The UK’s first new wooden roller coaster in 21 years opens at Alton Towers this year, and we were invited to the press event on 16th March to experience it for the very first time.

Alton Towers has invested £16 million into the creation of Wicker Man, which has been in development for the last 4 years. Here's our review of the new ride...

Alton Towers has confirmed the opening date of their latest attraction Wicker Man, the first new wooden roller coaster to be built in the UK for 21 years, with the unique thrill of fire.

The brand new ride opens on Saturday 17th March 2018.

Alton Towers has released first-look images of their latest attraction Wicker Man, the first new wooden roller coaster to be built in the UK for 21 years, with the unique thrill of fire.

The dramatic images reveal a spectacular six-story (57.7ft) structure, featuring an impressive human face on one side and ram’s head on the other, which bursts into flames as the train races through its chest.

Alton Towers has confirmed that Secret Weapon 8 will be a new wooden roller coaster called WICKER MAN and is set to open in Spring 2018.

The ground-breaking new ride development is a world class wooden roller coaster built by Great Coasters International.

We missed this last year and with a new scare maze for 2017 we were super excited to be attending the opening of Alton Towers Scarefest on Saturday 7th October 2017.

SPOILER WARNING: our review does contain spoilers, so if you want your experience to be a complete surprise don't read on...