Blog Category: Update

Southend’s flagship attraction, Adventure Island, is backing Labour MP Alex Mayer’s campaign to reintroduce “Churchill Time” – a bold proposal to extend daylight hours and make better use of Britain’s sunshine, echoing the successful wartime policy that kept the nation’s spirits high and energy bills low. In a recent article on Politics.co.uk, Ms Mayer urged the UK to “learn from wartime Brits” and re-adopt the double-summer-time system once championed by Winston Churchill. Under the idea, clocks would move two hours ahead in summer and one hour ahead in winter – giving Britain lighter evenings, lower carbon emissions and a major boost to the leisure and tourism sectors. Now, Adventure Island and its parent company, the Stockvale Group of Companies, have thrown their full support behind the proposal, arguing that “Churchill Time” could bring huge benefits to families, businesses and Britain’s coastal communities. Southend, which enjoys significantly more sunshine hours than much

A busy summer has come to an end at Adventure Island. We are now welcoming in our off-peak season. While the main park is closed on the weekdays, our team have continued to work extremely hard on a few projects that we are excited to share with you. Coming soon to Adventure Island is the highly anticipated return of our iconic Time Machine which will be sporting a new immersive look to take you back in time.  This attraction has been a hit among older and younger thrill seeking park goers for years. Our internally built ride has become a well-known fan favourite with spins, lifts, twist and high speeds.  “Time machine has undertaken a re-theme”- Frankie from our Art and design department exclusively comments. “We all sat down and researched about time machine and took into consideration the works of H.G Wells and from his artwork we were able