Bollocks to Alton Towers

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Cover of paperback edition

Bollocks to Alton Towers: Uncommonly British Days Out (ISBN 0-14-102120-9) is a humorous travel book written by Robin Halstead, Jason Hazeley, Alex Morris and Joel Morris (the creators of The Framley Examiner), which showcases unusual attractions, leftfield museums and one-off days out in the United Kingdom.

The introduction describes the book as "a collection of the underdogs of British tourism... [that] say more about Britain and the British than any number of corkscrew thrill rides or high-tech Interactive Visitor Experiences."

According to the book's blurb, the authors, on average, "were born on 2nd November 1971 and live on Blackfriars Bridge in London with their three-quarters of a partner and half a child each."

The book is published by Penguin Books. A sequel, titled Far From the Sodding Crowd, was published in hardback in 2007. A paperback edition, More Bollocks to Alton Towers, (ISBN 0-14-102785-1) was published in April 2008.

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Attractions covered in the book:

Blackgang Chine
British Lawnmower Museum [1]
Peasholm Park Naval Warfare [2]
Louis Tussaud's House of Wax
Kelvedon Nuclear Bunker [3]
Porteath Bee Centre [4]
Mad Jack's Sugar Loaf [5]
Keith and Dufftown Railway
The EastEnders Set
Pitt Rivers Museum [6]
Eden Ostrich World [7]
Keith Harding's World of Mechanical Music [8]
Shah Jahan Mosque [9]
The Beckham Trail [10]
Mother Shipton's Cave and Dripping Well [11]
Apollo Pavilion
Hamilton Toy Collection [12]
Imber [13]
Cumberland Pencil Museum [14]
Pack o' Cards Inn [15]
Diggerland [16]
Orford Ness [17]
The Wellcome Collection of Medical History
The Cast Courts [18]
Tebay Services [19]
The Williamson Tunnels in Liverpool
Barometer World [20]
Portmeirion [21]
Edinburgh Camera Obscura and World of Illusions [22]
The Dinosaur Park and Tidal Lake [23]
House of Marbles [24]
Dennis Severs' House [25]
Bletchley Park [26]
The Workhouse Museum [27]
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch [28]
South Bridge Vaults [29]
Gnome Magic [30]
A La Ronde [31]
Port Sunlight [32]
Morpeth Bagpipe Museum [33]
Bekonscot Model Village [34]
Avebury [35]
Christ's House

[edit] Trivia

The final testimonial quote on the back of the paperback edition (published in March 2006) is: 'A very, very witty, charming book' - Russell Barnes, General Manager, Alton Towers

Some copies display the first word of the title as B**locks on the cover (front, back and spine). However the word remains uncensored inside.