Brean Theme Park

Brean Theme Park
Statistics
Location	Brean, Somerset, England, UK
Opened	1970s
Owner	The House Family
Size	10 acres (4 ha)
Official Website	http://www.brean.com

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.

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 dark coaster bought from Pleasure Beach Blackpool.

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

Roller coasters

Present

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Astro Storm	Zierer	Enclosed	2011	Operating
Caterpillar	D.P.V. Rides	Family	2001	Operating
Magic Mouse	Reverchon	Spinning	2007	Operating
Shockwave	Pinfari	Sit-Down	2004	Operating

Past

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Crazy Mouse	Reverchon	Spinning	2002	2004	-
Dragon Coaster	Unknown	Kiddie	Unknown	2000	-
Figure of Eight	Pinfari	Family	1998	2001	-
Run Away Mine Train	Unknown	Family	Never operated		-
Sky Ways Roller Coaster	Pinfari	Sit-Down	Unknown	2005	Pirat' Park
Wild Mouse	Butlin	Wild Mouse	1988	1996	-