<Tr> <Th> Water rides </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> Blackgangchine.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Blackgang Chine is the UK's oldest amusement park . Named after a now - destroyed chine (a coastal ravine) in the soft Cretaceous cliffs, it is about 6 miles from Ventnor at the southern tip of the Isle of Wight just below St Catherine's Down . The park is owned by the Dabell family . Blackgang Chine has a sister park named Robin Hill . Blackgang Chine is home to life - sized Pirate Ships, Fairy Villages and Castles, Dodo Valleys, and the original Cowboy Town . Owing to the unstable land on which the park is situated, landslides occur frequently, meaning that attractions have continually to be moved further inland to safer ground . </P> <P> During Blackgang Chine's early years, the area was a steep gaunt ravine, overlooking Chale Bay, stretching around 3 / 4 of a mile down to the shore . It was a quiet place, visited by few people other than local fishermen with rumours of a thriving smuggling trade, which has now become a key theme of the park . On 11 October 1836 the cargo ship Clarendon was wrecked at the foot of Blackgang Chine, with the loss of all aboard . </P>

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