UK theme park crowds
May half term 2027:
the quietest UK theme parks, ranked.
Paultons Park is forecast quietest over May half term, a typical day at 36% crowd level, and Legoland Windsor busiest at 75%. Across all 3 UK parks the week averages 56%, which is moderately busy.
Every park, quietest first
Most schools break from Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June; Monday 31 May is the spring bank holiday.
Quietest day across the UK parks: Sunday 6 June at 47%. Busiest: Saturday 29 May at 61%.
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.
- Sat2961%
- Sun3053%
- Mon3159%
- Tue158%
- Wed260%
- Thu361%
- Fri459%
- Sat548%
- Sun647%
Frequently asked
Which UK theme park is quietest over May half term 2027?
Paultons Park, forecast at 36% on a typical day of the break, with its quietest day on Saturday 5 June at 21%.
Which is busiest?
Legoland Windsor, at 75% on a typical day and peaking on Thursday 3 June at 80%.
What is the quietest day of May half term?
Across every UK park we forecast, Sunday 6 June is the quietest day at 47% and Saturday 29 May the busiest at 61%. 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 29 May to 6 June 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.