£8.7m pendulum Pleasure Beach ride planned

Riders will dangle from the "dynamic, fast and incredibly high" ride

Plans for a new £8.72m ride have been unveiled at Pleasure Beach Resort, formerly known as Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

Due to open next year, it will be a giant spinning pendulum that swings as 40 riders face outwards with their legs dangling reaching 138ft (42m) at its highest point.

It will be double the size of a similar gyro swing - Drayton Manor's Maelstrom.

"It's dynamic, fast and incredibly high, as well as being completely weightless at the top," chief executive officer, Amanda Thompson, said.

The site is home to rollercoasters including Revolution and the Big One

"It will be a fantastic addition to our ride line-up and we can't wait to see people's reactions when they experience it for the first time" she said.

Preparation work began earlier this year with the demolition of the former Bowl-A-Drome building.

More details will be announced later, but it will be located in the north of the park close to the perimeter, "so riders will feel as though they are being swung over the sea", the Pleasure Beach said.