Wicker Man
Wicker Man is a wooden roller coaster at Alton Towers Resort. Our list has 32 more places within 15 km; first among them is Alton Towers Resort, at 100 m. It is written up in 5 Wikipedias.
Attraction near Alton
Just outside Alton
Wicker Man is 1 km north of Alton. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather, month by month
The warmest stretch in Alton is June to September, at 17–21°C in the afternoon.
Wicker Man
Wooden roller coaster at Alton Towers Resort, England.
1 km north of Alton.
- Type
- Attraction
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- 1 km north of Alton
- Official site
- wickerman.com
Where it sits
Orange is Wicker Man; numbered in green, the places near it.
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Where to base yourself
Of the 4, Rocester is the largest, at 1,679 people. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.
Nearby, too
Choose from 32 places within 15 km, such as 5 attractions, a theme park and a castle.
Big drawTheme parkAlton Towers Resort100 m away · 2.5M visitors a year (2024)2
AttractionThe Smiler500 m away3
AttractionGalactica600 m away4
AttractionOblivion600 m away5
CastleAlton Castle1.1 km away6
AttractionRita500 m away7
AttractionThirteen500 m away8
Abbey or priory · English HeritageCroxden Abbey3.9 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Wicker Man
Where is Wicker Man?
Wicker Man is 1 km north of Alton, Staffordshire.
What is Wicker Man?
Wooden roller coaster at Alton Towers Resort, England.
When is the best time to visit Wicker Man?
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 Wicker Man?
Within 15 km: Alton Towers Resort (100 m), The Smiler (500 m), Galactica (600 m) and Oblivion (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)
- Wicker Man: WL2018, 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
- Galactica: Andyfishburne, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oblivion: DAllardyce, Public domain, 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
- Croxden Abbey: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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