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Theme park with rollercoasters for teens and Thomas the Tank Engine and zoo for younger children.
Drayton Manor Resort is a family theme park, zoo and accommodation in the grounds of the former Drayton Manor, in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England, UK. It covers 180 acres, of which about 113 acres are in use. It is the fourth-largest amusement park in the UK by land area at 280 acres. The park is also home to Thomas Land and Drayton Manor Zoo, home to over 100 animals, including red pandas, Eurasian lynx, and a variety of monkeys and gibbons.
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160 hectare (400 acre) nature reserve in former gravel pits, with meadow and wetland habitats for bird-watching.
This bastion was the seat of the Kingdom of Mercia from 781 AD, but this was a simple earthwork and palisade wrecked by the Vikings then the Danes. A stone motte-and-bailey castle appeared around 1080, extended in later centuries. It came into public ownership in the 1890s and was refurbished as a museum.
A church was established here in the 8th century, with the present building from the 14th with a makeover in the 1850s. It remains an active Anglican church.
A large flooded gravel pit forming numerous large boating, fishing and recreational lakes and field areas. Plus children's playgrounds and activities, a visitor centre and coffee shop.
Resort hotel and spa with three golf courses: the Brabazon, the PGA National and The Derby.