The Star Flyer ride now stands next to the 40m ice rink.

placeholder image — The Star Flyer ride now stands next to the 40m ice rink.

Blackpool Star Flyer ride: 12 pictures capture the true scale of Europe's tallest ride as it fills sky at the Tower Festival Headland

By Colin Ainscough

Published 23rd Nov 2021, 10:05 GMT

Updated 23rd Nov 2021, 10:14 GMT

Europe's tallest ride was finally constructed in its new Promenade home in Blackpool at the weekend.

And it certainly is an impressive structure standing at 260ft tall, almost half the height of Blackpool Tower, with 16 swing seats.

We sent Gazette photographer Dan Martino to the Festival Headland site to take a closer look at the vertigo inducing ride.

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The Star Flyer is almost half the height of the Tower.

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The 260-foot white knuckle Star Flyer is now at the Tower Festival Headland, after being dismantled because of concerns it was too big for its original site in St John's Square.