A US-themed adventure park with a rocket ship roller coaster and its own mall has been left abandoned despite fans wanting it to return. The American Adventure theme park in Derbyshire was once a hit for families wanting to experience the Wild West . 10 The entrance os The American Adventure theme park Credit: Alamy 10 Children could learn how to be cowboys in the Silver City section of the park Credit: Alamy 10 The park sat around a lake while it was open from 1987 to 2006 Credit: YouTube/AdventureMe 10 But the park has been demolished and most of the site lies vacant Credit: YouTube/AdventureMe The park was open between 1987 and 2006 and had roller coasters, actors recreating gunslinger fights, and bizarre giant Native American heads.
Now the site lies abandoned and vacant with new build housing being on part of it. The American Adventure was bustling throughout the 80s and 90s with several different sections for attendees to enjoy. YouTuber Darren, known as AdventureMe, labelled The American Adventure as "Britain's first real theme park".
He said the par opened to a lot of fanfare: "It was truly themed, the rides, shops, costumes, and even the bins. "One thing the park focused on beside the rides was major character stunt shows, they were like nothing else in the UK at the time." The cowboys shows would dramatise a shootout and the outlaws falling off buildings and horses on to hidden crash mats.
Park goers could explore Silver City, Pioneer Playland, New England Village, .
