The Wall of Death

The wall of death, motordrome, velodrome or well of death is a carnival sideshow featuring a silo- or barrel-shaped wooden cylinder, typically ranging from 20 to 36 feet (6.1 to 11.0 m) in diameter and made of wooden planks, inside which motorcyclists, or the drivers of miniature automobiles and tractors travel along the vertical wall and perform stunts, held in place by friction[4] and centrifugal force.

The first wall of death in the British Isles appeared in Southend during June 1929 at the Kursaal Amusement Park, one of the world's first amusement parks, and featured motorcycles on a 20 ft wooden wall.

The Wall of Death is one of the last remaining live shows of it’s kind still on tour in the United Kingdom today.

Ken Fox has been riding, building and presenting Walls of Death for over 40 years, and is the only person who has been consistently doing so. Ken and his troupe tour all over the UK and Europe through summer and they carry out all the maintenance work on the bikes and the Wall over winter.