Flamingo Land Holiday Village, North Yorkshire > Reviews

Advantages: Lots of great rides and entertainment
Disadvantages: not much to do in bad weather if you want to stay indoors

...I went on holiday to Flamingo Land and had one of the best holidays of my life and so I would like to share my experiences of the park in the hopes that others will too enjoy it in the way that I did. The park itself is located in North Yorkshire about 20mins from Scarborough and Whitby. It is a family run theme park with an extensive zoo and holiday village. It is possible to just visit the park for the day however I would strongly point out the ... Read review

Advantages: LOTS to do, Great fun, Good rides, Amazing animals
Disadvantages: Pricey food

Flamingo Land (now Flamingoland) is situated in Malton, North East Yorkshire and is a holiday resort, theme park and animal sanctuary. The park is set in 375 acres (1.52 km2) of North Yorkshire countryside, in the Ryedale district with views of the Yorkshire Moors.It is famous for having the largest zoo in the UK and for having some of the best rides in the country. It also subsequently has one of the largest privately owned holiday camping sites. ... Read review

Advantages: so much to do, the kids will certainly never get bored
Disadvantages: miserable staff

...then I can thoroughly recommend Flamingo Land as the place to take them. My son, who is now 13 and daughter (18) never want to go anywhere else. We’ve been to euro-disney, but they still rate Flamingo Land higher. Entrance fee for a day visit is £14.50 per person or £54 for a family of four. But one day is never usually enough, so we prefer to book a short break in one of the caravans. They do sleep up to 6 people, but personally I don’t ... Read review

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Disadvantages: see review

...though i have been to Flamingo land about 15 times, I should know enough about it to write a review on it. I have been to Flamingo land about 15 times, but only stayed in one of their holiday homes once, not because i didn't like it,because i did. It was fantastic and the entertainment was really good. When we first got there i just thought we stayed in a holiday home and we had free entry into the park, but i can't be more wrong, it was fantastic, ... Read review

Advantages: Prices, Ambience, Rides. Excellent day out. Notable innovations
Disadvantages: Reassuingly few, older areas still need sprucing up tho'.

I'll give you a quick history lesson. Back in the early eighties, Flamingoland punched pound for pound with it's fellow new fangled 'theme park' concept with Alton Towers, even to the extent that both parks acquired a state of the art 'corkscrew' roller-coaster. However, while Alton continued to expand at a pace, FL sit idly on it's laurels, and by the early nineties, Both were shadows of their former self - Alton had become the UK's answer to Disneyland, ... Read review

Advantages: easy to get to
Disadvantages: none

flamingo land is only 4 miles from pickering and only 6 miles from malton , noth yorkshire and about half an hour to whitby when going to flamingo land for the directions i would take the a64 to york and follow the signs for pickering the signs for the theme park are well sign posted. when you get there the park is incorparated with the zoo and the accomdation and tenting facilies if you wish The park had over a million visitors of the year ... Read review

Advantages: the fair is great, there is lots to do and everyone is very nice and friendly
Disadvantages: none

We have been going to Flamingo land for about 8 years now, and every time we go we do not want to come home, everything about it is fantastic,from the rides, to the clubs n the nightime to the people who operate the rides, everytime we go we make lots of new friends and everyone is very accomodating, , and we stay in touch with them through to the next year,, the rides vary for younger, the slide, carosel, swings to older people, blombergs, wild ... Read review