Coney Beach Pleasure Park

Coney Beach Pleasure Park

Porthcawl, Bridgend, Wales, UK

Status

Operating

Opened

1918

Owner

Pat Evans

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The park in 2006

Coney Beach Pleasure Park is a seaside amusement park located in Porthcawl, Bridgend, Wales, UK.

Roller coasters

Present

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Go-Gator	A.R.M.	Kiddie	1989 or earlier	Operating
Nessi	Diego Cavazza	Family	1988	Operating
Wacky Worm	Güven Amusement Rides Factory	Kiddie	2021	Operating

Past

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Blizzard	Diego Cavazza	Family	1989	2003	Travelling Netherlands
Cyclone	Pinfari	Steel	1980	1988	Relocated to Funland Hayling Island
Crazy Mouse	Reverchon	Spinning	2016	2017	Travelling UK
Dragon	Zamperla	Powered	1986	1987 or later	Unknown
Figure Eight	Philadelphia Toboggan Company	Wooden	1920	1981	Scrapped
Mega Blitz	Pinfari	Steel	1996	2009	Scrapped

Attractions

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
Astroglide	Bennett	Giant Slide	1970
Beach Party	KMG	Frisbee	2000
Bounce	Comdefer	Jump & Smile	2011
Cinderella	SDC	Roundabout	1970s
Crazy Funhouse	Walter Murphy	Funhouse	1996
Dodgems	Adesko	Dodgems	2004
Fantasia	Sobema	Superbob	1999
Ghost Train	Unknown	Tracked Dark Ride	1931
Miami Madness	Nottingham UK	Miami	2005
Race Kart Super Circuit	Formula K	Go-Karts	2010
Safari Train	Industrias Falgas	Junior Railway	Unknown
Sizzler	Sonacase	Twist	2001
Sticky Wall	Reeves Amusements	Rotor	2013
Olde 99	Bennett	Track Ride	1970s
Thunderdome Waltzer	Maxwell	Waltzer	2017
Top Gun	Leisure Sales	Paratrooper	2019
Typhoon	Tivoli Manufacturing	Orbiter	2008

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Airways	R.J. Lakin	Mont Blanc	1939	1944	Travelling UK
Apollo	Funlight	Star Flyer	2014	2015	Relocated to Lightwater Valley
Ark	Orton & Spooner	Ark/Speedway	1939	1939	Travelling UK
Astroliner	Robin G. Mitchell	Simulator	1978	c.1988	Travelling UK
Autodrome	Lang Wheels	Autodrome	1939	Unknown	Relocated to Aberdeen Amusement Park
Bobslay	Sobema	Superbob/Musik Express	1983	1983	Relocated to Butlin's Bognor Regis
Break Dance	HUSS	Breakdance	2023	2023	Travelling Kuwait
Carousel	Barbieri	Carousel	1994	2019	Travelling UK
Caterpillar	Henri de Vos	Caterpillar	1984	1988	Relocated to Dizzyland
Century 2000	J. Bakker Denies	Ramba Zamba	1995	1995	Relocated to Dunes Leisure Family Fun Fair
Cycledrome	Orton & Spooner	Ark/Speedway	1937	1947	Travelling UK
Cyclone	Bennett	Twist	1969	1974	Relocated to Blackpool Central Station
Devil's Cave	Supercar	Tracked Dark Ride	Unknown	c.1998	Scrapped
Dive Bomber	Lusse	Roll-O-Plane	1947	1974	Travelling UK
Dodgems	Supercar	Dodgems	Unknown	1978	Travelling UK
Dodgems	SDC	Dodgems	1979	1993	Unknown
Easy Rider	Maxwell	Ark/Speedway	1971	1974	Relocated to Clacton Pier
Enterprise	HUSS	Enterprise	1982	2010	Relocated to Southport Pleasureland
Flower Swing	Heinz Fahtz	Lifting Paratrooper	1985	1986	Exported
Flying Bob	Reverchon	Matterhorn	2017	2019	Relocated to Blackpool Central Pier
Flying Coaster	Pollard Engineering	Flying Coaster	1975	1975	Travelling UK
Flying Coaster	Pollard Engineering	Flying Coaster	1979	1979	Travelling UK
Flying Saucers	Corbiere	Ferris Wheel	1957	1963	Relocated to Clarence Pier
Fun House	Modern Products	Funhouse	1976	1990s	Scrapped
Gallopers	Savage	Carousel	1920s	1993	Relocated to Carousel Park
Hurricane	Kilinski Manufacturing	Hurricane	1981	1981	Travelling UK
Invader	Norson Power	Orbiter	1993	1994	Travelling Belgium
Jets	Lang Wheels	Jets	1956	1980s	Relocated to Butlin's Mosney
Love Bug	Unknown	Caterpillar	1941	c.1970	Relocated to Barry Island Pleasure Park
Lover's Lake	Unknown	Caterpillar	1992	1992	Relocated to Barry Island Pleasure Park
Matterhorn	Reverchon	Matterhorn	1980	1983	Travelling UK
Megaspin	A.R.M.	Twin Spin	2022	2022	Travelling UK
Miami	Sluijs-Smalcor	Miami	1992	1993	Travelling Sweden
Mont Blanc	Maxwell	Mont Blanc	1974	1975	Travelling UK
Moonrocket	R.J. Lakin & Maxwell	Moonrocket	1938	1942	Relocated to Belle Vue
Octopus	Hayes Fabrication	Octopus	1960	1961	Relocated to Miami Beach Amusement Park
Paratrooper	AMECO	Upright Paratrooper	1961	1964	Travelling UK
Paratrooper	Bennett	Upright Paratrooper	1965	1967	Travelling UK
Pole Position Dodgem	Supercar	Dodgems	1994	2003	Stored
Polyp	Robles Bouso Atracciones	Polyp	1984	1985	Relocated to Flamingo Land
Quasar	A.R.M.	Quasar/Explorer	1989	1989	Travelling UK
Quasar	A.R.M.	Quasar/Explorer	1995	1996	Exported to Singapore
Rainbow	HUSS	Rainbow	1986	1988	Travelling Australia
Rock 'n' Roll	Allan Herschell Company	Looper/Rock 'n' Roll	1990	1991	Travelling UK
Rock-O-Plane	Eyerly Aircraft Company	Rock-O-Plane	1982	1982	Travelling UK
Rotor	Orton & Spooner	Rotor	Unknown	c.1955	Relocated to Kursaal Amusement Park
Round-Up	Cadoxton Engineering	Round-Up	1978	1978	Travelling UK
Round-Up	Sam Ward	Round-Up	1985	1985	Travelling UK
Satellite	Bennett	Trabant/Satellite	1965	1972	Travelling UK
Satellite	Bennett	Trabant/Satellite	1974	c.1977	Travelling UK
Satellite	Chance Rides	Trabant/Satellite	1980	c.1981	Travelling UK
Scat	Fairplace	Scat	1977	1977	Travelling UK
Scenic Peacocks	Savage	Gondola Switchback/Scenic Railway	1936	1938	Scrapped
Seal Ride	Modern Products	Roundabout	1977	Unknown	Relocated to Funland Hayling Island
Ski Jump	Cadoxton Engineering	Flying Coaster	1984	1996	Relocated to Funland Hayling Island
Ski Jump	Pollard Engineering	Flying Coaster	2007	2012	Travelling UK
Sky Dancer	Eyerly Aircraft Company	Rock-O-Plane	2011	2011	Travelling UK
Sky Diver	Maxwell	Lifting Paratrooper	1972	1981	Relocated to Ingoldmells Leisure Centre
Skymaster	A.R.M.	Ranger	1995	2000	Exported to USA
Speedway	Supercar	Monte Carlo Rally/Speedway	1977	1970s	Unknown
Street Dancer	Fairmatt	Miami	1994	2004	Travelling UK
Super Loop	Larson International	Super Loop	1982	1986	Exported
Super Satellite	Chance Rides	Trabant/Satellite	2004	2009	Travelling Norway
Superstar	Northern Amusements	Superstar	2016	2018	Travelling UK
Swirl	R.J. Lakin	Swirl	1965	1976	Travelling Ireland
Tagada	Soriani & Moser	Tagada	2016	2016	Travelling UK
Tahiti Express	Sobema	Superbob	1980	1982	Relocated to Redcar Amusement Park
The Cage	Hrubetz	Round-Up	1989	1991	Travelling UK
Top Flip	Fabbri	Top Spin	1994	1994	Travelling UK
Top Scan	Mondial	Top Scan	2021	2021	Relocated to Barry Island Pleasure Park
Tri-Star	Bennett	Troika	1973	1974	Relocated to P.W.A. Park
Turbo Star	HUSS	Troika	1977	1983	Relocated to Barry Island Pleasure Park
Twister	Walldren Engineering	Twist	1976	2000	Sold
Viking	Zierer	Pirate Ship	1984	1987	Unknown
Waltzer	R.J. Lakin	Waltzer	1961	1972	Relocated to Miami Beach Amusement Park
Waltzer	Maxwell	Waltzer	1973	1992	Burnt out
Waltzer	Maxwell	Waltzer	1993	2016	Relocated to Fantasy Island
Water Chute	Leslie Joseph	Water Chute	1936	1994	SBNO - Scrapped
Wave Swinger	Lamborghini Rides	Waveswinger	2020	2020	Travelling UK
World Cruise	Leslie Joseph	Dark Boat Ride	Unknown	c.1989	Scrapped

External links

• 

  Coney Beach Pleasure Park on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

• Images of the park on NFCA Digital.