Peeking Heights

{{Short description|Former Ferris wheel at Chessington World of Adventures}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| name = Peeking Heights

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| image = Chessington World of Adventures Peeking Heights2.jpg

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| location = Chessington World of Adventures

| section = Mystic East

| status = removed

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| opened = 2005

| closed = 10 September 2017

| previousattraction = Samurai

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| location2 = Thorpe Park

| altname2 = Eclipse

| section2 = Lost City

| status2 = Relocated to Chessington World of Adventures

| opened2 = 2003

| closed2 = 2004

| replacement2 = Rush

| type = Ferris wheel

| manufacturer = Fabbri Group

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| height_m = 25

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| vehicles = 18 pods

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Peeking Heights was a Ferris wheel that opened in 2005 at the long-lived Mystic East area of Chessington World of Adventures Resort, where it provided views of the entire park and on a clear day a view of London, including Wembley Stadium.{{Cite web|url=http://themeuk.net/CWTP/?page_id=592|title=Peeking Heights – Chessington and Thorpe Park UK|website=themeuk.net|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-10-20}}

It was relocated from Thorpe Park Resort where it was known as 'Eclipse' until it moved to Chessington. It was {{Convert|25|m}} tall, had 18 pods, and was manufactured by Fabbri Group.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHljCROO35g|title=Peeking Heights at Chessington|last=UK Theme Parks|date=23 April 2012|publisher=|via=YouTube}} The attraction closed in September 2017 to make way for some new Amur Tiger enclosures in a new themed area called 'Land of the Tiger' which opened in 2018 and is a retheme of the parks 'Mystic East' area, the parks log flume attraction in this area called 'Dragon Falls' was also re-themed and re-named 'Tiger Rock'.{{Cite web|url=http://www.surreycomet.co.uk/news/15507221.Four_new_tigers_coming_to_Chessington_World_of_Adventures/|title=Four new tigers coming to Chessington World of Adventures|date=2017-08-31|website=Surrey Comet|language=en|access-date=2017-10-20}}

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