Valhalla (Blackpool Pleasure Beach) Valhalla (Blackpool Pleasure Beach) Valhalla is a large indoor dark ride at Pleasure Beach Blackpool in Lancashire, England. Opened on 14 June 2000 at a cost of £15 million (equivalent to around £24 million in 2017), it is one of the most expensive water rides ever to be built and is the longest indoor dark ride in the world. Both a dark ride and a water ride, Valhalla uses special effects which incorporate fire, water and snow. Valhalla replaced the Fun House, (which burned down in 1991 in its place); Valhalla opened in 2000. Conceived by former park owner Geoffrey
Beach Road railway station Beach Road railway station Beach Road railway station was a minor railway station or halt/request stop in North Devon, close to Westward Ho!, serving the residents of Eastboune Terrace and the outlying areas of Westward Ho!. This was the last stop before Northam that was the terminus station on the line in 1901 prior to the extension to Appledore of 1908. Beach Road Halt had no shelter or platform. A level crossing was located nearby, however the gates were removed in 1905. It had no freight facilities. In January 1901, the first train, with one carriage, ran from Bideford to