Battle Galleons
Battle Galleons is an amusement park ride. Its setting is 1 km north of Alton. There are 32 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Alton Towers Resort (200 m).
Attraction near Alton
Just outside Alton
Battle Galleons is 1 km north of Alton. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
When to go
In Alton, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–21°C.
Battle Galleons
Articles on it exist in 2 languages.
- Type
- Attraction
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- 1 km north of Alton
Battle Galleons at a glance
Orange is Battle Galleons; numbered in green, the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
Rocester is the biggest of the 4 bases nearby (1,679 people). Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.
More to see nearby
6 attractions, a theme park and a castle are among the 32 within 15 km.
Big drawTheme parkAlton Towers Resort200 m away · 2.5M visitors a year (2024)2
AttractionThe Smiler400 m away3
AttractionOblivion500 m away4
AttractionGalactica600 m away5
CastleAlton Castle1 km away6
AttractionWicker Man100 m away7
AttractionRita400 m away8
AttractionThirteen400 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Battle Galleons: what to know
Where is Battle Galleons?
Battle Galleons is 1 km north of Alton, Staffordshire.
What is Battle Galleons?
Amusement park ride.
When is the best time to visit Battle Galleons?
June to September are the warmest months in Alton, with afternoon highs of 17–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Battle Galleons?
Within 15 km: Alton Towers Resort (200 m), The Smiler (400 m), Oblivion (500 m) and Galactica (600 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 (9)
- Battle Galleons: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alton Towers Resort: Dunderklumpen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Smiler: TowersStreet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oblivion: DAllardyce, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Galactica: Andyfishburne, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alton Castle: Dennis Thorley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wicker Man: WL2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rita: rogerbarker2 https://www.flickr.com/photos/rogerbarker/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thirteen: Freddo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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