The Return of Robin Hill? What we know so far

I nearly fell off chair this morning when I saw that the Warrior Festival is being held at Robin Hill this year. 

Well, that's now quite true. I was actually still in bed, but I was certainly surprised.

We've been waiting months for an announcement about the future of Robin Hill, which went up for sale in late 2023. Since then, we became nostalgic and wrote a long history of Robin Hill. (Warning: our history of Robin Hill is absurdly detailed and long).

Rumours have been circulating for a while about the sale of Robin Hill, but nothing has been officially confirmed. Now, we finally have some details (although not many).

What's happening at RObin Hill?

The Warrior Festival has been going for some time, but they have now confirmed that for 2024 they are moving to Robin Hill. The festival is taking place on 21-22 September 2024. The festival itself raises money for charity and features lots of tribute acts as well as some local artists.

The organisers of the festival aren't the new owners of Robin Hill. The name/s of the new owner/s hasn't been officially released, but on Facebook the organisers of the Warrior Festival have said that "exciting times" are coming to Robin Hill and that:

"we have been given permission from the NEW OWNERS to announce !! and this was why we had to wait to get this information out!! There will be official announcement soon!!"

What else do we know?

We know that some things have already been removed from Robin Hill. The Colossus theme park ride is now the Jolly Robin at Blackgang Chine whilst The Ripple is now Blackgang Beach. We also think we saw the big shelter in the African Adventure playground turn up at Tapnell Farm Park.

Beyond that, we don't really know what the future holds for the park.

However, it's certainly positive to see it opening up for a public event in just a couple of month's time!