Dave
TS Founding Member
Now in terms of Drayton's recognisability, if you ask basically anyone I know to name theme parks, there top ones would be Alton towers, LEGOLAND, Drayton manor and Blackpool pleasure beach, with Thorpe coming in just behind. This is almost in line with visitation, with Thorpe probably being a little higher up the list and Lego just above towers. Drayton's catchment area doesn't really include Yorkshire @Dave or Lancashire @rob666 but rather includes the counties of Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Rutland and the county of the West Midlands. Basically the entirety of the Midlands and surrounding area's. This is a huge amount of people to draw from for day visits and they even get people from outside these area's with there hotel.
That wasn’t the point of the debate, the question was is the park a national park, if the region you pull from has a high population then grand, but is it’s brand national?
Blackpool and Towers have huge pull in Scotland, I would argue Blackpools pull south of Watford gap is limited but Towers does span pretty much the whole country.