Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo is an amusement park in Kirby Misperton, Malton, south of Pickering, in North Yorkshire.

The Flamingo Park Zoological Gardens was founded in 1959 by Pentland Hick. In 1978, it was bought by Robert Gibb, who chnaged the name to Flamingo Land and developed the complex. After Robert's death in 1995, his son, Gordon, became Chief Executive.

It's most prominent rollercoasters have been Magnum Force (2000-2004) and The Bullet (1991-2004), although both of these attractions have been sold in advance of the 2005 season, when two new rollercoasters are expected to open.

The complex also houses a zoo and a caravan park.

In 2004, the park was the subject of a docusoap following the behind the scenes activities of management and workers.

Accident

A worker on the Magnum Force ride was critically injured on 1 June 2004 after taking a short cut over the track.[1] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/3767039.stm)

External links

• Official site (http://www.flamingoland.co.uk)
• Flamingo Land at RollerCoaster Database (http://www.rcdb.com/pd276.htm)
• Ariel view from Multimap.com (http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=477500&Y=480000&width=500&height=310&gride=477847&gridn=479560&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=&pc=&zm=0&in.x=6&in.y=10&scale=25000)