UK theme park crowds
May half term 2027:
the quietest UK theme parks, ranked.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach is forecast quietest over May half term, a typical day at 56% crowd level, and Legoland Windsor busiest at 75%. Across all 2 UK parks the week averages 66%, which is 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 62%. Busiest: Thursday 3 June at 77%.
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.
- Sat2972%
- Sun3066%
- Mon3167%
- Tue163%
- Wed274%
- Thu377%
- Fri465%
- Sat565%
- Sun662%
Frequently asked
Which UK theme park is quietest over May half term 2027?
Blackpool Pleasure Beach, forecast at 56% on a typical day of the break, with its quietest day on Tuesday 1 June at 51%.
Which is busiest?
Legoland Windsor, at 75% on a typical day and peaking on Saturday 29 May at 77%.
What is the quietest day of May half term?
Across every UK park we forecast, Sunday 6 June is the quietest day at 62% and Thursday 3 June the busiest at 77%. 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.