Brean Theme Park

Amusement park in the United Kingdom


Brean Theme Park
Location
Brean, Somerset, England, UK
Status Operating
Opened 1984
Owner Holiday Resort Unity
Operator Phillip Booth
Previous names Brean Leisure Park
Website http://breanthemepark.co.uk/

Brean Theme Park is an amusement park in the coastal resort of Brean, near Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England. The park attracts over 500,000 visitors each year.

Open from March to October every year, the amusement park has also been a concert venue for artists such as DJ Casper, Peter Andre, Jason Donovan and The Wurzels. Sky have filmed an episode of Brainiac: Science Abuse entitled "Funfair Physics" at the park. An episode of BBC TV series Casualty was also filmed there in 2007. And an episode of CBBC TV series The Sparticle Mystery was filmed of the titled of the episode The FunFair. In 1997, they filmed Rosie and Jim episode there, about they riding Merry-go-Round.

History

The amusement park and accompanying caravan site is based at Unity Farm which the House Family bought just after World War II in 1946, and allowed camping on the farm. In the 1970s, a golf course was added, which was followed by a swimming pool complex, bars and a bowling alley in the 1990s. The rides, roller coasters and concessions have also been growing gradually since the 1970s and the site attracts over 500,000 people per year.

The park invested £1.2 million on new rides in 2006, and in 2011 opened Astro Storm, a enclosed coaster bought from Pleasure Beach Blackpool.

In 2015, the park was renamed to Brean Theme Park.

Roller coasters

Present

Class Name Manufacturer Type Opened Status
Roller Astro Storm Zierer Enclosed July 23, 2011 Operating
Roller Caterpillar D.P.V. Rides Kiddie 2001 Operating
Roller Bulldog Coaster Pinfari Sit-Down 2004 Operating
Roller Magic Mouse Reverchon Spinning
Wild Mouse
2007 Operating

Past

Class Name Manufacturer Type Opened Closed Fate
Roller Crazy Mouse Reverchon Spinning
Wild Mouse
May 2002 September 2004 Travelling UK
Roller Crazy Mouse Reverchon Spinning
Wild Mouse
2006 2006 Travelling UK
Powered Dragon Zamperla Kiddie 1998 2000 Travelling UK
Roller Flying Dragon B. A. Schiff & Associates Kiddie Unknown Unknown Unknown
Powered Figure of Eight Pinfari Sit-Down 1998 2001 Relocated to Vidampark
Roller Run Away Mine Train D.P.V. Rides Kiddie Never operated Relocated to Primrose Valley Holiday Park
Roller Sky Ways Roller Coaster Pinfari Sit-Down 1990s 2005 Relocated to Pirat' Park
Roller Wild Mouse Butlin's Wild Mouse 1988 1997 Stored

Attractions

Operating

Name Manufacturer Type Opened
Canoe River Park Equipment Venture River 2004
Disco Dodgems SBF Visa Group Dodgems 2003
Disco Fever PWS Rides Jump & Smile 2005
Fantasia Idees Loisirs Junior Track Ride 2000
Jet Spin Zamperla Disk'O 2015
Lighthouse Boats Sartori Roundabout 2000s
Orbiter Tivoli Manufacturing Orbiter 2022
Pony Express Danum UK Pony Trek 2004
Pirate Ship Güven Amusement Rides Factory Pirate Ship 2023
Rainbow Cups Julian Cavaciuti Junior Teacups 1990s
Twister PWS Rides Twist 2000
Sky Diver Zamperla Junior Drop Tower 2008
Terror Castle Supercar Tracked Dark Ride 2000
Ultimate Sobema Matterhorn 2006
Waveswinger Park Rides Lamborghini Waveswinger 2008
Wild Water Reverchon Log Flume 2001
Wipeout KMG Frisbee 2002
X-Factory KMG Miami 2006

Closed

Name Manufacturer Type Opened Closed Fate
Air Maxx Technical Park Loop Fighter 2018 2018 Relocated to Fantasy Island
Bumpy Slide Playsafe Giant Slide Unknown 2020 Scrapped
Carousel SBF Visa Group Carousel 2017 2022 Unknown
Chair-O-Plane Fritz Bothmann Chair-O-Plane 1989 Unknown Travelling UK
Concorde Maxwell Flying Coaster 1991 2002 Travelling UK
Crazy Frog Safeco Jump & Smile 2001 2002 Travelling UK
Cyclone Twist Bennett Twist 1980s 1999 Travelling UK
Dodgems Reverchon Dodgems Unknown 2002 Stored - Sold
Dodgems Harry Steer Engineering Dodgems 2015 2015 Travelling UK
Frisbee Bennett Trabant/Satellite 2005 2015 Travelling UK
Gallopers Allchin & Linnell Carousel 1985 1986 Travelling UK
Gallopers Savage Carousel 1992 1998 Travelling UK
Gallopers Mardi Gras Carousel c.2003 2004 Relocated to New Brighton Funfair
Hi Speed Fabbri Booster 2003 2004 Travelling France
Jumbo Circus Funlight Funhouse 2019 2019 Travelling UK
Kansas City Ghost Train Hayes Fabrication Tracked Dark Ride 1986 1999 Travelling UK
Kids Kingdom! Hinchcliffe Funhouse 2006 2006 Travelling UK
Lightning Skid Hayes Fabrication Swirl 1990 1998 Relocated to Rainbow Park
Looney Tunes I.E. Park Roundabout 2008 2021 Unknown
Over Rider Nottingham UK Miami 2003 2005 Travelling UK
Pod Racer Reverchon Matterhorn 2004 2005 Relocated to Ocean Beach Pleasure Park
Pod Racer Reverchon Matterhorn 1995 2002 Stored
Mississippi Madness Robles Bouso Atracciones Funhouse 1992 c.2001 Relocated to Ocean Beach Pleasure Park
Pirate Ship Zamperla Pirate Ship 1999 2000 Relocated to Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach
Pure Adrenalin Fairmatt Miami 1996 2002 Travelling UK
Rainbow HUSS Rainbow 1992 1995 Relocated to MGM Dizzee World
Rock-O-Plane Church Engineering Rock-O-Plane Unknown 1990s Travelling UK
Satellite Bennett Trabant/Satellite 1985 1999 Unknown
Sea Maze Reverchon Mirror Maze 2011 2016 Relocated to Jimmy G's Pirate Park
Sky Diver Harry Steer Engineering Lifting Paratrooper 1991 1994 Relocated to Funland Hayling Island
Sky Flyer AK Rides Star Flyer 2015 2015 Travelling UK
Sky Scraper Technical Park Ferris Wheel 2004 2004 Travelling UK
Snake Slides Zapfun Tube Slide 1990s 2000s Unknown
Space Loop Fabbri Top Spin 2000 2000 Travelling UK
Speed Wave Mondial Top Scan September 2013 July 2014 Relocated to Global Village
Super Trooper Modern Products Upright Paratrooper 1984 1990 Travelling UK
Superbowl K.T. Enterprises Touchdown 2003 2005 Travelling UK
Swinging Gyms Sam Ward Swinging Gyms 1987 1990s Travelling UK
Waltzer R.J. Lakin Waltzer 1984 1984 Sold (not used) - scrapped
Waltzer R.J. Lakin Waltzer 1985 2002 Travelling Ireland
Waltzer Maxwell Waltzer 2006 September 2006 Travelling UK
Waltzer A.R.M. Waltzer 2007 2014 Travelling UK
Xtreme KMG Booster 2005 2011 Travelling France
Xtreme KMG Booster 2012 2022 Unknown

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