Diggerland

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title: "Diggerland" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["amusement-parks-in-england", "tourist-attractions-in-county-durham", "tourist-attractions-in-devon", "tourist-attractions-in-kent", "tourist-attractions-in-west-yorkshire", "2000-establishments-in-england", "amusement-parks-in-new-jersey", "tourist-attractions-in-camden-county,-new-jersey", "berlin-township,-new-jersey"] description: "Theme parks inspired by diggers and JCBs" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diggerland" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Theme parks inspired by diggers and JCBs ::

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Field	Value
name	Diggerland
image	Diggerland Logo 2017.png
caption	Diggerland UK logo
location	England
Castleford, West Yorkshire
Cullompton, Devon
Langley Park, County Durham
Strood, Kent
United States
West Berlin, New Jersey
homepage	www.diggerland.com
www.diggerlandusa.com
opening_date	April 2000
owner	Hugh Edeleanu (Founder)
rides	20
slogan	"Buckets of Fun for Everyone"
season	February–October
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| name = Diggerland | image = Diggerland Logo 2017.png | caption = Diggerland UK logo | location = England Castleford, West Yorkshire Cullompton, Devon Langley Park, County Durham Strood, Kent United States West Berlin, New Jersey | homepage = www.diggerland.com www.diggerlandusa.com | opening_date = April 2000 | owner = Hugh Edeleanu (Founder) | rides = 20 | slogan = "Buckets of Fun for Everyone" | season = February–October | coordinates = ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Diggerland_-geograph.org.uk-_248033.jpg" caption="Diggerland in Devon"] ::

Diggerland is a chain of theme parks where members of the public can operate heavy machinery such as diggers and JCBs. There are four theme parks in England, and one in the United States. Diggerland is part of the H.E Services Group and Allsafety Limited.

Locations

There are four Diggerland theme parks in the UK, located in Strood in Kent (opened in 2000), Langley Park in County Durham (opened in 2001), Cullompton in Devon (opened in 2001, closed in 2020, and reopened in 2022) and Castleford in West Yorkshire (opened in 2007). In 2015, it was announced that Diggerland would open their fifth UK park in Evesham, Worcestershire, but this was delayed indefinitely in 2017.

Diggerland had a temporary park in Dubai during the summer of 2005. Their 2006 plan to expand to Richmond, Virginia, in the United States was stalled out by the Great Recession.

Diggerland expanded into the United States and opened a park in West Berlin, New Jersey, in 2014. In 2021, a waterpark was added to the U.S. Diggerland. In January 2024, the U.S. park was sold to Innovative Attraction Management who had also acquired Enchanted Forest Water Safari the previous year.

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USA	New Jersey	West Berlin	08091
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Events

Racing events happen between March and October, because they need to be completed in daylight hours. Dumper Racing is held on a monthly basis.

Diggerland also has a team, The Dancing Diggers, which operates every other year and features large diggers doing stunts. In 2017, they performed at several county fairs, including the Royal Bath and West Country Show.

References

References

1. (24 April 2015). "Diggerland on the way to Evesham". Evesham Observer.
2. Price, Chris. (15 April 2014). "Diggerland USA in West Berlin, New Jersey, set to open in May as owner Hugh Edeleanu continues expansion plan 14 years after first opening in Strood". [[KM Media Group.
3. Drew, Nick. (30 April 2013). "Digger Man does Diggerland". Earthmovers Magazine.
4. Godfey, Joshua. (12 April 2017). "Theme park bosses no longer dig Evesham as plans for Diggerland withdrawn". Evesham Observer.
5. Lambertson, Giles. (20 June 2011). "U.K. Rental Company Finds Success With ’Diggerland’".
6. MacDonald, Brady. (5 June 2014). "Diggerland amusement park lets kids operate construction equipment". [[Los Angeles Times]].
7. Doyle, Marcia. (13 January 2014). "Diggerland, a construction equipment theme park, is coming to New Jersey".
8. Coates, Charlotte. (2025-01-10). "Diggerland USA acquired by Innovative Attraction Management".
9. "South Jersey theme park Diggerland USA sold to Florida company".

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