Blackgang Chine Video Collection
 

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In 1842, Alexander Dabell, the founder of the Blackgang Chine fantasy park, was overwhelmed at the natural beauty of the chine gorge and clifftop landscape, and decided to create gardens there, that would attract the romantic Victorians.

  Later on in the same year, it became known that a huge fin whale had been stranded off the coast of the Needles, and that is what became one of the focal and first attractions at the chine. After constructing a specially-built display warehouse for the whale skeleton, he also opened a small gift bazaar, and that is what started off the Blackgang Chine park that we visit today.

Over the years various odd and eccentric attractions have been added, allowing more and more people to visit and revisit over the years. Visiting the Blackgang Chine Fantasy Park is a special childhood memory for many - hundreds of adults will remember taking a trip there in their youth, and children will certainly reminisce about their tours around the park in the future.
     
 

Click to be yelled at by a talking bin!

  This website, although not connected with the park's own website, allows you to visit the park and its attractions again. It may bring back special memories, or perhaps you've never visited and want to find out what you've been missing.

So have fun whilst looking around, and please visit the park yourselves - you won't get the full Blackgang experience until you actually visit the chine in person!

On the other hand, this website is reminiscent of the special eccentricity and fantasy-themes of the park, something that other theme parks fail to match...
In light of this, there could be a little surprise on a page, or something hiding behind an innocent-looking picture, for instance...

 

The famous Blackgang talking bins!
(Click to be yelled at)

     
 

 

Blackgang Chine - Blackgang Cliffs - the clifftop seaview

Although we have improved the quality of our audio clips by converting them to wma format, you can still take advantage of our audio clip service, where you can request higher quality mp3 clips of the sounds available on the website.    

  We are giving you the opportunity to request higher quality audio clips of the same material. For instance, if you wanted a higher quality sound clip of music from Rumpus Mansion, then you would send us a request using the address below, leaving your name, email address, 'Rumpus Mansion', and a description of the clip you would like.
We regret that we cannot offer high quality video clips, due to their large file sizes.

Your requested clip will be sent to you within the space of three days, after the successful arrival of your request.

All audio clips on this Blackgang website are available in high quality. We even have some that aren't available online - if you can't find what you'd like, send us a request anyway - we might have what you want!

 
  Please send your audio clip requests to

blackgangchine@jbonline.org.uk

Please include the name of the attraction your clip comes from, and a description of the clip you want. Even if you can't find it on the site, give us a go - we'll see what we can find for you!
Please note that no-one benefits financially for building or adding to this website.

             
    Like our Blackgang Chine website? Or perhaps you've got some tips on how we might improve it? You could tell us about your visit to the park!
Please send your comments to

blackgangchine@jbonline.org.uk

We look forward to hearing from you.
 
Please note that no-one benefits financially for building or adding to this website.
             
  Want to visit the park?  Call at www.blackgangchine.com for admission cost and opening times.