Accelerator
Accelerator is a roller coaster at Drayton Manor Theme Park, Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire. Head into Fazeley’s built-up area to find it. Add Lichfield Cathedral, 11 km away, to a visit; it leads 24 places within 15 km.
Attraction in Fazeley
Inside Fazeley
Accelerator is inside Fazeley’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The weather, month by month
In Fazeley, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–22°C.
Accelerator
There are Wikipedia articles on it in 2 languages.
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Map of Accelerator and nearby
Orange shows Accelerator; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Fazeley’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Bases near Accelerator
Tamworth is the biggest of the 6 bases nearby (76,074 people). These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.
Fazeley
Drayton Bassett
Tamworth
Hopwas
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where Accelerator is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fazeley | It’s in town | 7,571 | 7 |
| Drayton Bassett | 700 m south of it | 777 | 6 |
| Tamworth | 1.5 km northeast of it | 76,074 | 9 |
| Hopwas | 3.3 km northwest of it | 636 | 5 |
| Kingsbury | 4.6 km southeast of it | 3,555 | 5 |
| Piccadilly | 4.7 km southeast of it | 431 | 5 |
Nearby, too
Around it, within 15 km, lie 24 more, including 3 museums, 2 castles and a cathedral.
CathedralLichfield Cathedral11 km away2
ZooDrayton Manor Zoo300 m away3
CastleTamworth Castle2.7 km away4
AttractionStormforce 10200 m away5
MuseumThe Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum11 km away · 16K visitors a year6
MuseumMiddleton Hall3.4 km away7
CastleMaxstoke Castle13 km away8
MuseumStatfold Barn Railway and Museum6.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Know before you visit Accelerator
Where is Accelerator?
Accelerator is in Fazeley, Staffordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Accelerator?
Roller coaster at Drayton Manor Theme Park, Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Accelerator?
May to September are the warmest months in Fazeley, with afternoon highs of 17–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Accelerator?
Within 15 km: Lichfield Cathedral (11 km), Drayton Manor Zoo (300 m), Tamworth Castle (2.7 km) and Stormforce 10 (200 m).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Lichfield Cathedral: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Drayton Manor Zoo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tamworth Castle: Stan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stormforce 10: Cz98, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum: Bs0u10e01, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Middleton Hall: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maxstoke Castle: Steve Wilson from Marchwood, The New Forest, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Statfold Barn Railway and Museum: A M Hurrell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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