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It was located in the Land of the Brave area of the park, situated on the former sites of
Camelot's long defunct flagship roller coasters (The Tower of Terror and The Gauntlet); it was also next to the site of the ride Excalibur 2. Knightmare was one of only three of its kind in the world, the others
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Some of the steam train theming was removed (such as the funnel and headlights) from the front of the trains. The three trains were painted differently with one being partly maroon, one partly purple and the other partly green. The other two trains were placed in storage at the park. Each train had a
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After having trouble with low visitor numbers, The Story Group and
Knights Leisure Limited announced that they were permanently closing Camelot Theme Park in November 2012, after 29 years. The roller coaster remained SBNO (standing but not operating) within the abandoned park from 2012 until 2020.
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Knightmare roller coaster train since Camelot's closure, in which the train slipped off the back of a lorry transporting it and fell onto the middle of a road in Thornton, there were no injuries in the incident. The condition of the train itself is still
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The ride was over 0.5 miles (0.80 km) long, and lasted just under two minutes. Knightmare was arguably one of the most intense roller coasters in the United
Kingdom, and at the time of opening had the highest g-force of any roller coaster in the United Kingdom.
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