Thorpe Park Summer Nights

For eight weeks this summer, one of the UK's great homes to white-knuckle rides opens its doors after hours on Friday and Saturday nights so that rollercoaster enthusiasts can skip the usual queues of the day time. The park will only admit a limited number of poeple on site each night, so visitors should be able to ride backwards on The Swarm and immediately hop on to Stealth to speed off at 80mph in under two seconds. This isn't one for the faint-hearted, but there is a cool down opportunity in the new FlowRider surf machine, where you can learn to ride the waves in an hour. Pop-up beach bars are also open on the night for anyone brave enough to mix alcohol and stomach-churning rides.