* Hex – the Legend of the Towers, a Vekoma Madhouse ride at the Alton Towers Resort, England

* Nemesis ( roller coaster ), Europe's first inverted roller coaster opened in 1994 at Alton Towers, England-not to be confused with Nemesis Inferno, its sister roller coaster at Thorpe Park.

It was the most popular tourist attraction in 2000, second was the London Eye ; third was Alton Towers, which had been first in 1999.

On 1 April 2006, the British theme park, Alton Towers, opened a family boat ride attraction themed around the story.

There are also many in the UK, including Greenbelt Festival, Soul Survivor, ' Ultimate Events ' at Alton Towers, Frenzy in Edinburgh and Creation Fest, Woolacombe, Devon, which is not related to Creationfest in the United States.

In 1832 he had made the acquaintance of John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury, a Roman Catholic, sympathetic to his aesthetic views who employed him in alterations and additions to his residence Alton Towers, which subsequently led to many other commissions.

However, Tussauds bought Alton Towers and built one there instead.

Many roller coasters have switches for the siding, or even for a double station system, for example in Disneyland Resort Paris ' Space Mountain and Air at Alton Towers.

Alton Towers is situated in the Staffordshire Moorlands district and therefore employs a large number of people from Leek and the surrounding area.

Other nearby local attractions are the local football club Leek Town F. C., Alton Towers, the cultural and leisure facilities of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and the Peak District National Park.

The village is noted for the theme park Alton Towers, built around the site of Alton Mansion ( also named Alton Abbey or Alton Towers ), which was owned by the Earls of Shrewsbury and designed by Augustus Pugin.

It is mentioned in the Domesday Book, and contains numerous buildings of architectural interest ; the Round-House, Alton Castle ( now a Catholic youth retreat centre ), St Peter's Church, The Malt House, St John's Church and Alton Towers.

The chained oak in Alton has been made famous by the ride Hex at Alton Towers and the legend involving the Earl of Shrewsbury.

** Alton Towers, theme park

Baker provides narrative at two British tourist attractions: the Nemesis roller coaster at Alton Towers, Staffordshire ; and the London Dungeon, a museum depicting gory and macabre events in the capital, narrating the events leading up to and comprising the Great Fire of London.

Some left and achieved national recognition, such as Ike & Tina Turner and the jazz great Miles Davis, who was born in nearby Alton and grew up in East St. Louis.

Wadlow is sometimes known as the Alton Giant or Giant of Illinois because he was born and grew up in Alton, Illinois.

Ryrie was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Alton, Illinois.

The county is divided into twenty-three townships: Afton, Alton, Argo, Aurora, Bangor, Brookings, Elkton, Eureka, Lake Henricks, Lake Sinai, Laketon, Medary, Oak Lake, Oakwood, Oslo, Parnell, Preston, Richland, Sherman, Sterling, Trenton, Volga, Winsor.

Bow remembered their reunion ; " I didn't care a rap, for ( Maxine Alton ), or B. P. Schulberg, or my motion picture career, or Clara Bow, I just threw myself into his arms and kissed and kissed him, and we both cried like a couple of fool kids.

Mustang Ridge was incorporated into a City by Alton Brooks Laws Jr and Charles Laws in 1985.

Alton Towers began its evolution into a major theme park in 1980 with the installation of The Corkscrew rollercoaster, Pirate Ship and the Alpine Bob sled ride.

According to the Alton Observer, the mob fired shots into the warehouse.

After the partial-cloverleaf interchange, the highway intersects with many local roads in North Slidell and eventually into the community of Alton.

It quickly became evident that Henry I had no intentions of abiding by the treaty of Alton ; ' Soothe them with promises ' advised Robert Count of Meulan just before the battle, then they can be ' driven into exile '.

The other end of the heritage line is Alton, which is also the end of the current Alton-London Waterloo line, making it possible non-peak ( if £ 13 extra ) to take the train from Alresford to London: steam to Alton, and then modern train into London.

Lord Shrewsbury was responsible for deciding in 1918 to sell Alton Towers, which had been the family seat of previous Earls of Shrewsbury ( and had come into this branch once the will of the 17th Earl had been overturned ).

Lord Alton of Liverpool failed to draw the government into commenting on the speculation when he raised the issue in the House of Lords.

There is a spring which feeds into the River Piddle at the particularly picturesque spot of Mourning Well, reached by a footpath from the Poachers Inn at the Alton Pancras end of the village.

A further short stretch through the tunnel here and into Oakamoor station requires relaying before trains can run to Oakamoor once again, although this is one of the medium-term objectives of both the CVR and M & CR companies as part of the returning of trains to Oakamoor and to as far as Alton ( for Alton Towers ).

Finally, the M & CR aim to operate passenger services from Stoke and / or Leek, along CVR metals and into Alton, to connect with the immensely popular tourist resort of Alton Towers.

This will require continued cooperation between both companies, upgrading the existing track between Froghall and Oakamoor sand sidings, returning rails through the tunnel and into the station at Oakamoor, and negotiating an agreement for the use of the trackbed between Oakamoor and Alton, which is currently employed as a cyclepath.

The station at Alton remains entirely in tact, although privately owned, and the CVR / M & CR may operate into an all-new terminus in this village.

Its name was changed to the Diocese of Alton on January 9, 1857, and its current name came into being on October 26, 1923.

The Chicago and Alton Railroad had built and operated lines between Chicago, Illinois, Springfield, Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri and Kansas City until that railroad was merged into the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad in 1947.

( a former IL 3 alignment ) back into Alton and onto the extension.

Lewis poses as an antiquarian, buying old papers and books, and comes into possession of a box which contains a picture of a man named Edward Alton Bell-Fairfax, who he recognizes as the man in the picture drawn by Juan Bautista.

Yet, despite also the planning height restrictions that the local council enforce Alton Towers to abide by, ( all coasters have to be below the tree line hence why Nemesis is built into the ground somewhat ) the coaster remains very popular due to its sheer intensity and thrill.

Anthony also details Harding's induction into the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, a Shrine organization, during the convention week ( making note of the conical hat used by the Tall Cedars in the ceremony ); Anthony writes that he feels that the charges made by Grand Wizard Alton Young ( reported by Wyn Craig Wade in 1985 ) against Harding were in " retaliation for the Shrine speech and another anti-bigotry speech made by Harding at the dedication of the Alexander Hamilton statue at the Treasury Building " in the previous month of May 1923.

As an example of the mixed style of Humphry Repton's gardens, Alton Towers ' garden was begun, circa 1814 by the eccentric 15th Earl of Shrewsbury, of whom J. C. Loudon ( who was consulted on design features of which there were many ) relates that he consulted every artist, only to avoid ' whatever an artist might recommend '.

He began in 1812 the creation of the extensive gardens at Alveton Lodge, Staffordshire ( later renamed Alton Towers ) which estate had been in the family since the 15th century.

Famous British versions of the Choragic Monument include the Dugald Stewart Monument in Edinburgh, on the tower of St Giles Church in Elgin and in the gardens at Shugborough, Staffordshire and Alton Towers among many others.

It was also used for TV adverts for Alton Towers, in its pre-Lunar Park mode of gardens, fronted by Frank Muir and in the 1980s for Oranjeboom lager using " tulips " for " your lips " as " wrap tulips around a pint today ".