Craig Tara Holiday Camp

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Craig Tara

Ayr, Scotland, UK

Status

Operating

Operator

Haven Holidays

Website

https://www.haven.com/parks/scotland/craig-tara

History

NamesOperators

Craig Tara

1999 - present

Wonderwest World

1987 - 1998

Butlin's Ayr

1947 - 1986

Haven Holidays

1999 - present

Butlin's

1947 - 1998

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Craig Tara is a caravan park containing an indoor water park located in Ayr, Scotland, UK. It formerly contained a small amusement park. The site originally traded as a Butlin's holiday camp.

History

In 2015, the pool area was refurbished.

In 2022 and 2023, two new flume water slides were added on site.

Past roller coasters

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Looping Star	Pinfari	Sit-down	1987	1998	Relocated to Dreamland Margate
Wacky Worm	Fajume	Kiddie	2007	2019	Travelling UK

Attractions

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
G-Karts	Formula K	Go-Karts	Unknown

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Big Red Slide	Modern Products	Giant Slide	1970s	Unknown	Scrapped
Big Wheel	Lusse	Ferris Wheel	1958	1984	Scrapped
Cablecars	British Ropeway Engineering	Ropeway	1959	1998	Scrapped
Cirrus 30	Modern Products	Acrobat	1970s	1980s	Unknown
Dodgems	Billy Kimberley / Supercar	Dodgems	2016	2019	Travelling UK
Dumbo	Unknown	Jets	2013	2019	Travelling UK
Gallopers	Savage	Gallopers	1958	1998	Relocated to Dreamland Margate
King Kong Horror Haus	Mack Rides	Tracked Dark Ride	1996	1998	Relocated to Dreamland Margate
Miniature Railway	Butlin's	Miniature Railway	1956	1988	Scrapped
Moonrocket	R.J. Lakin & Maxwell	Moonrocket	1958	c.1959	Relocated to Butlin's Mosney
Night Rider	Unknown	Waltzer	1970s	1998	Relocated to Dreamland Margate
Paratrooper	Hrubetz	Lifting Paratrooper	1970s	1998	Unknown
Quasar	A.R.M.	Quasar/Explorer	1987	1998	Exported to USA
Santa-Fe Trains	Supercar	Track Ride	c.1958	1998	Scrapped
Satellite	Turnagain	Trabant/Satellite	1982	1998	Relocated to Dreamland Margate
Spiderman	Chance Rides	Trabant/Satellite	2012	2019	Exported to Spain
Village Carousel	SBF Visa Group	Gallopers	2015	2019	Travelling UK

Water slides

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Class	Type	Opened

Former

Name	Manufacturer	Class	Type	Opened
Flips Flipper	Unknown	Body	Unknown	Unknown	2021 or earlier	Removed
Flops Flyer	Unknown	Body	Unknown	Unknown	2021 or earlier	Removed

External links

• Images of the ride on NFCA Digital.