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Preparations at the top of Towers Street.

The Mystery Machine, situated in Towers Street.

Eerie Edna's Story Zone in Cred Street, for the under 12s.

This plan shows where SW6 lies in relation to Ug Land and Cred Street.

The PlayStation tent at the end of Towers Street.

Another tent at end of Towers Street. Here, guests could play consoles under the car or motorbike.

A large screen at the top of Towers Street. It was last used here during the Sound of Music event this year.

Staff members doing choreographed dancing at the top of the street.

The beach at the bottom of Towers Street is now almost complete.

Halfway down the Street, and a Towers sandcastle is being put in place, just like on the promotional material.

The beach, at the bottom of the street.

A group calling themselves the "Warriors", armed with highly powerful water pistols, march around Towers Street.

The base of Chocuvious under construction in Towers Street.

Less than a week before the Chocolate Towers event, and a crane appears in Towers Street.

This chocolate monster greets you at the top of Towers Street.

The view looking down Towers Street.

From the bottom of Towers Street, looking towards the top.

Some giant inflatable eggs have appeared in Towers Street.

A large banner at the top of Towers Street also promotes the traditional end-of-season shows.

The goals at the bottom of Towers Street.

The traditional Halloween hearse makes an appearance at the end of Towers Street in mid-August, promoting the event to guests.

The event is under way! Towers Street is appropriately decorated for the occasion.

A spider sits atop a cauldron, at the bottom of Towers Street.

One of the Scarefest characters, Phil, meets the guests in Cred Street.

And here is Patch, in the Cred Street Playground.

The Trick or Treat doors in Cred Street.

The ATTV show in the Cred Street Theatre had a Scarefest makeover for the event.

The hearse advertising the Hallowe'en event has appeared at the bottom of Towers Street.

Towers Street has lots of extra theming, like this grave.

Another grave on Towers Street.

Another giant pumpkin, in Cred Street.

On-ride with the 4 Man Bob Coaster in Talbot Street.

Inside the Sky Ride warehouse. The building is connected to the Towers Street station, so that gondolas can be moved onto the main ride circuit and also removed where neccessary.

In a warehouse behind Towers Street/Mutiny Bay, some Sonic Spinball cars have been stripped down for their winter maintenance checks.

In comparison to Oblivion, Air (SW5) is getting much more publicity. This large banner was fastened to the fence that surrounds the site at the beginning of the season, but now is at the top of Towers Street.

August 2001The poster appears on the door to the Kodak booth at the top of Towers Street. A vague artist's impression of the ride indicates to us that this is not what we should expect the ride to look like. It is there to give the public the idea of what a flying coaster is.

10:23amThe group moves into the Towers Street Sky Ride station.

A trench has been dug the length of Cred Street.

From Vintage Cars, we look down Cred Street towards the building site.

The "power cable" trench in Cred Street has been covered back over, in time for the first Winter Weekend of 2006.

The Cred Street Carousel is no longer running due to the Driving School attraction, and has been covered up.

Looking from opposite the Cred Street Diner.

On the wall of Guest Services in Towers Street, these CCF posters have appeared.

In the boardroom above Corner Coffee in Towers Street, an Oompa-Loompa sits in a box. It's smaller than we'd expected - literally only a couple of feet high!

11th March 2006A poster in Towers Street telling visitors what is to come.

The exterior of Doom & Sons in Talbot Street is not recognisable these days.

This Peugeot was sat outside the Cred Street Theatre, complete with "Tussauds Group" logo on the bonnet.

The lower end of Cred Street is now completely closed off.

The answer is the Cred Street Carousel, which used to be situated where the patch of soil is on this photo.

From the top of the Towers, looking towards the fenced-off section of Cred Street.

Looking down towards the end of Cred Street, you can see the fence surrounding the construction site has been decorated.

Looking across at where the Cred Street Carousel used to be.

Freshly-laid tarmac at the bottom of Cred Street.

The circuit heads towards where the Cred Street Carousel used to be - hence why it needed to be removed. The tarmac has not yet been laid here.

More work has been done in the area next to the archway that joins Fountain Square to Cred Street.

Looking from the Vintage Cars area towards where the Cred Street Carousel used to be.

A bridge is being constructed to allow guests to get from Fountain Square into Cred Street through the archway, rather than having to go the long way around.

The bridge connecting the lower end of Cred Street with Fountain Square is now complete. Note also the pole which will be part of the zebra crossing.

The view you'll get coming from Fountain Square and heading over the bridge into the rest of Cred Street.

A worker puts the finishing touches to the bridge that connects Cred Street and Fountain Square.

A view of the construction site from the bottom of Towers Street showing the full length of the impressive galleon.

Corkscrew's entrance sign, removed for the time being as the ride's queueline is being remodeled. The sign is being stored outside the Tussaud's Art Workshop behind Cred Street.

The fencing for the new Corkscrew & Rita queuelines arrived yesterday. It is in storage just in front of McDonald's Cred Street Diner.

Construction of steel is around half completed now. The coaster is so large, it can be seen from Towers Street, at the other end of the park!

Ug Bugs, which has been relocated to the old Cadbury's Chocolate House site in Cred Street. It remains to be seen whether the ride will keep its old name in 2005.

Bouncing Bugs, formerly Ug Bugs, in its new Cred Street home. The ride control booth has now been painted to fit in with the area's theme.

Cred Street, which is the next part of Alton Towers to be redeveloped... watch this space!

October 2004This poster appears at the bottom of Towers Street. It has the slogan "Phwoarrr!!!", and informs the public of how fast the new ride will be. It also advertises the park's website for the new ride.

October 2004This poster is displayed to the right of the now closed Ug Land entrance arch. It is very similar to the Towers Street poster.

9th February 2008Looking towards the station from the Towers Street approach.

9th February 2008Above the exit for gondolas coming from Towers Street, you can see the new roof section.

9th February 2008Looking towards the entrance for people heading to Cred Street/Ug Land. In the background you can see part of the roof that was unaffected by the fire.

A poster in Towers Street, advertising the 2-week event.

The view looking down Towers Street on the first day of the event.

Near the Spinball Whizzer area, looking back towards Towers Street and the fair.

Outside Corner Coffee and the entrance to Storybook Land is a carousel, not too dissimilar to the one found in Cred Street.

The Pink Elephant in Cred Street.

November 29th 2005A snowy Towers Street.

February 25th 2006An access ladder in the Cred Street Sky Ride station has been removed while some guards are fitted.

March 2nd 2006Cred Street, lightly covered in snow.

March 15th 2006The Towers Street frogs now have a more realistic paint job than before, thanks to Tussauds Studios.

March 16th 2006Preparation for the Driving School - barriers have been put in place for the fire exits and disabled route to Hex, and a fire exit from the Cred Street Playground.