A man will begin an attempt to ride every rollercoaster in the UK in the space of just over two weeks.

Dean Stokes, 36, intends to ride 120 coasters across 32 theme parks in 16 days, starting at Brighton Palace Pier in his home town and ending at Thorpe Park.

He hopes to complete eight rides at four parks on the first day and has secured permission to film at many of the sites for his social media channels.

Mr Stokes said he has ridden more than 100 rollercoasters in about 25 different theme parks across 10 countries but has not ridden many in the UK, adding: “So I just thought, why not?”.