Butlin's Minehead

Butlin's Minehead

Location	Minehead, Somerset, England, UK
Status	Operating
Opened	May 1962
Owner	Butlins
Previous names	Somerwest World
Website	https://www.butlins.com/
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Butlin's Minehead is a holiday camp containing a small amusement park located in Minehead, Somerset, England, UK.

Closed roller coasters

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Dragon	Zamperla	Powered	May 1990	2003	Relocated to Symonds Yat Leisure Park
Little Dipper	Supercar	Kiddie	May 1962	Unknown	Unknown
Wild Mouse	Butlin's	Wild Mouse	1964	1975	Scrapped

Attractions

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
Carousel	Robert Tidman	Gallopers	1999
Car Ride	Modern Products	Track Ride	1970s
Chair-O-Plane	Zierer	Waveswinger	2014
Cup 'n' Saucer Ride	S&W Amusement Sales	Junior Teacups	Unknown
Drivetime Dodgems	Soli	Dodgems	c.1980
Kartoon Ride	Modern Products	Roundabout	1980 or earlier
Ladybird Ride	Modern Products	Roundabout	1980 or earlier
Luna Jets	Harry Steer Engineering	Junior Jets	1970s
Paratrooper	De Boer	Lifting Paratrooper	1983 or earlier
Rockin' Tug	Zamperla	Rockin' Tug	2004
Sir Billy's Helter Skelter	Gravitron	Helter Skelter	2014
Sir Billy's Supreme Waltzer	R.J. Lakin	Waltzer	1994
Super Slide	Modern Products	Giant Slide	1977 or earlier
Trains	Supercar	Track Ride	1962

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Autodrome	Lang Wheels	Autodrome	1966	Unknown	Scrapped
Big Wheel	Lusse	Ferris Wheel	1962	1977 or later	Unknown
Big Wheel	Maxwell	Ferris Wheel	1993	c.1999	Scrapped
Cablecars	British Ropeway Engineering	Cablecars	1965	1997	Scrapped
Carousel	John Allen	Gallopers	1962	1998	Relocated to Dreamland Margate
Caterpillar	Orton & Spooner	Caterpillar	1963	1967	Travelling UK
Caterpillar	R.J. Lakin	Caterpillar	1989	1989	Travelling UK
Dodgems	Supercar	Dodgems	1962	c.1979	Unknown
Meteorite	Cadoxton Engineering	Round-Up	1994	2013	Travelling UK
Miniature Railway	Unknown	Miniature Railway	1964	1989	Scrapped
Monorail	Butlin's Ltd.	Monorail	1967	1996	Scrapped
Octopus	A.R.M.	Polyp	1987	1995	Travelling UK
Orbiter	Tivoli Manufacturing	Orbiter	1989	1989	Travelling UK
Phantom Chase	Reverchon	Matterhorn	1989	1989	Travelling UK
Pirate Ship	Helmut Hauser	Pirate Ship	1999	2016	Scrapped
Quasar	A.R.M.	Quasar/Explorer	1987	1989	Relocated to Starcoast World
Satellite	A.R.M.	Trabant/Satellite	1980	2009	Sold - Stored (not used)
Skymaster	A.R.M.	Skymaster	2002	2013	Stored
Twister	Edwin Hall	Twist	1962	1990	Relocated to Hemsby Fun Park
Twister	Eli Bridge Company	Twist	1993	1999	Travelling UK
Waltzer	R.J. Lakin	Waltzer	1963	1968	Travelling UK

External links

• Images of the park on NFCA Digital.