https://theyorkshirepress.co.uk/yorkshire/flamingo-land/ News and Features from across Yorkshire Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:31:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://theyorkshirepress.co.uk/yorkshire/flamingo-land/#comment-245 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:20:37 +0000 https://theyorkshirepress.co.uk/?p=2817#comment-245 […] Flamingo Land is a theme park which also contains a zoo. It was first opened in 1959 and was initially intended to be a zoo, where some of the first animals to be kept there were Flamingos. Over the years, it’s developed into the amusement park which many people in Yorkshire visit regularly. Among the attractions, you’ll find the likes of “Hero,” a suspended Flying Coaster, Pterodactyl – a Vertical Swing and Mumbo Jumbo – which held the record for the roller coaster with the steepest drop in the world. It’s open to the public 7 days a week, from 10am – 4pm. […]

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