Britain’s oldest amusement park
Blackgang Chine sits high above a landslip at the ‘Back of the Wight’. With a longstanding reputation for whimsical creepiness, the park has been owned by the Dabell family since opening in 1843. Today, the usual thrill rides - and animatronic dinosaurs - join some early favourites: a fibreglass Mouth of Hell, the Crooked House and a Hall of Mirrors. As the sea continues to encroach, though, the attractions closest to the landslip retreat.