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Drayton Manor Resort
Our client Drayton Manor Resort, selected Fairfields to carry out a design risk assessment and produce a safety requirement specification for the upgrade of the Flying Dutchman Ride. Our engineers visited the site to survey the ride before following a series of steps to identify and examine machinery-related hazards. Following this process, they produced a […]
Viking Voyage Super Flume
In June 2017 Fairfields completed another leisure ride installation for the Viking Voyage Super Flume at Tayto Theme Park in Ireland. The €8m super flume reaches impressive speeds of 60kmp/h, has a 700m long track and contains 1.7 million litres of water. Each boat passes through a replica Viking village, passing 5 replica Viking ships […]
The Millennium Link Project has restored the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals to their former glory with the Falkirk Wheel Boat Lift. It links the West and East Coasts of Scotland with fully navigable waterways for the first time in 35 years. The project included the construction of a new section of canal, two […]
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The Scenic Railway at the 16-acre Dreamland amusement park in Margate, Kent dates back to the 1920s and, as such, is the oldest surviving roller coaster in the UK. It is one of just eight scenic railways in the world. It was for these reasons that the timber framed railway was granted Grade II listed […]
Rhombus Rocket in action
The Rhombus Rocket is a popular roller coaster ride at Fantasy Island Resort in Skegness, Lincolnshire. The ride first opened in 1995. The ride consists of a 295m long undulating looped tubular steel track with a single train with nine linked cars, each of which can carry up to 4 passengers. The train completes two […]
The Thrill-O-Matic dark ride was created through a collaboration between Blackpool Pleasure Beach Ltd. and Aardman Animations Ltd at a cost of £5.25 million with backing from Lancashire Enterprise Partnership. It replaced the popular Gold Mine dark ride that closed in September 2011. The Thrill-O-Matic ride uses the route of the of the Gold Mine […]
The Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice provides multi-professional, specialist, paediatric palliative care and support to children with life limiting or life threatening illnesses who are resident in Kuwait. The hospice aims to improve the quality of life for children and their families from diagnosis and beyond by offering these services, tailored to the individual family’s needs, […]
When it was built, the London Eye was the largest cantilevered observation wheel ever built. Standing at an impressive 135m tall and with a 120m diameter, it is the fifth tallest structure in London. Based on the South Bank of the River Thames, it is designed to be both beautiful and enjoyable, providing breath-taking views […]
