Adventure Island (UK)

Adventure Island

Location	Southend On Sea, Essex, England, UK
Status	Operating
Opened	1918
Owner	Stockvale Ltd
Operating season	February to November
Previous names	Peter Pan's Playground Peter Pan's Adventure Island
Website	http://www.adventureisland.co.uk
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Overview of the park in 2021

Overview in 2019

Adventure Island is a free-admission amusement park located at Southend On Sea, Essex, England, UK. It has five roller coasters and over 30 other rides, as well as attractions including restaurants and a gift shop.

The current site of the park flanks the north end of Southend Pier and has been an amusement park since 1976 when the Miller family purchased the land now forming the west side of the park. The site is currently owned and managed by Stockvale Ltd.

History

In 1976, the land to the west of the pier was purchased by the Miller family and they developed their amusement park on the site from the rudimentary original. The site was extensively redeveloped and in 1995, the park was vastly expanded when the land to the east of the pier was purchased to form part of the park.

The park has previously been known as Peter Pan's Playground and Peter Pan's Adventure Island, before becoming simply Adventure Island.

In 2022, the park applied for planning permission to build a new large Ferris Wheel and a Drop Tower up to 38 metres tall.

Roller coasters

Present

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Barnstormer	Zierer	Sit-Down	2000	Operating
Green Scream	Zierer	Sit-Down	April 1998	Operating
Kiddi Koasta	Zamperla	Kiddie	2011	Operating
Mighty Mini Mega	Pinfari	Sit-Down	2003	Operating
Rage	Gerstlauer	Sit-Down	February 10, 2007	Operating

Past

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Space Chase	J. Bakker Denies	Kiddie	1984	1998	Travelling UK
Wendy Glide	Lang Wheels	Kiddie	1961 or earlier	1970s	Scrapped

Attractions

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
Adventureville	Self-built	Tracked Dark Ride	2016
American Whip	Self-built	Junior Whip	2009
Archelon	Zierer	Waveswinger	1997
Axis	SBF Visa Group	Frisbee	2019
Big Wheel	Pinfari	Ferris Wheel	1983
Carousel	SBF Visa Group	Junior Carousel	2015
Choo-Choo-Ville	Supercar	Roundabout	1972
Cow Jump	Self-built	Junior Miami	2003
Crooked House	Self-built	Walk-through	1949
City Wheel	Unknown	Ferris Wheel	2022
Dragon	Zierer	Sea Storm	1996
Drop 'N' Smile	Self-built	Junior Drop Tower	2003
Dune Buggies	SBF Visa Group	Jump Around	2015
Fireball	Self-built	Ferris Wheel variant	2006
Flying Jumbos	Modern Products	Junior Jets	1999
Helter Skelter	Supercar	Helter Skelter	1986
Jumping Jolly Rogers	Self-built	Junior Sea Storm	2004
Over the Hill 2: Spooksville	Self-built	Tracked Dark Ride	1999
Pharaoh's Fury	Sonacase	Twist	1998
Pirates Plunge	SBF Visa Group	Junior Drop Tower	2015
Ramba Zamba	Zamperla	Disk'O	2004
Screature	Tivoli Manufacturing	Orbiter	2021
Sk8borda	Zamperla	Rockin' Tug	2004
Sky Drop	Zamperla	Drop Tower	2004
Smiles Per Galleon	SBF Visa Group	Pirate Ship	2015
Tidal Wave	Interlink	Dinghy Waterslides	1996
Time Machine	Self-built	Time Machine	2012
Vertigo	SBF Visa Group	Drop Tower	2024
Viking Boats	Zierer	Roundabout	1996

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
American Freeway	Sobema	Superbob	1989	2000	Travelling UK
Barracuda	A.R.M.	Ranger	1993	2000	Travelling UK
Blackbeard's Pirate Adventure	Art Tech Design	Walk-through	1998	2005	Scrapped
Devil's Creek Gold Mine	Self-built	Tracked Dark Ride	late 1930s	2015	Scrapped
Dodgems	Reverchon	Dodgems	1986	2022	Scrapped
Dragon's Claw	Tivoli Manufacturing	Move It/Spin Out	2001	2021	Undergoing Refurbishment
Ferris Wheel	Unknown	Ferris Wheel	1961 or earlier	c.1970s	Unknown
Fireball	Zierer	Hexentanz	1999	2000	Relocated to Washington State Fair
Formula AI Karting	Formula K	Go-Karts	1995	2021	Scrapped
Magic Monsters	Modern Products	Roundabout	1999	2022}	Stored
Pirat Galleon	Zamperla	Pirate Ship	1990s	2003	Relocated to Funland Hayling Island
Raging River	Interlink	Log Flume	1996	2006	Relocated to Kongeparken
Scorpion	Tivoli Manufacturing	Troika	2001	2018	Travelling UK
Sea Serpent	Zapfun	Tube Slide	1996	2015	Relocated to Funland Hayling Island
Sky Lab	J. Bakker Denies	Enterprise	1990	1997	Relocated to Funland Hayling Island
Telecombat	SDC	Jets	1985	1999	Travelling UK
Vortex	Tivoli Manufacturing	Orbiter	2001	2021	Relocated to Web Adventure Park

External links

• Images of the park on NFCA Digital.