Blackpool South Pier

South Pier

Location	Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Status	Operating
Opened	1893
Owner	Peter Sedgwick
Previous names	Victoria Pier
Website	http://blackpoolpiers.co.uk/piers/south-pier
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The pier in 2010

South Pier is a pleasure pier featuring a number of amusement rides located in Blackpool, England, UK. This is one of three piers in the town, and is the most ride intensive of the three. It is situated close to the Pleasure Beach Resort and the Sandcastle waterpark. The pier is served by the Blackpool Tramway and is approximately 0.8 km (0.5 miles) walk from Blackpool South railway station.

History

The pier originally opened as Victoria Pier on Good Friday, 1893. It was owned by notable attraction operator Trusthouse Forte (later First Leisure, then Leisure Parcs) throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. This company also operated Blackpool's other two piers, plus amusement parks such as Ocean Beach Fun Fair in Rhyl and Belle Vue in Manchester. The pier's current owner Peter Sedgwick purchased it along with Central Pier for a combined £8 million in 2015.

A few individual attractions began to appear on the pier during the 1970s and 1980s, including an Giant Slide, however it was during the 1990s that the pier started to feature the type of rides present there today.

Roller coasters

Present

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Crazy Coaster	Reverchon	Spinning Wild Mouse	2018	Operating

Past

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Crazy Mouse	Reverchon	Spinning Wild Mouse	May 1998	2009	Travelling Germany
Happy Caterpiller	Pinfari	Family	2017	2017	Relocated to Clarence Pier

Attractions

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
Break Dance	Sobema	Breakdance	1997
Cliffhanger	Eagle (G.E.T.) Fabrications	Miami	2022
Dodgems	I.E. Park	Dodgems	1997
Gallopers	Savage	Carousel	2018
Hell Raiser	Maxwell	Waltzer	2008
Mini Miami	Danum UK	Junior Miami	2008
Rock & Roll	Bertazzon	Superbob/Musik Express	2023
Sky Screamer	Reverse Bungy NZ	Slingshot	2000
Skycoaster	Montic	Skycoaster	1996

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Astroglide	H.P. Jackson	Giant Slide	1970s	c.1990s	Unknown
Ghost Train	William Belson	Tracked Dark Ride	2008	2011	Travelling UK
Ghost Train	William Belson	Tracked Dark Ride	2012	2013	Travelling UK
Hard Rock	Nottingham UK	Miami	1996	2021	Travelling UK
Log Flume	Reverchon	Log Flume	2010	2019	Unknown
Mega Dance	Sobema	Breakdance	1996	1997	Relocated to Ocean Beach Fun Fair
Octopus	A.R.M.	Polyp	1995	1996	Travelling Belgium
Roller Bob	Sobema	Superbob	1998	2007	Relocated to Southport Pleasureland
Sedgwick's Sizzler	PWS Rides	Twist	2008	2017	Travelling UK
Viking	Helmut Hauser	Pirate Ship	1995	1997	Relocated to Loudoun Castle
Virtual Explorer	Flight Avionics	Simulator	Unknown	2004	Unknown
Waltzer	Maxwell	Waltzer	2000	2007	Relocated to Blackpool Central Pier