A roller coaster at the UK’s Lightwater Valley adventure park, which once held the title of the longest in the world, is to be dismantled.
The Ultimate roller coaster at Lightwater Valley, Yorkshire is 7,442ft long, and held the title as the world’s longest from 1991, when it opened, until 2000.
It was overtaken by the Steel Dragon in Japan which is 8,133ft long, but it remained the longest in Europe.
It has been out of service since 2019 and now the owners have confirmed it will dismantled.
Lightwater Valley's owners Brighton Pier Group told the BBC they were "mindful" of the Ultimate's "nostalgic status" and appreciated many people would have fond memories of it.
But they said that given the investment required to bring it up to acceptable safety standards and the re-imagining of Lightwater Valley as a family-orientated adventure park, they decided to close The Ultimate permanently.
