Oblivion
Oblivion is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers. Within 15 km there are 32 more places to visit, starting with Alton Towers Resort (600 m). 7 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
Attraction near Alton
Just outside Alton
Oblivion is 700 m north of Alton. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The climate through the year
Highs of 17–21°C mark June to September in Alton.
Oblivion
Steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers.
700 m north of Alton.
- Type
- Attraction
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 7 languages
- Town
- 700 m north of Alton
- Official site
- altontowers.com/theme-park/oblivion
Map of Oblivion and nearby
Orange: Oblivion.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns close to Oblivion
Among the 8, Cheadle is the biggest, home to 11,403 people. All of these towns include it on their pages.
Alton
Denstone
Ellastone
Rocester
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Oblivion is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alton | 700 m south of it | 980 | 17 |
| Denstone | 3 km southeast of it | 829 | 17 |
| Ellastone | 4.2 km east of it | 300 | 16 |
| Rocester | 4.3 km southeast of it | 1,679 | 17 |
| Kingsley Holt | 5.8 km northwest of it | 612 | 1 |
| Cheadle | 6.1 km west of it | 11,403 | 6 |
| Upper Tean | 7.1 km southwest of it | 3,244 | 4 |
| Kingsley | 7.2 km northwest of it | 695 | 1 |
Beyond Oblivion
5 attractions, a theme park and a castle are among the 32 within 15 km.
Big drawTheme parkAlton Towers Resort600 m away · 2.5M visitors a year (2024)2
AttractionThe Smiler100 m away3
AttractionGalactica1 km away4
CastleAlton Castle800 m away5
AttractionRita400 m away6
AttractionThirteen500 m away7
AttractionWicker Man600 m away8
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCroxden Abbey3.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Know before you visit Oblivion
Where is Oblivion?
Oblivion is 700 m north of Alton, Staffordshire.
What is Oblivion?
Steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers.
When is the best time to visit Oblivion?
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 Oblivion?
Within 15 km: Alton Towers Resort (600 m), The Smiler (100 m), Galactica (1 km) and Alton Castle (800 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)
- Oblivion: DAllardyce, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alton Towers Resort: Dunderklumpen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Smiler: TowersStreet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Galactica: Andyfishburne, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alton Castle: Dennis Thorley, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Wicker Man: WL2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Croxden Abbey: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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