located in Frontierland and called buffalo creek in isle of wight county .

Built by pinewood studios . Including a bank, gold mine, saloon bar, jail, sit on horse and wagons ,full size locomotive, blacksmiths and more . Constructed way down in a wooded area that was originally land owned by the southlands house .

A Trappers cabin depicting a Davey Crockett style character outside of a log cabin , with a mule and two grizzly bears outside .

Parts were removed following the 1994 landslip; the remainder was relocated uphill to form Buffalo Canyon, now the Cowboy Town.

Featuring wallace the butler and darwin the allosaurus . Built on the site of the old swimming pool of the adjacent house five rocks ( rumpus mansion ) The Triassic Dinner Club was removed in 2016 , but the dinosaurs made a one off appearance for a dinosaur themed event a few years later . This area now houses the mouth of hell .

It originally opened as a simpler version south of the maze as marked on a 1969 map . It was then moved to adventureland in the far west corner of the park in the 1970s . FInally after the late 1980s moving to a new location near fantasyland with more animation and built around a building that was the old garage to a house called brackadale . It`s interior of exhibits were removed in 2016/17 and have not been relocated into the park elsewhere . The empty interior of the smugglers cave now forms the entrance of the Underwater Kingdom in 2017. Some of the original smugglers that guarded the cave entrance are now sited near the entrance to the chine car park .

Later to include the themed areas . Advertised as open until 10 PM .

( LED)

Lighting up the paths , ponds , gore cliff and all themed areas .

This only opened for a couple of seasons . A 2007 guidebook says " magical beams of light make you a disco diva " Located on a park map where the shooting gallery now is in 2023 . Not much is known about this attraction .

A collection of mainly German garden gnomes doing various day to day chores . Most famous are the gambling gnomes playing cards . Re sited a few times , latterly called Gnomeywood , a play on the word Hollywood . This latter version was opposite chimney pot walk . The last gnomes garden was near the current park entrance but since removed . Most gnomes are believed to now be in storage . But a few have escaped and can be found located especially in the underwater kingdom and nursery land .

Also ships in glass bottles , lifebelts from shipwrecks, the wishing chair and the giant whale skeleton . Attached to the old entrance the Museum was closed when the entrance was relocated. Some of the exhibits were then transferred to St Catherine's Quay.

Simply named as castle in guidebooks. Located on a 1971 park map as south of nurseryland and the old entrance . A small square castle with a single cannon inside that looked out of the entrance .

Located near new adventureland .

Depicting a trip from blackgang around the island then into space and back with a space battle at the end .

This included a full running commentary .

A 1989 guidebook says it was redeveloped in 1988 a year after opening .

Removed due to high running costs and updated health and safety regulations .

Originally located on a 1960s park map as south of the gnomes garden and entrance at that time . Later moved to outside of the crooked house in new adventureland . Finally after an extension to dodo valley they were removed . They have no longer returned to the park .

A brand new purpose built shop opened in the old bazaar in 1982 . Closed in 1985 due to coastal erosion , a new shop and entrance were opened in 1986 in its current location .

Salvaged from local shipwrecks . Lined up along the cliff of the original chine gardens.

Located outdoors in all weathers . Removed after decades of disintegration by the weather . Not to be confused with the original and still remaining whale skeleton .

A Romany gypsy caravan , originally sited in nurseryland was added to the mill pond gardens . Last map marked on a 2016 guide .

Located near smugglerland . Removed after landslips . Now relocated and can be seen and used at sister park Robin Hill .

Marked on park maps as south of the water gardens. appears on maps and guidebooks until early 1980s. Removed due to coastal erosion .