Top 10 BEST Roller Coasters In The UK 

I’ve always thought Air (Galactica WITHOUT VR) at Alton Towers was one of the best and most underrated!

Great list. Wickerman really surprised me, it feels much faster than it looks, and the 'woody' noise from the track and the train as you are riding is fantastic.

Good to see the ultimate made the list, I love that ride unconditionally

I found the Wickerman seriously impressive. Definitely made me feel better about the removal of the log flume.

I hope Oblivion is on this list, it’s my current favourite! After watching: That’s sad, I really enjoy the drop.

Saw the ride is my favourite coaster in the UK. So underrated in my opinion

Nemesis will always be my fav but smiler and the swarm are just behind

I love how the best part of Wickerman (the S bend) was designed by John Wardley. Imagine if the whole ride was!

1. Stealth 2. Smiler 3. Nemesis 4. Rita 5.Megaphobia 6. Oblivion 7. Speed 8. Galactica 9. Dragons fury 10. Vampire

I'm glad icon is at the top of the list! I love Blackpool pleasure beach and I've been going for years now and to see that so many people rank Icon as there number 1. Coaster, it really does make me happy. The park in general needs alot more appreciation and i couldn't agree with you more! 😊

I love Smiler and Nemesis 😊 those two are definitely my favourite rides in the UK. I personally think Icon is overrated, but that’s just my opinion and I’ve never had the privilege of riding Wicker Man yet so I can’t comment on that one lol. I still think I’d prefer Smiler though! 😅 Edit: and what I remember from Swarm I really enjoyed that as well. 😊

1.) Smiler 2.) Icon 3.) Nemesis 4.) Stealth 5.) Swarm 6.) Saw The Ride 7.) Wickerman 8.) Megafobia 9.) Galactica 10.) Big One

Fantasy Island is a place I've been so many times. Mostly twice a year when I was younger but never actually been on the rollercoasters, I don't really have stomach for them but they always look amazing

Nemesis holds a special place in my heart as the first roller coaster I went on ever

Nemesis, Odyssey & Smiler are my personal favourites. Used to be the Swarm when it had the backwards row feature.

Absolutely incredible list as always Shawn, really appreciate the time and effort you've been putting into these videos recently! It's always been between Icon and Nemesis for my UK top spot, but I'm more shocked that I've been watching your channel for years and didn't realise you preferred Swarm to Nemesis!!

Just came back from 2 days at Alton towers and I have to say the wicker man seems a lot more intense and faster than 43 mph!

We all got to respect this man he’s so enthusiastic and really cares about bringing us good content whilst we are sat inside. Keep it up Shawn your doing amazing. Also I just realised that the oddessy is on this list. I actually got stuck on this ride as the brakes in the station were not working and we were stuck on there for an hour whilst the track was smoking.

Thanks for the video, this is well put together and I love your passion 💪🏻

I rode Odyssey 4 times in a row where there was no queue, and its safe to say i didn't feel very well afterwards! BEST rollercoaster that i have ever been on though. The view, G-Force and the fact you are hanging off the rails at stupid heights in the air just makes it something else!

I've just been to Blackpool a few days ago, with getting a front row seat on 'icon' and 'the big one'. The big one was actually quite rough, but icon really a was multi-launch coaster at its best.

Been waiting for thisss!!!!

Icon is deffo my fave ride in the UK although I do have a soft spot for Nemesis but she was rough when we rode in September!!thanks so much for sharing - we enjoyed watching x

Hi Sean, we absolutely love your vlogs. keep up the good work. Great top 10!

The Ultimate was my first ever coaster many years ago. Can’t wait to get back out there when theme parks reopen!

Great list, personally I can't understand the Swarm beating Nemesis, Swarm always feels too subdued and gentle compared to the savageness of Nemesis. Also, I know its not much of a coaster due to the extremely short ride time, but for pure thrills, Oblivion has to be up there!

Nemesis always reminds me of secondary school trips to alton towers. Love it. Special mention to the Big One also especially when riding at night.

I still have to go for nemesis, it's one of the first coasters I went on when I went for a year 10 trip at school. Thirteen is great, but I do have a soft spot for nemesis though. Busch Gardens florida still hold the best coasters for me, you can't go wrong with montu and I was on one of the first rides of gwazi when it was originally built. Excellent rides.

Yesss! I’ve wanted this for SO long!

Great list 10 speed no limit 9 Rita 8 nemesis inferno 7 th13teen 6 stealth 5 oblivion 4 swarm 3 colossus I find it quite smooth real and it is good 2 icon 1 smiler

Excellent. It's well researched and presented very effectively, with real enthusiasm. Well done.

I like that you have explained the rides, because like the first one, I've never seen it before, and is interesting to know about

The smiler for me is the theme. It's theme especially for the UK is amazing IMO. I love how the story around it works so well, I feel like this is a ride I'd want to go on at night because of the lighting and visual effects.. BUT I could never ride this, I get motion sickness so most rides are off limit for me unfortunately. Though next time I go to a theme park I'm going to take travel sickness pills the night before and on the day too see if that works

I love the odyssey, so happy to see it on the list

Could not agree more about icon. It is so smooth and the queue line is really quick because sometimes it can have three trains on at once. But I would put the big one at number three and nemesis at two

I just want to say I absolutely adore you guys! You're amazing. I would say my top ten rollercoasters in the UK are from Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Alton Towers, Chessington and Oakwood: Bid Dipper, Revolution, Avalanche, Nickelodeon Streak, Grand National, Th13teen, Vampire, Dragon's Fury, Megaphobia and Speed xx

While I love Odyssey's layout, views and the insane forces it pulls, I had some really bad jackhammering (to the point where my head felt like a sandbag being pummelled by a skilled boxer) when I rode it today; especially next to the much smoother Millennium. It's still a great ride don't get me wrong, but definitely one of those kinds that would _really_ benefit from being updated with the new SLC vest restraints. That way, you could enjoy all it has to offer more without having to fight against it as much.

I've only been on Stealth once and jt was front row and I was so nervous, if I go on a coaster for the first time I prefer to be in the middle but I'm so glad I got the front row in the end it was 100% worth the mild anxiety I was feeling 😅😅😅 Personally my favourite coaster is The Smiler

Welcome back ! Kiss Kiss to my fav Lobbster as well. Hope the Worm had a good Christmas. Looking forward to sharing 2021 with you.

I’ve always had a soft spot for the rollercoaster at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach. Happy childhood memories and it’s still great. My family and I went on it so many times last summer with the excellent unlimited ride offer the Pleasure Beach did in between lockdowns. Great video again Shawn.

My list: 10: Rita 9:Grand national 8: Saw the ride 7: Colossus 6: Wickerman 5: Nemesis inferno 4: The swarm 3: The smiler 2: Icon 1: Nemesis I would put stealth somewhere but I’ve only done one ride so it’s hard to rate :)

There better be the smiler in this! I just turned 1.4 this year and it’s my favourite!

They all look great. I had a feeling Nemesis and Wicker Man would be on there. That Ultimate coaster looks so cool how it stays right along the ground, reminds me a bit of a mountain coaster only faster.

First time watching your channel. Went to Thorpe Park yesterday and wanted to see where the coasters there would rank because I thought they were the best of any theme park I’ve been to in UK. Amazing video mate, very thorough with your explanations, your’re genuinely knowledgeable and have a passion for coasters. thanks for the great video. will be following

I was pretty accurate with my guesses. I had the top 3 matched exactly. Icon is definitely deserving of first place; it’s so smooth. I was surprised to learn The Big One is taller than Stealth; it’s so imposing!

1. Nemesis - Alton Towers 2. Mumbo Jumbo - Flamingo Land 3. Wicker Man - Alton Towers 4. Kumali - Flamingo Land 5. Stormchaser - Paultons Park 6. Rattlesnake - Chessington 7. Cobra - Paultons Park 8. Flight of the Pterosaur - Paultons Park 9. Oblivion - Alton Towers 10. Swarm - Thorpe Park

#1 for Me has to be Icon. Very comfortable, very smooth and just a genuinely fun ride. Haven't ridden Smiler though to be fair. That looks good too. Last time I went Alton Towers was donkeys years ago.

Love all your videos keep them up my friend....

I have a lot less coasters to choose from but my top ten.. Runaway mine train Icon Thirteen The smiler Stealth Oblivion Colossus The Swarm The big one Nemisis

First time riding the ultimate and it broke down on the lift hill, glad we got an extra go though👍

Another great video as always Shawn mate 👍🏻

I would have agreed with your top 3! Until 6 months ago! I’ve ridden nemesis multiple times over 5 different days, first time back in 94 (I was 13) and last time was just after the first lockdown in 2020 (now 38). When I first rode it there was nothing else like it outside of the states, and even then I believe there was only 1! All I remember is being terrified! Riding Nemmy last year showed me what a animal it really is! Only coaster in the U.K. to make me grey out a little on that last banked turn! So I would still have it as the greatest coaster in the U.K. with icon a close second

Great to see Megaphobia so high. I rode it last summer and it was so much fun, especially in that back row!

Honestly quite surprised to see Stealth on the list! It's definitely grown on me over the years (maybe my third favourite ride at Thorpe Park now) but I still wouldn't queue very long for it because it's such a short experience.

Love back row on stealth as you get pulled over the top and that makes it more fun with your hands in the air

Love this! Always love you videos! I always love smiler, colossus and air race in the uk... think I just like that spinny feel 😂

Rode Stealth several times, a few times in the front, but never, and I mean *NEVER*, ride it when it's raining! It's like having an intensely painful and rapid acupuncture session on your face 😩

Oak wood is the best theme park I have ever been to LOve speed and the wooden one there :D

Been waiting for this for a while!

Nemesis will always win it for me. There are faster rides, there are more inversions on other rides, but if you were there in the first season in 1994 you'll understand where I'm coming from. They hyped it up so much with the TV adverts, the takeover of the drinks machines UK-wide, and the attention to detail in the new Forbidden Valley, that when you got there you never realised or cared you'd queued for 3.5 hours - you just wanted to have done it. The queue line itself was a lesson in how to do it properly, up the entrance path, snaking up and down to the top of the lift hill, never too far from the ride, and an extension to the top of the loop opposite the station - the fence posts are still there, though the queue extension probably doesn't go that far these days. All the while, you'd have the OG theme music (far more sinister than the modern equivalent) playing through strategically placed speakers, interrupted by the occasional screams of the earliest riders zooming over your head by just a few feet. Finally, you queued over the narrow, rusty, bridge to the stairs that leads to the Beast - or so you thought! In the old days you had to go straight ahead up another hill, to where the lift hill for G***ctica is now (you can still see the start and end of the extension path, very overgrown) the EQT from the top of the stairs was 30 minutes IIRC at the busiest times. Then you got in. And it was so so much better than anything that was around in the UK before, which was probably the Corkscrew, and the old Python ride in DMTP (Vampire was crap in 94 and NO IT WAS NOT AN INVERTED COASTER IT WAS A SUSPENDED TRAIN). I've ridden every coaster in Alton Towers since 1988. None of them have ever had the cultural impact that Nemesis had. It was a generational thing to us, but it's amazing to see the recognition "the wife", as my would-be daughter-in-law calls it, still gets today. We love her, and we'll miss her grieviously when she eventually goes, so make the most of her!

Stealth was the first coaster I ever went on, MY GOD the adrenaline

My favourite is and will always be icon it’s THE BEST

Im so glad to see swarm get the respect it deserves, I respect this list! ❤ Thanks Shawn

I went to thorpe Park on fright night and went on stealth when it was dark and slightly rainy I was on the front and the dark and the rain makes the whole thing so much better

I don't feel safe with just lap bars even though I know they are safe, over the shoulder just makes me feel more secure!

Britain has some great rides, and although we have great themed rides we have plenty of coasters that don’t have any decoration yet stand out due to thrills! Here’s my top 10: 10) Oblivion: every time I ride this my opinion changes. But for its historical importance, unique concept for the time, amazing theming and being the definition of a Alton ride it has to be in the top 10 9) Ultimate: you said everything perfectly! Can’t really add anything other than it’s a essential ride 8) 13: Controversial take but it’s a great little ride. Often overlooked by the Alton big dogs but the theme and general surprise of the drop never got old to me 7) Velocity. I bet you weren’t expecting flamingo land but honestly it’s a feisty little ride. It just hits you with it’s launch and whist it’s not unique it is quite Intense. Plus the Motorbike cars are bearable compared to others.I Can totally get why people wouldn’t like it though. 6) stealth: just what you said again. It’s a great ride with a stunning top hat curve. My main issue is the back row is quite rough compared to the relative smoothness of the front 5) Big one: it’s a standard coaster that delivers beautifully. The Jewel of Blackpool and deserves to be top 5 4) Swarm: Wing coasters are surprisingly graceful and the the theme really elevates this. But it’s just too short. 3) icon: It’s iconic (pun intended). Just a thrill to ride. Great launches and a creative layout! The second half punches you! 2) Smiler: Theming, innovation, inversions. It’s great. When it’s running smoothly it’s just fun from start to finish. 1) Nemesis: It’s just godlike. A masterclass in coaster design and although it’s getting rough it’s still A classic ride Honourable mention to Megafobia. Everything you said applies, it’s just a fun ride.

Hello Shawn, great video and a fantastic summary, thank you for producing this. Cheers Peter :)

My favourite UK coasters: Nemesis,Stealth,Icon,Wicker Man, The Smiler and The Swarm. I love it that you mention now also EU mesurements, that's nice 👍🏻🤟🏻.

I'm shocked that Shawn likes Swarm over Nemesis

I went on the one in Treasure Island and I felt like I needed a crash helmet

Nemesis and Icon always flip fop the number 1 spot for me. I love them both

Haven't been to Blackpool in 12 years so I've never had the pleasure of riding Icon. She looks so graceful and precise, the way she takes those inversions is so beautiful, I really hope to ride one day soon.

My favourite has to be nemesis

You should rank all the RMC you have been on

Icon is one of my favourites just because of the speed you gets and the view of the pleasure beach you get

Nice to see Odyssey on the list, i am yet to get to Fantasy Island. Couple underrated coaster imo are Kumali and Nemesis Inferno. Great video again Shawn. 👍

me when shawn said he has an SLC in his top: what? is the world changing? left is right! right is left! up is down and down is up!

I’m all for experiences so smiler and wickerman take the cake for me

Hey Sean ur videos are awesome buddy keep up good work

I really like The Big One in Blackpool just because I went their for a school trip with my high school back in 2013 (pretty sure it was then) when I was 12. I rode it with my best friend and I have so much nostalgia for those times. The ride is nostalgic for me as well as iconic, although I haven't ridden it since then, but I may well do one day!

Galactica is so underrated it’s so good

10-the vampire chessington 9-rage adventure island 8-the walking dead the ride 7-oblivion 6-the smiler 5-colossus 4-nemesis inferno 3-stealth 2-the swarm 1-SAW-the ride I’m only doing rides I’ve actually ridden, don’t hate me for not adding things like nemesis and galactica, I didn’t get a chance to ride them on my visit Oop

i love this list so much love to see smiler on there! one day gotta try and get to other parks to experience these other rides other than just alton towers!!

I love the smiler and swarm. Happy they are on this list!

10 steeple chase 9 revolution 8 blue flyer 7 grand national 6 nickelodeon streak 5 infusion 4 big dipper 3 avalanche 2 big one 1 ICON

I need to go back to alton towers prontoooooooo 🤧

Nemesis will always be my favourite, this makes me miss rollercoasters and themeparks so much

Just spent two days at thorpe park and I have always loved saw but this time I really enjoyed swarm a lot more!

The Smiler takes the cake for the best in the country for me, followed by Stealth and Nemesis

i think my favourite has to be stealth at thorpe!

Believe it or not my first ever rollercoaster I went on was stealth and I was at the front... Now i love them :)

I'm going to ride Icon for first time soon and I feel like that would also be my favourite coaster in the uk by seeing videos of it too cant wait

Just ICONNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Nemesis. If that beauty was longer, it would be one of the greatest coasters in the world.

Thoroughly enjoyed that 👏

I was actually at Alton towers a week ago today and I loved all of the rides especially smiler and I went on them all twice with cue jumpers

Been on the front row of odyssey and it's the best drop ever

i always feel the uk coaster game is so behind compared to others, i can’t wait to travel to central europe to ride some better coasters!

Always makes me happy to see fantasy island get some love ^^

Great video Shawn, can’t believe Nemises wasn’t your favourite lol but tbf icon is my favourite too, I just love the layout and everything else only rode icon twice too.