YOUR child’s first theme park ride is a big event. But the time your youngest is finally tall enough to ride all the Thorpe Park rollercoasters without an adult to cling to? Priceless.

Thorpe Park tickets can be booked in advance from £29, and the park is also home to the rollercoasters: Colossus, Nemesis Inferno, Saw: The Ride, The Swarm, Stealth and The Walking Dead ...

The latter is certainly not one for right after lunch and nor is neighbouring 65ft pendulum ride Vortex ... 140cm should you wish to go solo, hit Thorpe Park for coaster thrills like little ...