Thorpe Park unveils first-ever speak-to-scare zone: Purgatory Town
- Friday September 19th 2025
- Thorpe Park
Europe’s top theme park scare event, Fright Nights at Thorpe Park, is raising the bar for scares in 2025 with the launch of its first-ever speak-to-scare zone, ‘Purgatory Town’, where the seven deadly sins are brought terrifyingly to life. For the first time, visitors will be able to have conversations with the restless spirits that haunt the streets of the Park, experiencing live-action interactive encounters that are as chilling as they are unique.
Unlike the big jump scares that thrill and terrify in Thorpe Park’s iconic scare mazes, this new zone will delight and frighten nervous newbies as well as seasoned screamers.
Step onto the eerie streets of Big Easy Boulevard, where the living lock their doors at sundown, leaving the damned to wander freely. Here, visitors will encounter tormented souls known as the ‘sinners of Earth’ – restless figures trapped in eternal limbo, unable to move on.
Each sinister resident of Purgatory Town embodies one of the seven deadly sins, from the gluttonous Gravedigger, who feasts beyond reason, and Captain Wrecked, driven mad by greed, to the wrathful Little Dread, fuelled by fury, and the envy-ridden Boulevard Maggot, forever coveting what’s not theirs. With more twisted souls lurking in the shadows, waiting to be discovered, they’re dying to meet you.
Guests are invited to immerse themselves in this twisted town, where every alleyway holds a story of vice, torment, and unfinished business. Unsettling encounters, chilling character interactions, and the Park’s first-ever speak-to-scare experience make this zone as spine-tingling as it is unforgettable.
Tickets available now at thorpepark.com. Park tickets from £36 when booked in advance online.
DETAILS
- What: Thorpe Park Fright Nights – Purgatory Town (New Scare Zone)
- Where: Thorpe Park
- When: 3rd October – 2nd November 2025
- Tickets: Available now at www.thorpepark.com/
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01494 413170
Notes to Editors
About Thorpe Park
Brave yourself to experience the UK’s tallest, fastest and most weightless rollercoaster – Hyperia, with Thorpe Park’s thrilling set of seven rollercoasters boasting a combined height of over 860ft. Brace yourself against an average of 4.5gs per coaster and get ready to twist and turn through 23 inversions all at Thorpe Park, Europe’s most intense theme park experience.
Home to Hyperia the UK’s tallest and fastest rollercoaster, Thorpe Park 2025 will see a year of record-breaking experiences and adrenaline-fuelled adventures for the whole family to enjoy! Prepare to be propelled 0-80 miles per hour in 1.8 seconds on the iconic rollercoaster, Stealth and take on the UK’s first winged-rollercoaster, The Swarm. Endure the searing heat of Nemesis Inferno as you twist through the scorching forces and lava-laden loops of this intense and volatile volcanic rollercoaster voyage before getting a super-soaking from the 85ft plunge of the water ride, Tidal Wave.
*Pre-booking tickets in advance on Thorpe Park’s website is essential to ensure you guarantee your entry to the most thrilling amount of fun you’ll have this year. www.thorpepark.com
Getting to Thorpe Park
Thorpe Park, Staines Road, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 8PN
Train: Staines Station is just 32 minutes direct from London Waterloo
Bus: On open days a shuttle bus runs between Staines Station and Thorpe Park every 15 minutes. Alternatively, both the 950 and 951 buses get you right up to the gates.
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