After Dark takes place every Wednesday and Saturday in August at Oakwood Theme Park in Wales. The park is open from 10am-10pm, and from 7pm features a mix of live shows, family entertainment and amazing fireworks.

ThemeParks-UK went to After Dark at Oakwood on Saturday 9th August, here is our review and photos.

It's the biggest Halloween ever at Wicksteed Park which becomes 'Wickscream Park’ and hosts two new immersive scare experiences in 2014.

AtmosFEAR Scare Entertainment, Europe’s biggest independent scare entertainment production company, have created Panic Station and Cirque Savage especially for Wickscream Park between 18th-19th and 24th-31st October 2014 at the charity-owned theme park located in Kettering, Northamptonshire.

Several of the park's rides including Rush, Pirate Ship, Dodgems and the Carousel will also be open from 6.30pm until late.

The ultimate family adventure continues to grow at Lightwater Valley theme park in North Yorkshire, with a brand new Jurassic Adventure Golf course and a new Vintage Car Rally junior ride both scheduled to open in May 2015.

Dinosaurs and man, two species separated by sixty-five million years of evolution, have suddenly been thrown back into the mix together. Fierce Raptors, giant Triceratops and the mighty T-Rex all roam this hostile section of the theme park and golfing with dinosaurs has never been so much fun.

An agreement has been struck that could see some of the BBC’s biggest brands feature prominently at the new London Paramount Entertainment Resort in 2020.

London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH), the company behind the proposed multi-billion pound London Paramount Entertainment Resort in North Kent, has signed a Development Agreement with BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, to feature their intellectual property at the resort alongside titles from leading Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures.

LEGO Friends fans are in for a treat at LEGOLAND Windsor this May half term as a totally new area brings to life the vibrancy and fun of Heartlake City with exciting new attractions, an action packed live show and new equestrian themed Disk'O ride, Mia’s Riding Adventure. 

The all-new Heartlake City themed area opens on 23 May when guests can step into the colourful world of the LEGO Friends. The unmistakeable exterior of the Heartlake Shopping Mall gives a stunning harbour-side backdrop for the exciting new live show Friends to the Rescue! featuring Mia, Andrea, Stephanie, Emma and Olivia. Fans can join the girls on an action packed adventure full of surprises and sing and dance along to their favourite LEGO Friends songs.

Then guests can head over to the Heartlake City Express for a gentle train journey through the LEGO countryside, before taking a more energetic equestrian turn on Disk'O ride Mia’s Riding Adventure. This horseback adventure spins riders through the air, travelling backwards and forwards on a circular spinning ‘race track’. Plus at Olivia’s House little LEGO builders can help build a home for one of Olivia’s pets and Emma’s Ice Cream Parlour will be dishing up some delicious desserts. 

Heartlake City is also a perfect place to stop for lunch, with Heartlake Pizza & Pasta and the Heartlake Park Cafe too.

For the first time in the UK, a theme park adventure and an array of wonderful live safari animals - including White Rhino, Giraffe and Grevy’s Zebra - come together in one amazing attraction as Chessington World of Adventures launches Zufari - Ride into Africa. Come face to face with African animals as you embark on a thrilling journey but beware of the hidden dangers you may encounter along the way.

We were invited to the launch of Zufari - Ride into Africa at Chessington World of Adventures on Friday 15th March, here are a selection of our photos from the event.

Deep in the heart of the New Forest, Paultons Park is home to the world’s first and UK exclusive Peppa Pig World. There are new rides, attractions, eating and shopping experiences for 2014.

As well as being home to Peppa Pig World, Paultons Park has this year launched a brand new, hand-crafted Victorian Carousel. Sporting two levels, beautiful music and 24 traditionally painted horses; visitors will be able to gallop into their own fairy-tale experience on this enchanting new ride.

Bringing the legendary Robin Hood to the 4D Cinema for the first time, Robin Hood 4D is a family action adventure that takes audiences of all ages on the whirlwind journey of Maid Marion as she plunges into a world of excitement and falls for the dashing, reckless outlaw Robin Hood.

Boom in visitor numbers at some of the UK's biggest theme parks during 2013 revealed in figures from TEA/AECOM.

The annual TEA/AECOM Theme Index and Museum Index, the definitive annual attendance study for the themed entertainment and museum industries, has been published. Theme park numbers for calendar year 2013 show substantial growth internationally, with the top North American parks surpassing pre-recession days, water parks emerging in Latin America, Asia continuing to surge forward and the Middle East resuming development activity. Globally, the top theme park operators posted attendance growth of 5.4 percent overall, and the top 25 theme parks grew at a similar rate of 4.3 percent. The top museums also performed well, up over 7 percent internationally.

Pleasurewood Hills has now opened Marble Madness, it's new and exciting family roller coaster for 2014. 

Marble Madness is the new and exciting family roller coaster that will keep you on the very edge of your seat. The crazy Marble Madness critters propel you around the track like a marble on a board game – on a journey with sudden drops and sharp turns left and right, up and down. Once you have experienced Marble Madness you will want to ride again and again! The ride has a top speed of 28mph, riders experience a g-force of up to 2.5, an there is a mimimum heigh requirement of 2.5m.

Pleasurewood Hiils offers adrenalin fuelled thrills & spills for the bravest adventurers including Wipeout and Enigma, fun rides for all the family from classic coaster The Rattlesnake to swashbuckling old favourite The Pirate Ship, and shows.

Oakwood in Wales will open a new area at the theme park based on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow in 2015.

The new £2m multi-attraction will replace the former Wild West themed area, which was previously home to popular dark ride Brer Rabbit's Burrow, alongside the current Spooky 3D haunted house ride and Panning for Gold. The new attractions will be themed as The Headless Horseman and The Tree of the Dead but further details are still a secret.