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Featuring palm trees, washed up cargo and an interactive pool that you can walk over without getting your feet wet.

Palm trees, dodos, and seagulls complete the experience .

Located on the former site of Cliffhanger.

The large water pillow used as the sea was formerly at Robin Hill and known as The Ripple.

The Jolly Robin was formerly called Colossus and has been re-sited with an upgrade from Robin Hill.

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

Shipwrecked reopens in 2024.

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.

A narration tells stories of smuggling ,folklore,views that are seen and more.

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.

The two bones are reused from the former Fort Tortuga entrance .

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 .

Some of the in house narration was changed for 2024 .

It was relocated opposite the Cliffhanger rollercoaster.

It was announced in 2024 that the whale is to be moved and incorporated into the new area housing The Jolly Robin .

In the first week of April 2024 the whale was dismantled in sections and moved from the old St Catherine's Quay site.

The repainted , slightly redesigned whale opened summer 2024 .

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.

Characters include Humpty Dumpty ,The 3 Little Pigs, Hickory Dickory Dock ,See Saw Marjorie Daw , Old Mother Hubbard and a enormous shoe that houses A Little Old Woman .

Nurseryland was expanded for the 1980 season with new additions.

Little Miss Muffet was removed circa 2020 .

A vicar on a seat that has no connection to any nursery rhyme provides a popular photo opportunity along with the famous toadstool which since the 1990s has its date changed annually to the corresponding year .

Also in Nurseryland is 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.

The main large chimney pots are laid out to look like a chess set complete with a black and white chequered board . A natural water source also flows through the gardens .

The original footpath had stepping stones made from concrete slabs with water flowing through .

This was near the small pond .

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

Fairyland includes the sad looking toadstool , a toadstool seating area .

Look closely in the trees for fairies , frogs and other assorted creatures .Also look out for a former Rumpus Clock Tower survivor on the footpath leading to Fairyland.

Relocated to its current location after land movement 1994 .

Located at iScream , Chocabloc , La Cantina The Jolly Robin.

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 .

Depicted on various vintage postcards . The last incarnation of the steps appear to have been closed permanently in the early 1960s due to crumbling cliffs . The 1960s steps started at the top of the chine near a wooden summer house style hut depicted in vintage postcards .

A seating area for interactive shows.

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

Built at a cost of £150,000 in 1984. 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 .

This included a collection of old military vehicles, a replica of the spacecraft from the Disney movie The Spaceman and King Arthur called stardust . A representation of the NASA Mission Control was opened in 1980. 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 1980 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 .In 1980 the cave was completely revamped inside. 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 .

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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.

Entry price was originally adults 30p , children 20 p. Originally called "Blackgang Sawmill", and was a separate attraction from the main park (though visitors could buy a combined ticket for both). The original narration was by TV presenter John Craven . It was an award-winning heritage exhibition 'telling the story of timber' in the setting of an old water mill. Some of the features included the workshops of the blacksmith and wheelwright, the mill owner's cottage, numerous working steam and oil engines, 'Timber at Sea', 'Timber in the Home' and the Mill Pond Gardens, water from which drove the water wheel. This attraction was closed and all its exhibits removed in 2016.

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 .

The first phase of the model village was removed in May 1989 due to cliff erosion.

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 .

The entrance and bazaar was located in front of the chine gorge . later extended with round porthole style windows with a footbridge leading off it to the chine gardens. 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 .The old buildings were demolished in the summer of 1989.

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 smuggler land . Removed after landslips . Now relocated and can be seen and used at former sister park Robin Hill . This may have been a repurposed coastguard lookout platform from the adjacent coastguard cottages near the car park at Blackgang .

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

• Alum Bay
• Barnes Chine
• Blackgang Chine
• Brambles Chine
• Brook Chine
• Chilton Chine
• Churchill Chine
• Colwell Bay
• Compton Chine
• Cowleaze Chine
• Grange Chine and Marsh Chine
• Ladder Chine
• Linstone Chine
• Luccombe Chine
• New Chine
• Shanklin Chine
• Shepherd's Chine
• Shippards Chine
• Walpen Chine
• Whale Chine
• Widdick Chine

• Alton Towers
• Chessington World of Adventures
• Legoland Windsor
• Thorpe Park

• Gulliver's Kingdom
• Gulliver's Land
• Gulliver's Valley
• Gulliver's World

• Universal Studios United Kingdom

• The American Adventure Theme Park
• Barry's Amusements
• Battersea Park
• Belle Vue Zoological Gardens
• Brocklands Adventure Park
• Camelot Theme Park
• Children's Corner
• Dobwalls Adventure Park
• Flambards Theme Park
• Frontierland, Morecambe
• Granada Studios Tour
• Killarney Springs
• London Resort (never built)
• Loudoun Castle
• Marine Gardens
• Ocean Beach, Rhyl
• Pleasure Island Family Theme Park
• Tucktonia
• Manchester Botanic Gardens