What Remains of Camelot Theme Park? - Part 3 Land Of The Brave!
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Exploring the former and abandoned Camelot Theme Park in Chorley, Lancashire. Looking back at the History of the Park, from where it started up to where it ended. Then we a full explore of the whole site of the abandoned theme park. Looking at what remains on the site, and also a nostalgic look back at what was once there.
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The opening shot of the front gates fading away is heartbreaking. Even though Chorley isn't far from me, as a kid it felt like we travelled a million miles to get to Camelot and when we saw that white tower it was so exciting. I can still picture how it all looked when it was open.
Let's hope Alton Towers never goes the same way. There's something about a day at a theme park that nothing else matches
I wouldn’t worry about that happening in the foreseeable future, Alton Towers is a very well off theme park, and if it were to close it probably won’t be in our lifetime. I do agree that you can’t beat a day out at a theme park. 👍🏻
This makes me so sad to see Camelot like this. So many child memories for me. I absolutely loved it there.
this has been a great series darren,it just makes you wonder how fast time flies
I'd never been to Camelot, but now I feel like I have thanks to your fade ins, directions and drone views with captions. Thank you. Another three brilliant videos.
My pleasure!
The best bit of the all park. Loved this series brought back lost memories. Also made me feel my age lol.
Glad you enjoyed it
Never got to ride the Tower of terror as our kids were only born in the 90s .
Did enjoy the Knightmare though it was brutal but a great laugh .
We are only 15 minutes from there and I’m sorry we didn’t go more often.
Very sad to see it in such a state….. perfect for a scare event though . We will have to go this year 🎃🤡👻🧱👍🏽
For what it's worth the building @ 11:00 was the "Farm Shop". I worked in there for a few years. Definitely not a traditional farm shop - we sold pretty much the same tat they sold in the other gift shops dotted around the park!
I remember seeing ads for Camelot on ITV all the time, really enjoyed this series, so sad to see any theme parks in a state like this but also a reminder of it's happier days
The brand new theme-park planned for the UK should go onto this site! I saw the plans today with a medieval/Vikings theme... sadly no rides, but the jousting show featured on the promo reminded me of Camelot.
It wasn't my favourite Theme-park as a kid, but certainly had plenty of memories there including a school trip too.
Thank you for the final travel through the the theme park! It a happy, but sad travel for you I’m sure. The photo of you at six years old as the final in the past picture was especially gratifying to see! Again, thank you for the wonderful tours these past weeks. Enjoy the rest of the weekend, and the week ahead! Cheers Darren! ❤🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸
Another brilliant series on camelot Darren really enjoyed watching but also sad to see it as it is now
Hearing the Halloween theme at the beginning I was expecting Michael Myers behind the hedge ready to jump out at you! This has been a cracking series so far Darren, how you have brought Camelot back to life is so moving. A magic piece of filming. 👌
Thanks Darren for the videos of How camelot looked before & now, there was a fatality on the Gauntlet roller-coaster, so Sad.
This is the most beautiful thing I've seen on RUclips yet, happy 😊 sad 😔 and so moving 😢 at the same time. Incredible 👍😀👍🏴🇬🇧 july twenty four
I'm glad you like it
Such a shame that Knightmare wasn’t able to be saved going to another park, both it and Tower of Terror were superb. Remember the Wimpy bar well
Knightmare was a very rare coaster. one of only a handfull of its type.
Must of been a good reason why another park never bought it. A real shame though, heard it was quite forceful
@SuperTomsee it was quite the maintenance headache. As it was rare parts cost alot. It cost more to refurbish it than parks felt was reasonable. Even though the park was closed a short while. A lot of the main systems got vandalised and copper cables stollen.
@@Foxstar1387 ah of course, makes sense. I should of known haha
@@Foxstar1387 Exactly the same reason that Concorde was grounded. Rare or unique products are logically very expensive when it comes to replacement parts.
When BA needed to replace a quite small structural brace, BAe asked how many? Oh no more than half a dozen. That'll be £160000 each. Now if you wanted fifty we could do them for a lot less...
So sad i loved this place both as a child and an adult bringing my own children and they loved it too😢
Excellent video. Very moving and emotional, also very sad but with melancholic optimism. It actually angers me that the park isn’t still operating and that some of the rides are gone for good. I’ll have to go out and smash something up later on.
Great series of videos Never visited Camalot but was local to the American Adventure sad what happened to these parks the site of the American Adventure is now being redeveloped
Another great video Darren. I loved the poignant photo at the end, of you as a child. Great memories for you!
Thanks 👍
I still remember the tower of terror as I was too young to ride it.
By time I was old enough to go on it I went on Excalibur 2
The detail you go into is superb, really builds the picture and tells the story 👌 Good work
Thanks a ton!
WOW! Just read some of your other comments. People out there clearly love your work! I think I recall seeing you doing something on Leeds city centre - a place I'm very connected with. I look forward to seeing your next update.
Yes! Thank you! I'm from Leeds, so that's why.
Its crazy to think I remember tower of terror more than so of nightmare I remember going a few times as a kid great memories of this place.
Just watched all three videos, absolutely loved every minute and so bittersweet, I was 9yo in 1989 and my family visited many times especially for birthdays as a treat. Absolute choker that's Camelot is no more, very touching farewell to a big part of my childhood, thank you for the videos.
Glad you enjoyed it
My grandad used to take me both here and Frontier Land every summer, lots of great memories and sad to see them both gone, kids will never feel that excitement of walking around the outside of the park and hearing the dragonnride rush through the woods
I love l your content but love series like these. This one, crystal Palace Park and bullies. Superb the way you merge old and new
Great video as usual. Brought back some great memories and happy times there. 😎
08:37. Send it to BigClive Darren 😂😂
Thanks for posting. 👍
Another fab explore Darren. Sad and nostalgic. The faded in and out photos past and present amazing. What a superb video. Well done. You should be working for the TV or Prime or something big. Excellent footage.
Thanks 👍
What a fantastic series of videos. I never visited this park as a child due to its location but I've since read a lot about it. It must have been quite an emotional time for you during the visit as it was clearly a place you hold fond memories of from your childhood. I used to visit Primrose Valley a lot as a child and at a resent visit, I too got quite emotional as I recalled what used to be here and there. Unlike Camelot though the site is very much still active. However, had I known that during our times there the old butlins site lay derelict just over the fence, our holidays may have been very different. Thanks for videos as always.
Thanks Mike. Yes it was my childhood memories. Did you see my series on Butlins Filey?
@@AdventureMe I did mate yes. I think that was how I found your chanel if I'm honest. I keep meaning to find some time to visit the site and take a look at the platform etc. You should arrange some tours of the area. It would be great to walk around with someone that has researched the site and knows as much about it as you do. I'll bring the shovels for the subway! Mike
Great series of films again, so well presented, thank you
The combination of the music and the faded shots is just heartbreaking. I was there last week for Scare City 2023 - an incredible experience and so surreal to be there as an adult. Thanks so much for this series!
No problem
Love your videos! Just to mention, Excalibur was actually open when Tower Of Terror was still standing. Not sure for how long that was the case but I have definitely ridden both on one day.
Thanks. Yes Excalibur was where whirlwind was before they moved it.
The last building was the jnr dragon flyer ride unlike the petrol dragon flyer coaster this was electric one. One coaster you did miss out in the land of the brave by the lake was the sorcerer, apparently it was there for a few years.
Was a great series, hope you can do pleasureland southport next.
Excalbur didn't quite sit where Tower of Terror was...I remember going with high school in 1997 and they were situated alongside each other. Top video anyway 👍 mate
Loved this series! Thanks!
Thankyou for doing this mini series. Really enjoyed looking back at this park from my childhood. One point, the building you looked into just before you showed the campervan, was the station building and platform for the Junior Dragon Coaster. This is now called Crocodile Coaster and operates at Oakwood in Wales.
I remember when I went with school they used to have what I think was an indoor coaster called The Beast or something. Was that up at the top with the other coasters? Fantastic videos really good effect to merge the shots.
They should have named the event 'Scream City' Knightmare, after the great coaster which once stood there. Amazing such places which cover such mass ground can just be gone. Your photo at the end, of you 6 years old, standing outside the once familiar castle, is very touching. I'm not surprised 'Camelot' went being part of 'The Great American Adventure Park' In Derbyshire.
Thank you for reminding us of the fun times.
Another great journey. Thankyou for unlocking some great memories. The building right at the back of the park was a shop, I remember buying drink and ice lollies in there. Out the back of it was the junior dragon flyer ride.
Great series of videos. Certainly brought some memories back. I was fortunate to go on a school trip to Camelot during the late 90's during the close season and tha maintenance engineers opened up the gear housing for us to look at. Even then when the park was still in full operation it was still odd walking around it while it was empty.
Great set of programmes - remarkable how nature consumes the past so quickly.
Simply stunning! I had no idea how this would affect me. I'm factually, emotionally and visually connected to this series of videos. Just brilliant. Thank you.
I'm amazed the former soft climb/play area building stills stands. Thanks for covering the park and seeing how much has gone even comparing it to urbex videos from a few years ago.
I watched quite a few, of people exploring that park and climbing knightmare. Security would always catch up. Still good though to watch no matter how many times. There is something intriguing about once abandoned theme parks. Like you just want to see them momentarily alive again.
Loved this Camelot series. I went here quite a few times when I was a kid and you've brought back some great memories. Tower of a Terror was my first ever roller coaster.
Fantastic vlogging Darren. Brings back so many memories. Was a great park back in the mid to late 1990's been a few times back then. Just to let you know Blackpool Pleasure Beach are taking parts of the Big one away and replacing them with new parts. Something that's done every few yrs. Keep the ride maintained. I'm sure you will already know about this....
I did. I'm up to speed with the coaster world lol. Thanks mate
@AdventureMe Hi Darren. Think you will already know, as you say yr up to date with the roller coaster world. Blackpool pleasure beach are looking for thrill seekers to test the rides before officially opening. Bit of a job and vlog there.
Another Excellent Video, The Foundations at 10:30 Was for a coaster called the The Sorcerer, Then a flat ride called The Quintain and finally a Double Decker Carousel called Sir Lancelot's Chargers. The Building From 11:00 was a gift shop for the Farm, and also the Junior Dragon was behind it
Awww so sad, when you have memories, I went in 1996 with my one year old, and we went in that wimpy tent
Such nostalgia the gauntlet was my first ever big roller coaster such good memories and being terrified of Excalibur it was so big when your little
A great set of videos, I've really enjoyed the look back at the park over the years. Knight mare at the time was one of the best coasters in the country, A club I was in at the time booked it for an hour before the park opened it was such a great experience. Sad to see it now scrapped. Keep up the great work. 👍👍
I believe the tower of terror was still there while the first excalibur existed. Excalibur was in the area where whirlwind stood and was removed for whirlwind. Excalibur 2 was installed next to Whirlwind. There was also a area pretty much directly opposite the building you went into (the former soft play castle) it was Dungeons of Doom, a ghost train ride and shop. X
Yes it was. You are correct. It was where whirlwind was.
Always interesting content in your videos,love the overlays and the pic of you visiting as a kid!
Brilliant series, really appreciate you for making these. Brought back so many childhood memories, almost shed a tear seeing the place now compared to its former glory 😢
Just brilliant. And sad at the same time.
Outstanding video, I always remember a fudge making shop just through the main entrance, funny the things that stick in your memory, the log flume is now at Oakwood theme park and a small dragon coaster.
buzzing
The Gauntlet was the replacement ride at the site of The Tower of Terror at the time and before Knightmare, untill the accident that occurred...
Great series of videos on Camelot. I'm not from the area but wish I could of visited it back in the day. Some of those coasters looked really cool.
Sad to see, hope they can find a use for the site.
Hello Darren how are you thank you for your fantastic final vidio of Camelot very interested best wishes take care stay safe xx
Thanks Darren. Great series. So much information.
Great series of videos! Loved the way the past shots faded into the present. Gives a great perspective.
I’ve got so many great and vivid memories of trips to Camelot when I was a kid. Sad to see it like it is now knowing what it once was.
The American Adventure Theme Park was near Ilkeston,Derbyshire,formally known as Britannia Park.Housing is now being built on the site around the lake.
I enjoyed all 3 of your videos it brought lots of nostalgia 😊..it's a shame the young generation missed out on it..👍
Darren, what a fun place for a Halloween Haunt. You know, the park may be gone but the memories will always go on. Thanks for your time, work and sharing your memories with us......
R.I.P Camelot & Tower of Terror. 😪
Greetings from Thailand excellent video great blending of images Maybe the more up to date theme learnt from mistakes here or just wanted to outdo them the rides names move from theme park to theme park
It's a shame Knightmare couldn't be saved. I guess I kinda knew the game was up for Knightmare when Cavalino Matto in Italy installed Freestyle, which they shipped all the way from Canada's Wonderland (even though it had only been abandoned a few years at that point). I guaruntee a Schwarzkofp pulling 5 Gs at a point of the ride beats any stand up coaster with the standard fixed standing position in terms of ride quality. Guess it really was in that bad a condition that an overseas relocation of an outdated concept from a defunct manufacturer like Togo (Zierer technically is Nightmare's manufacturer, and if they don't make the components for when replacement parts would be needed Gerslauer would since they do that for Schwarzkofp coasters) was somehow more viable. I guess my only hope is if Knightmare's twin in Sweeden returns to operation as it has been standing but not operating the last year.
Another cool video Darren!! 😎 It’s so interesting to watch. God when you said Wimpy…that brought back some memories too! I remember going there with my Grandparents! 🍔🙊 Thanks again ❤️
Never went to either here or Lightwater Valley, we always preferred seaside venues but didn't know they'd both closed! Makes a really spooky venue & loved the ghost you did In the tunnel 😅 sad to see both sites so dilapidated now though, excellent documentation of both 👏 ❤
Lightwater is still open, just demolishing their biggest ride.
@AdventureMe sorry yes I misunderstood, sad about the ride though, looked totally unique 🤔
Really enjoyed this series, thanks for making it. Fantastic work as usual 👏
Great series of videos
Thanks for another detailed video Darren, it's been brilliant and the story line, thanks for the sharing it with us, hope you'll post some more videos of the Ultimate demolition at Lightwater valley now. Thanks again
Great series Darren 👍
Thank you for sharing this trip, it's been a blast
Awesome series of videos, I really enjoyed looking around the old site, thank you mate.
Thank you so much for this series Darren. This final episode has choked me a bit 😂. Again you’ve brought back memories. In the last vid I commented about the roar from the tower of terror as the train went through the loop. I’ve now remembered the shop when you left the ride and went through but more importantly was to see your face on the screens (mum never did buy a photo 😂)
At 9 that piece of track has been sheared buy a machine, I can tell with the clean cuts. I hope you kept hold of it 😂
Thanks so much again
Really loved these Camelot vids - thanks. We’re about the same age and I suspect have similar memories of the place. I’ll be interested to see what happens to this site over the next 5 years.
I'm 40 this year 😭
Absolutely loved watching all 3, Massive thank you for putting all this together, looks like it's a lot of work and effort 🙏🙏
Glad you enjoyed it!
Top quality again Darren. Sad seeing the site slowly disappear.
Fantastic series, really enjoyed it and brought a lot of memories back. My primary school at the time in the 90's used to take us here most years, I remember riding The Beast and saw it transform in to Venom. Also Excalibur 1 then 2 existed a long side Tower of Terror. I remember a red rollercoaster called The Sorcerer which sat on the upper part of the park, possibly where that spinning rollercoaster was (I don't have any memories of the spinning coaster so I wonder if The Sorcerer replaced that)...I think my last visit would have been around 1995/96 afterwhich the changes you mentioned started to happen.
@IconicPhotographyStudio9 thanks for the additional info 👍🏻
Enjoyed this little series :) very informative and the fade transitions between past and present were excellent
Great set of videos and love the fade shots, just to mention there was a bigger tent next to the 2 wimpy tents that was the ghost train.
A great series Darren
Hi Darren, I'm depressed now, your intro durge music and all that barren surroundings, however a 🍺 or 2 this afternoon should lighten my spirits. Cheers matey, DougT
Lovely work as usual thank you
Thanks again!
Great series mate! 🎢👏🏻
Thanks Jay. Hope you are well
Thanks for another cracking vlog very interesting and shows how soon nature’s grip returns
Very cool trip through the grounds. Thank you!
Brilliant Darren. Let’s hope you’re not making one similar for Lightwater Valley in a few years.
I suspect I might be
@@AdventureMe 😔
Beautiful
Thank you for making this little series, enjoyed watching it, shame they couldn't leave a few more features up like the main castle entrance, would have looked good for the horror event, dressed it up in Halloween stuff maybe. Great video!
Brilliant video 😊 I thought it was Backstreet Boys playing 🤣
Absolutely superb series! Really enjoyed this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a great series. Really fascinating 😀
Great series Darren
Great video, sad to see the death of a once great attraction but times move on, sometimes not for the better. Who knows what the future holds.
Keep up with the cool videos there so cool to see what was
such a shame, loved going there with my children, old saying use it or lose it, maybe one on Belle Vue theme park??
You speak of the place with a lot of affection. I bet you wish you could buy the site yourself!