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Easter holidays 2027:
the quietest UK theme parks, ranked.

Paultons Park is forecast quietest over Easter holidays, a typical day at 41% crowd level, and Blackpool Pleasure Beach busiest at 66%. Across all 6 UK parks the week averages 51%, which is moderately busy.

27 March to 11 April 20276 parksSchool holiday

Every park, quietest first

Easter Sunday is 28 March 2027. Most schools break from Monday 29 March to Friday 9 April; Good Friday and Easter Monday are bank holidays.

Quietest day across the UK parks: Sunday 11 April at 28%. Busiest: Monday 5 April at 58%.

  1. 1Paultons Park quietest Sun 28 Mar at 22% · busiest Tue 6 Apr at 51%41%
  2. 2Alton Towers quietest Sun 11 Apr at 24% · busiest Sat 27 Mar at 53%44%
  3. 3Thorpe Park quietest Sun 11 Apr at 19% · busiest Mon 5 Apr at 55%46%
  4. 4Legoland Windsor quietest Sun 11 Apr at 31% · busiest Fri 9 Apr at 60%50%
  5. 5Chessington World Of Adventures quietest Sun 28 Mar at 44% · busiest Tue 30 Mar at 65%56%
  6. 6Blackpool Pleasure Beach quietest Sun 11 Apr at 22% · busiest Mon 5 Apr at 86%66%

Day by day, across the country

The mean crowd level over every UK park open that day. Weekends and the first weekday of a break are the usual peaks.

  1. Sat2750%
  2. Sun2837%
  3. Mon2942%
  4. Tue3053%
  5. Wed3154%
  6. Thu154%
  7. Fri255%
  8. Sat357%
  9. Sun451%
  10. Mon558%
  11. Tue657%
  12. Wed757%
  13. Thu856%
  14. Fri956%
  15. Sat1047%
  16. Sun1128%

Frequently asked

Which UK theme park is quietest over Easter holidays 2027?

Paultons Park, forecast at 41% on a typical day of the break, with its quietest day on Sunday 28 March at 22%.

Which is busiest?

Blackpool Pleasure Beach, at 66% on a typical day and peaking on Monday 5 April at 86%.

What is the quietest day of Easter holidays?

Across every UK park we forecast, Sunday 11 April is the quietest day at 28% and Monday 5 April the busiest at 58%. Each park's own page has its day-by-day figures.

How are these figures worked out?

The crowd level is a forecast of how long the queues will be against each park's own busiest days, built from the queue times we record every few minutes and scored against what actually happened. 100% is the park's peak; under 30% is a quiet day. The window runs 27 March to 11 April 2027 to take in the weekends either side of the break.

Other holidays

The same ranking for every other break we hold a forecast for.

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