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Located in Surrey, Chessington World of Adventures has over 40 rides and attractions, with highlights including a Jumanji-themed land, a family-friendly Gruffalo boat ride, and a zoo.

Day Tickets

  • One-day tickets: Start from £34 per person when booked in advance online. Tickets bought on the gate start from £66 per person.

  • Zoo tickets: Start from £14 per person either online or on the day.

  • Adult & pre-schooler ticket: Valid for one adult and one child under the age of four during a mid-week visit. Tickets start from £29.

  • Remember: Children under 90cm visit free, so don’t pay for your child if they’re under this height.

  • Student discount: Tickets start from £24 via Student Beans.

Annual pass

  • These start from £64 per person, which means you’d need to visit the theme park at least twice in a 12-month period. However, our calculations don’t factor in the cost of discounted tickets, so you’ll probably need to visit three times for the annual pass to be truly cost-effective.

Overnight breaks

  • Short breaks: There are two on-site hotels at Chessington, but for the cheapest deals you’re better off staying at a 'nearby' hotel (quite often a 20+ mile drive away). For example, we spotted overnight breaks at Holiday Inn Express London Heathrow T5 starting from £29 per person, based on four people (two adults and two children) sharing a room. Breaks include an overnight stay, breakfast, free parking and the second day of park entry with early ride time.

Other need-to-knows

  • Queues: Download Chessington's free app (Google Play/iOS) for on-the-day queue times.

  • Fast pass: Starts from £15 per person (can be used three times).

  • Car parking: From £12 when booked in advance online.

  • Refunds: All tickets are non-refundable, but if you have a change in circumstance, you may be able to change the date of your visit within 12 months of the purchase date – you'll need to go to 'My Account' in the online portal to do this.

  • Leaving & returning: You can head back to your car to pick up items for free, but you’ll need to get your hand stamped by a member of staff first.

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Including Alton Towers, Eden Project, Longleat Safari and many more

Convert Tesco Clubcard points into Tesco Reward Partners vouchers and on many attractions you get two-times the vouchers' face value to use on tickets, for example £5 in points converts into £10-worth of vouchers. They can be used at theme parks, wildlife parks and more.

Here are some of the popular theme parks you can choose:

  • Alton Towers

  • Blackpool Pleasure Beach Resort

  • Chessington

  • Drayton Manor

  • Legoland Windsor

  • Thorpe Park

And some of the other attractions:

  • Eden Project

  • Blackpool Zoo

  • Longleat Safari

  • National Sea Life, Birmingham

  • Cadbury World

For how to fully maximise Clubcard points, see our Boost Tesco Clubcard guide.

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