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The Irish Sun
30-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Pier in one of the UK's ‘worst seaside towns' named top amusement park in Europe
CLACTON Pier has been crowned one of the best amusement parks in Europe by Tripadvisor. Despite Clacton-on-Sea being voted one of the country's 'worst seaside towns', its pleasure pier up came up trumps, winning big in the 'Best of the Best Amusement & Water Parks' category. 6 Clacton Pier came in the top 25 Amusement & Water Parks in Europe Credit: Alamy 6 It was the only pier fairground to make it onto the list Credit: Alamy The pier is the biggest of its kind in all of Europe, being 360 metres long, and has its own amusement park. The pier has 16 rides and attractions including the Looping Star There's even a go-karting track, as well as a bowling alley, darts and shuffleboard, adventure golf, video arcade, and a soft play centre. Read More on Attractions Currently, there's an attraction called Jurassic Pier where kids can get up close to life-size dinosaurs. Throughout the summer, the pier is also having free firework displays. When you get hungry, stop in at the Boardwalk Bar and Grill, or the Bay Family Restaurant which has pizzas, wraps, burgers and hot dogs . You can get burgers on the go and stop in Candy Corner for donuts, ice cream, candy floss or seaside rock. Most read in Family If you want to explore the pier yourself, you can buy a 'Big Day Out Band' which is £22.50 if bought online. With this pass you can go on unlimited rides, play a round of adventure golf, explore the new Jurassic Pier attraction, go on the big wheel, play five video games and get 50 arcade prize tickets. I went on holiday to the 'worst' seaside town in the UK – but it's a great family trip and my kids loved it 6 The pier sits on the beach of one of the UK's worst-rated seaside towns Credit: Alamy 6 There's 16 attractions on the pier including a big wheel and helter skelter Credit: Alamy One visitor wrote in their Another said: "This is a giant of a pier with acres of fun, rides, bars, food, bowling - you name it they have it." Upon winning the award, the Despite the pier's success at the Tripadvisor awards, Which? asked holidaymakers to go to and review their favourite and least favourite seaside towns across the UK. The towns were rated across categories like hotel prices, beach quality, seafront and pier, food and drink, accommodation and tourist attractions. 6 Clacton-on-Sea was recently named as one of the 'worst seaside towns' in the UK Credit: Alamy Clacton received a low destination score of just 42 per cent. On the other end was Bamburgh in Northumberland, which had an overall rating of 84 per cent. However, one writer insists that Clacton doesn't deserve its low score as half of its success is because it's "bright, brash and bustling." When she visited the seaside town, not only was the pier a big hit with her family, but she also checked out the Upside Down House in Essex. Find out where And check out the Tripadvisor's Winning 'Best of the Best Amusement & Water Parks' Heide Park, Germany Puy du Fou, France The Web Adventure Park, UK Paultons Park, UK Drayton Manor Theme Park, UK LEGOLAND Billund, Denmark The Milky Way Adventure Park, UK Walt Disney Studios Park, France Djurs Sommerland, Denmark Bellewaerde Park, Belgium Clacton Pier, UK Aquafollie, Italy Aqua Dome, Ireland Paphos Aphrodite Waterpark, Cyprus Walibi Holland, The Netherlands Avonturenpark Hellendoorn, The Netherlands Aqualand Corfu Water Park, Greece Fraispertuis City, France Prater, Austria Nigoland, France Le PAL - Parc d'Attractions et Animalier, France Fort Fun Abenteuerland, Germany Katmandu Park, Spain Legoland Deutschland Resort, Germany 6 Clacton Pier came in 11th place in the 'Best of the Best Amusement & Water Parks' Tripadvisor award Credit: Alamy
Scottish Sun
30-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Pier in one of the UK's ‘worst seaside towns' named top amusement park in Europe
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) CLACTON Pier has been crowned one of the best amusement parks in Europe by Tripadvisor. Despite Clacton-on-Sea being voted one of the country's 'worst seaside towns', its pleasure pier up came up trumps, winning big in the 'Best of the Best Amusement & Water Parks' category. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 6 Clacton Pier came in the top 25 Amusement & Water Parks in Europe Credit: Alamy 6 It was the only pier fairground to make it onto the list Credit: Alamy Clacton Pier was given rave reviews by visitors and beat actual theme and water parks to bag 11th place in the Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice Awards. The pier is the biggest of its kind in all of Europe, being 360 metres long, and has its own amusement park. The pier has 16 rides and attractions including the Looping Star rollercoaster, White Water Log Flume, a big wheel and helter skelter. There's even a go-karting track, as well as a bowling alley, darts and shuffleboard, adventure golf, video arcade, and a soft play centre. Currently, there's an attraction called Jurassic Pier where kids can get up close to life-size dinosaurs. Throughout the summer, the pier is also having free firework displays. When you get hungry, stop in at the Boardwalk Bar and Grill, or the Bay Family Restaurant which has pizzas, wraps, burgers and hot dogs. You can get burgers on the go and stop in Candy Corner for donuts, ice cream, candy floss or seaside rock. If you want to explore the pier yourself, you can buy a 'Big Day Out Band' which is £22.50 if bought online. With this pass you can go on unlimited rides, play a round of adventure golf, explore the new Jurassic Pier attraction, go on the big wheel, play five video games and get 50 arcade prize tickets. I went on holiday to the 'worst' seaside town in the UK – but it's a great family trip and my kids loved it 6 The pier sits on the beach of one of the UK's worst-rated seaside towns Credit: Alamy 6 There's 16 attractions on the pier including a big wheel and helter skelter Credit: Alamy One visitor wrote in their Tripadvisor review: "One of the BEST experiences in the area! Everything from the arcade, rides, soft play, golf and food is great PLUS the workers are super kind so it's definitely worth a visit." Another said: "This is a giant of a pier with acres of fun, rides, bars, food, bowling - you name it they have it." Upon winning the award, the Pier general manager Harry Peek said: "This is amazing and a very prestigious accolade which comes from real visitors with real experiences and real feedback." Despite the pier's success at the Tripadvisor awards, Which? revealed Clacton to be one of the worst seaside towns of 2025 - as voted for by the public. Which? asked holidaymakers to go to and review their favourite and least favourite seaside towns across the UK. The towns were rated across categories like hotel prices, beach quality, seafront and pier, food and drink, accommodation and tourist attractions. 6 Clacton-on-Sea was recently named as one of the 'worst seaside towns' in the UK Credit: Alamy Clacton received a low destination score of just 42 per cent. On the other end was Bamburgh in Northumberland, which had an overall rating of 84 per cent. However, one writer insists that Clacton doesn't deserve its low score as half of its success is because it's "bright, brash and bustling." When she visited the seaside town, not only was the pier a big hit with her family, but she also checked out the Upside Down House in Essex. Find out where Sun Travel's favourite seaside towns are - and they're all less than 90 minutes from London. And check out the UK pier that's home to the world's largest fish and chip shop. Tripadvisor's Winning 'Best of the Best Amusement & Water Parks' Heide Park, Germany Puy du Fou, France The Web Adventure Park, UK Paultons Park, UK Drayton Manor Theme Park, UK LEGOLAND Billund, Denmark The Milky Way Adventure Park, UK Walt Disney Studios Park, France Djurs Sommerland, Denmark Bellewaerde Park, Belgium Clacton Pier, UK Aquafollie, Italy Aqua Dome, Ireland Paphos Aphrodite Waterpark, Cyprus Walibi Holland, The Netherlands Avonturenpark Hellendoorn, The Netherlands Aqualand Corfu Water Park, Greece Fraispertuis City, France Prater, Austria Nigoland, France Le PAL - Parc d'Attractions et Animalier, France Fort Fun Abenteuerland, Germany Katmandu Park, Spain Legoland Deutschland Resort, Germany
