Thorpe Park crowd calendar

October 2026

Quiet
Busy

Crowd calendar key

Symbol Meaning
🕙
Opening hours
🏖️
Public holiday
🌧️
Rainy day
🌦️
Light rain
❄️
Cold day
🔥
Hot day
☀️
Sunny day
⛅
Partly cloudy day
☁️
Cloudy day
🎃
Fright Nights

When is the best time to visit Thorpe Park?

  • Quietest day: Thursday (44%, compared with 63% on Saturday). On average, weekdays are 12 percentage points quieter than weekends.
  • If you can only go at the weekend: Sunday is usually quieter (53% compared with 63% on Saturday).
  • Quietest month: May (33%). The busiest month is August (68%).

These notes are based on crowd levels from 2,468 open days since 2014. To get the most out of your day we recommend arriving early and leaving late. Make sure to check the live queue times on our site throughout the day to stay ahead of the crowds.