Brean Theme Park

Brean Theme Park

Brean, Somerset, England, UK

Status

Operating

Opened

1984

Owner

Holiday Resort Unity

Operator

Phillip Booth

Website

http://breanthemepark.co.uk/

History

Names

Brean Theme Park

2015 - present

Brean Leisure Park

1984 - 2015

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Part of Brean Leisure Park

• Brean Theme Park
• Brean Splash Waterpark

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 the BBC TV series Casualty was also filmed there in 2007, along with an episode of the CBBC TV series The Sparticle Mystery was filmed called "The FunFair". In 1997, they filmed an Rosie and Jim episode there, about the cast riding the 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	Runaway Train	Güven Amusement Rides Factory	Sit-Down	2024	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
Powered	Go-Gator	JJ Rose & Sons	Kiddie	2021	2022	Travelling UK
Roller	Magic Mouse	Reverchon	Spinning Wild Mouse	2007	2024	Travelling UK
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
Bounce	Safeco	Jump & Smile	2025
Canoe River	Park Equipment	Junior Boat Ride	2004
Carousel	SBF Visa Group	Carousel	2017
Disco Dodgems	SBF Visa Group	Dodgems	2003
Fantasia	Idees Loisirs	Junior Track Ride	2000
Flying Chairs	S&W Amusement Sales	Junior Chair-O-Plane	2025
Happy Gnomes	S&W Amusement Sales	Roundabout	2025
Jet Spin	Zamperla	Disk'O	2015
Ladybirds	Modern Products	Roundabout	2025
Lighthouse Boats	Sartori	Roundabout	2000s
NASA Rockets	Harry Steer Engineering	Junior Jets	2025
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
Spinning Barrels	S&W Amusement Sales	Junior Teacups	2025
Terror Castle	Supercar	Tracked Dark Ride	2000
Ultimate	Sobema	Matterhorn	2006
Waltzer	A.R.M.	Waltzer	2024
Waveswinger	Lamborghini Rides	Waveswinger	2008
Wild Water	Reverchon	Log Flume	2001
Wipeout	KMG	Frisbee	2002

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
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
Disco Fever	PWS Rides	Jump & Smile	2005	2024	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	Scrapped
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
Mini Twist	S&W Amusement Sales	Junior Scrambler	Unknown	2016	Travelling UK
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
X-Factory	KMG	Miami	2006	2024	Stored
Xtreme	KMG	Booster	2005	2011	Travelling France
Xtreme	KMG	Booster	2012	2022	Travelling UK

External links

• Images of the park on NFCA Digital.