<P> In 2007, Trevor Stanbury was awarded a MBE for his services to tourism in southwest England . In 2009, he said he was keen to promote businesses in the area as he felt the most qualified of workers in Devon tended to move away . </P> <P> In 2016, the park was listed by Tripadvisor as one of the ten best amusement parks in Britain . </P> <P> The park organises events all year round in order to attract clientele outside the peak season in the summer . These include an annual Santa's Grotto . In 2015, the theme park started offering weddings in the ground, complete with rides on dodgems . </P> <P> The Lynbarn Railway is a 1 ft 11 ⁄ in (597 mm) narrow gauge railway inside the park's grounds . It is a renovation of the old Lynton and Barnstaple Railway and uses coaches that were previously used in Thorpe Park . </P>

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