Paultons Park Opens Valgard and Has Already Announced What's Coming in 2027
Valgard is now open, Drakon is finally here, and Paultons has already gone straight into teasing the next massive ride.
Paultons Park has officially opened Valgard: Realm of the Vikings, and it is the park's biggest ever single investment at £12 million. That is a serious step up. Paultons already has Peppa Pig World for younger kids, but Valgard feels like it is aiming more at families with older children and teenagers who want something with a bit more force.
The headline rides are Drakon, the park's first ever inverting coaster from Gerstlauer, and Vild Swing from ART Engineering, which is the first Wild Swing in the UK. The land was themed by Themics with masterplanning from the Dutch Leisure Expert Group, and you can tell Paultons wanted this to feel like a proper world, not just a ride dropped onto some concrete.
And they have not even stopped there. In 2027 Valgard is getting bigger with Serpent's Curse, a 471 metre water coaster from Mack Rides. Deputy managing director James Mancey has called it potentially their most exciting reveal yet, and because it will be the first Mack Rides water coaster in the UK, that is a pretty big claim, but also fair enough actually.