Driving to Alton Towers

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Country: England
Official Link: http://www.altontowers.com/...

Alton Towers Resort is the UK’s leading short break resort offering an unrivalled selection of attractions for the whole family. The origins of the Towers themselves date back to the 8th century, although the theme park and hotels are slightly less historic!

Alton Towers Theme Park has something for the whole family, with tons of terrific rides, amazing live shows and weird and wonderful costume characters. Guests of all ages will enjoy an abundance of fabulous fun-packed activities; you can scream, ride, slide and let off steam.

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Alton Towers driving and parking

For satellite navigation reference, the postcode for Alton Towers Resort is ST10 4DB. Please set to your sat-nav to stick to ‘main routes’ or ‘fastest’, not ‘shortest’ which may end up taking you no further than a farm!

If you don't have sat-nav you basically need to get off the M6 at J15 or J16 and take the A500 to the A50 towards Uttoxeter, Alton Towers is on this road.

From the M1 get off at J28 and follow the A50 towards Stoke.

Alton Towers is very well signposted as soon as you get anywhere near so you really shouldn't have any problems finding it.

There is ample parking on site, be prepared for queues at peak times though.

Speed limits around Alton Towers

Speed Limits

Motorway: 70 mph
Dual Carriageway: 70 mph
Rural: 60 mph
Urban: 30 mph

Distances from Alton Towers to...

All of these places are within a few hours drive from Alton Towers

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Town	Manchester, England	60 km (37 miles)
Town	Stratford, England	89 km (55 miles)
Attraction	Silverstone Circuit, England	117 km (73 miles)
Town	Bath, England	182 km (113 miles)
Attraction	Centre Parcs Elveden Forest, England	184 km (114 miles)
Town	Cardiff, Wales	189 km (117 miles)
Attraction	Centre Parcs Whinfell Forest, England	191 km (119 miles)
Attraction	Thorpe Park, England	199 km (124 miles)
Attraction	Centre Parcs Longleat Forest, England	201 km (125 miles)
Attraction	Stonehenge, England	201 km (125 miles)
Town	London, England	203 km (126 miles)
Town	Dublin, Ireland	295 km (183 miles)
Town	Belfast, Northern Ireland	319 km (198 miles)
Town	Edinburgh, Scotland	340 km (211 miles)
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Town	Bruges, Belgium	401 km (249 miles)
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Town	Rotterdam, Netherlands	446 km (277 miles)
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Town	Antwerp, Belgium	472 km (293 miles)
Town	Brussels, Belgium	489 km (304 miles)
Attraction	Centre Parcs De Eemhof, Netherlands	497 km (309 miles)

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