| Year | New Attractions | Attractions Removed | Other |
| 1969 | Fruit Picking Farm | ||
| 1976 | Lake created following severe drought. | ||
| 1977 | Fort William Adventure Playground Crazy Golf |
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| 1979 | Lightwater Railway | ||
| 1987 | Rat Ride | Lightwater Valley becomes a theme park. | |
| 1988 | Soopa Loopa Skyoscope Helter Skelter Quadracers Snail Farm |
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| 1990 | The Wave | ||
| 1991 | The Ultimate | Giant Snooker Table Boules |
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| 1992 | Old MacDonald's Farm | ||
| 1993 | The Ladybird Big Top Circus |
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| 1994 | Soopa Loopa | ||
| 1995 | Falls of Terror Mexican Hat |
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| 1996 | The Zyklen Batflyer |
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| 1997 | The Hawk | The Hawk Chairoplanes |
Park bought by Queensborough Holdings. The Zyklen renamed The Viper. The Devil's Cascade rethemed to The Toad Hole. Plans for a holiday village proposed. |
| 1998 | Heatwave | Park put up for sale. Woody Bear introduced as park mascot. Big Top Circus renamed Superhuman Circus and re-located adjacent to Bowling Green. Mexican Hat & Twister relocated adjacent to Falls of Terror. |
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| 1999 | The Voyager | The Voyager Skyroscopes |
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| 2000 | The Beaver Rapids Carousel Dozy Dorris Show |
Putting | |
| 2001 | The Treetop Twister Black Widow's Web Valligator Show |
The Viper Waltzer Moon Cars Junior Drivers |
Heritage GB takes control of Lightwater Valley. Gemma Savage dies following accident on The Treetop Twister. The Valligators introduced as park mascots. Twister relocated to entrance area. Heatwave renamed The Orbiter. |
| 2002 | Buffalo Express Vintage Cars |
Batflyer The Beaver Rapids |
The Treetop Twister renamed The Twister. |
| 2003 | The Grizzly Bear The Caterpillar Coaster |
The Orbiter | |
| 2004 | Eagle's Claw Trauma Tower Amazing Maze Horse & Cart Magic Wheel |
Fort William Adventure Playground Mexican Hat |
The Grizzly Bear opens following construction delays. Classic Car collection opens in Lightwater Shopping Village. |
| 2005 | The Octopus Magic Marc's Terrific Magic Show |
Horse & Cart re-located to Gator Park. Lady Bug re-located to former site of Horse & Cart. |
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| 2006 | Skyrider | The Toad Hole The Octopus Dodgems Mini Roundabout Junior Paratrooper Crow's Nest |
The Octopus re-located next to Black Widows Web. Lightwater Valley Attractions fined a total of £75,000 after pleading guilty on charges of Health & Safety breaches. |
| 2007 | Hornets Nest Flying Camels Dodgems Noah's Ark Dragon Boats |
Carousel | Holiday village plans resubmitted and rejected. |
| 2008 | Lightwater Wheel Carousel |
The Grizzly Bear | Hornets Nest opens following technical delays. The Rat shop closed. Holiday village appeal is rejected. |
| 2009 | Wild River Rapids | Hornets Nest Rat Ride |
Dragon Boats and Spinning Teacups relocated to make way for remote control boats attraction. Paintball range opened. Inaugural Frightwater Valley Halloween event takes place. |
| 2010 | Raptor Attack Whirlwind |
Whirlwind The Wave Grand Prix Go Karts Vintage Cars Amazing Maze |
Park buy Wild River Rapids after year lease. |
| 2011 | Black Pearl Powder Kegs The Flying Cutlass Skull Rock Pirate Swinger Whirlwind |
Riviera redeveloped to Hungry Harbour. Park buy their own Topscan following the lease of Alex Crow's Top Buzz ride the previous year. |
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