Alton Towers has permanently closed the World of David Walliams area

The British theme park Alton Towers has announced the permanent closure of the World of David Walliams themed area, which opened in 2021. The area featured the attractions Gangsta Granny: The Ride, Raj's Bouncy Bottom Burp and the Royal Carousel. The park explains the decision by its regular review of its offerings.

Otabek YusupovFirst published on tafs uz 3 November 2026 at 16:142 min read

The key facts

The World of David Walliams area at Alton Towers has closed permanently as of 3 November 2026
The area opened in 2021 and was created with the involvement of David Walliams and HarperCollins Children's Books
The park explains the closure by its regular review of attractions and advises checking up-to-date information before visiting

The park announced the closure of the area

The World of David Walliams themed area at the British theme park Alton Towers has closed permanently — the park itself announced this in a statement on its website, which BBC News cites. The area opened in 2021; it had been developed for several years by the park's creative team together with David Walliams himself and the publisher HarperCollins Children's Books. In the statement, the park explained the decision by saying that it «regularly reviews all elements of our attraction offering», and advised guests visiting outside the main season to check the latest information about ride availability in advance on the website and the resort's app.

What was in the area and who Walliams is

Among the area's attractions were Gangsta Granny: The Ride — a ride with 360° rotating views and special effects — as well as Raj's Bouncy Bottom Burp and the Royal Carousel. David Walliams became famous thanks to the comedy sketch show Little Britain in the early 2000s, together with Matt Lucas. His first children's book, The Boy in the Dress, was published by HarperCollins in 2008; in total he has published more than 40 books, which have sold over 60 million copies in 55 languages, and some of them — including Gangsta Granny and Billionaire Boy — have been adapted as television films.

Context of the park's decisions

The closure of the area is not the only recent change at Alton Towers reported by the BBC: earlier the park confirmed the closure of its spa (published on 2 January 2024), and in February it abandoned a plan to restrict access for disabled visitors. In addition, in February 2023 the park received permission to build a «secret» new attraction. The statement gave no information about plans for the use of the land freed up by the Walliams area's closure.