Dreamland Margate

Dreamland Margate

Location	Margate, Kent, England, UK
Status	Operating
Opened	1863
Previous names	Bembom Brothers Theme Park (1982-1989) Dreamland Margate (1920-1981) Hall by the Sea (1863-1919)
Slogan	Old Fashioned, yet oh-so-fashionable!
Website	https://dreamland.co.uk/

The park entrance in 2016

Dreamland Margate is an amusement park in Margate, Kent, England, UK.

History

An aerial overview of the park in 2018

Dreamland reopened on 19 June 2015 after standing but not operating for several years. The Scenic Railway was not ready for the reopening.^[1]^[2] It reopened on 16 October 2015.^[3]

On 7 May 2020, the park stated that it will not open for 2020 due to the uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.^[4] In 2021, the Scenic Railway and most of the other rides remained closed with the park instead focusing on hosting events and concerts.^[5]

Roller coasters

Present (2)

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Beehive Coaster	D.P.V. Rides	Family	2015	Operating
Scenic Railway	Unknown	Side Friction	1920	Operating

Past (18)

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Big Apple	Pinfari	Family	1978	1999	Unknown
Blue Coaster	L&T Systems	Family	2001	2003	Relocated to Digital Land
Crazy Caterpillar	DAL Amusement Rides	Family	2006	2006	Relocated to Old MacDonald's Farm & Fun Park
Crazy Caterpillar	DAL Amusement Rides	Family	2005	2005	Travelling UK
Crazy Mouse	Reverchon	Wild Mouse	June 19, 2015	2015	Travelling UK
Cyclone	Pinfari	Sit-Down	1975	1982	Relocated to Rotunda Amusement Park
Dragon	Zamperla	Family	2004	2004	Relocated to New Palace and Adventureland
Happy Caterpiller	Pinfari	Family	April 2016	2016	Relocated to Blackpool South Pier
King Solomon's Mines	Blackpool Pleasure Beach	Wild Mouse	Never operated		Stored - Scrapped
Ladybird	Zierer	Family	1982	1999	Unknown
Looping Star	Schwarzkopf	Sit-Down	1982	1995	Relocated to Loudoun Castle
Looping Star	Schwarzkopf	Sit-Down	2001	2002	Relocated to Loudoun Castle
Looping Star	Pinfari	Sit-Down	1999	2000	Relocated to Camelot Theme Park
Magic Mouse	Reverchon	Spinning	May 26, 2017	2017	Relocated to Fantasy Island
Pinball X	Zamperla	Spinning Wild Mouse	July 2018	2020	Relocated to Flamingo Park
Whirlwind Racer	Orton & Spooner	Twin	1922	1974	Scrapped
Wild Mouse	Maurer Sohne	Wild Mouse	1998	2004	Relocated to Loudoun Castle

Attractions

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
Austin Cars	Hayes Fabrication	Roundabout	2015
Big Wheel	Technical Park	Ferris Wheel	2015
Chair-O-Plane	Fritz Bothmann	Chair-O-Plane	2016
Double Decker	Orton & Spooner	Roundabout	2015
Gallopers	Savage	Carousel	2015
Ghost Train	Biddall Bros.	Tracked Dark Ride	2021
Waltzer	R.J. Lakin	Waltzer	2017
Whirl Around	Eli Bridge Company	Twist	2016

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Air Force	Zamperla	Air Race	2018	2019	Relocated to Parc Spirou Provence
Ali Baba	A.R.M.	Rainbow	1998	2000	Relocated to Rotunda Amusement Park
Astroglide	Bennett	Giant Slide	1970	1995	Scrapped
Astroliner	Robin G. Mitchell	Simulator	1978	1981	Unknown
Autodrome	Land Wheels	Autodrome	1939	1942	Travelling UK
Ben Hur	HUSS	Swirl/Skid/Ben Hur	1984	1990s	Scrapped - parts hybridised into Crazy Horse
Big Wheel	Metrim Precision under license from Vekoma	Ferris Wheel	1980	1997	Relocated to Salitre Magico
Born Slippy	Harry Steer Engineering	Giant Slide	2015	2019	Scrappped
Bounty	HUSS	Pirate Ship	1996	2002	Relocated to Loudoun Castle
Brooklands Speedway	Lang Wheels	Monte Carlo Rally/Speedway	2017	2017	Stored
Calypso Twist	Emmo Kreekel	Twist	1983	1984	Relocated to Pleasurewood Hills
Calypso Twist	Emmo Kreekel	Twist	1983	1983	Relocated to Rotunda Amusement Park
Caterpillar	Traver Engineering Company	Caterpillar	1922	1980	Scrapped
Caterpillar	Unknown	Caterpillar	2018	2018	Stored
Chair-O-Plane	Unknown	Chair-O-Plane	1981	1981	Sold - stored
Crazy Horse	Zierer / HUSS	Gallopers	1990s	1995	Relocated to OK Corral
Disco Calypso	A.P.E.	Calypso	1977	1981	Unknown
Dive Bomber	Lusse	Roll-O-Plane	1948	1964	Travelling UK
Dreamcatcher	Zamperla	Enterprise	2018	2019	Stored
Dreamland Drop	Zamperla	Drop Tower	2018	2019	Stored or sold
Dodgems	A.P.E.	Dodgems	1970s	1981	Unknown
Dodgems	Lang Wheels	Dodgems	2015	2020	Stored
Dodgems	Kolmax-Plus	Dodgems	2021	2021	Travelling UK
Enterprise	HUSS	Enterprise	1982	1983	Unknown
Enterprise	Schwarzkopf	Enterprise	1984	2000	Unknown
Enterprise	HUSS	Enterprise	2016	2017	Travelling UK
Flume Ride	Fabbri	Junior Log Flume	2005	2005	Travelling UK
Flying Coaster	Pollard Engineering	Flying Coaster	1976	1977	Travelling UK
Flying Fantasy Animals	I.E. Park	Jets	2001	2005	Relocated to Harbour Park
Frisbe	Fabbri	Frisbee	2001	2002	Relocated to Pleasurewood Hills
G-Force	Fabbri	Booster	2005	2005	Travelling UK
Gallopers	Howcroft Carriage Works	Carousel	1946	1981	Exported to Netherlands (stored)
Gallopers	Savage	Carousel	1997	2002	Sold to John H. Rundle
Gallopers	Savage	Carousel	2000	2000	Relocated to Wonderland Pleasure Park
Gallopers	John Allen	Carousel	2000	2000	Relocated to Symonds Yat Leisure Park
Gallopers	John H. Rundle	Carousel	2000	2000	Relocated to Billing Aquadrome
Ghost Train	Supercar	Tracked Dark Ride	1975	1985	Relocated to Rotunda Amusement Park
Gyro	Fairplace	Gyro	1979	1981	Travelling UK
Hanseatic	HUSS	Pirate Ship	1982	1985	Relocated to Southport Pleasureland
Heatwave	Schwarzkopf	Chair-O-Plane	1985	1995	Relocated to Lightwater Valley
Helter Skelter	Supercar	Helter Skelter	1946	1981	Relocated to Southport Slide Park
Helter Skelter	Gravitron	Helter Skelter	2016	2019	Stored
Hurricane Jets	Lang Wheels	Jets	1956	1981	Travelling UK
Hurricane Jets	Lang Wheels	Jets	2015	2021	Travelling UK
Jumping Ships	Preston & Barbieri	Jump & Smile	2015	2016	Relocated to M&D's Scotland's Theme Park
Jumping Star	Zamperla	Junior Drop Tower	2015	2019	Sold
King Kong Horror Haus	Mack Rides	Tracked Dark Ride	1999	2004	Unknown
Kiss Me Quick	Preston & Barbieri	Caterpillar	2015	2016	Relocated to M&D's Scotland's Theme Park
Lightning Swirl	R.J. Lakin	Swirl/Skid/Ben Hur	1971	1981	Travelling UK
Log Drop	Reverchon	Log Flume	1996	2003	Travelling UK
Mary Rose	Weber	Ranger	1983	1995	Relocated to Loudoun Castle
Mega Drop	Fabbri	Drop Tower	2005	2005	Exported
Mega Mix	Top Fun	Mega Mix	2005	2005	Travelling Poland
Meteor	Bennett	Round-Up	1978	1988	Travelling UK
Melodie Swing	Schwarzkopf	Lifting Paratrooper	1983	2000	Exported to Russia
Monotopia	Preston & Barbieri	Cycle Monorail	2015	2016	Scrapped
Octopus	Lusse	Octopus	1954	1970	Travelling UK
Orbiter	Tivoli Manufacturing	Orbiter	1976	1979	Travelling UK
Orbiter	Tivoli Manufacturing	Orbiter	1980	1981	Relocated to Tramore Amusement Park
Paratrooper	AMECO / Sam Ward	Paratrooper	1961	1981	Travelling UK
Pendulum	Zamperla	Frisbee	2018	2020	Relocated to Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach
Phantom Express	Self-built (Chipperfield Bros.)	Tracked Dark Ride	2015	2016	Stored
Pop Express	Sobema	Superbob	1970	1975	Travelling UK
River Caves	Unknown	Scenic Boat Ride	1924	1983	Scrapped
Rock The Boat	Zamperla	Rockin' Tug	2018	2019	Relocated to Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach
Rotor	Orton & Spooner	Rotor	1975	1981	Relocated to Kursaal Amusement Park
Rotor	Reeves Amusements	Rotor	2005	2005	Travelling UK/Ireland
Satellite	Bennett	Trabant/Satellite	1965	1977	Relocated to Spanish City Amusement Park
Skull Rock	Zamperla	Sea Storm	2001	2004	Relocated to Loudoun Castle
Sky Wheels	Jack Ratcliffe	Sky Wheels	1953	1976	Exported to Netherlands
Skymaster	A.R.M.	Ranger	1996	2000	Exported to Dreamland
Soaring Seagulls	Zamperla	Magic Bikes	2018	2019	Relocated to Funland Hayling Island
Sombrero	Soriani & Moser	Polyp	2001	2004	Unknown
Space Walk	Modern Products	Jolly Tubes	1980	1981	Travelling UK
Speedway	Orton & Spooner	Ark/Speedway	2015	2019	Stored
Stowaway	W.G.H. Transportation Engineering	Scenic Boat Ride	1996	2004	Relocated to Loudoun Castle
Super Bob	Sobema	Superbob/Musik Express	2005	2005	Travelling UK
Super Twist	Walldren Engineering	Twist	1972	1981	Relocated to Rotunda Amusement Park
Tip Top	Tivoli Manufacturing	Tip Top/Force 10	1980	1981	Relocated to Peter Pan's Playground
Top Buzz 2	Mondial	Top Scan	2005	2005	Travelling UK
Top Spin	HUSS	Top Spin	2015	2016	Travelling UK
Tri-Star	HUSS	Tri-Star	1982	1995	Relocated to Rotunda Amusement Park
Troika	HUSS	Troika	1983	1997	Relocated to Selva Magica
Twister	K.T. Enterprises	Twist	2005	2005	Travelling UK
Up, Up And Away	Zamperla	Samba Balloon	2018	2019	Relocated to Crealy Adventure Park & Resort
Waltzer	R.J. Lakin	Waltzer	c.1970	1981	Travelling UK
Waltzer	Maxwell	Waltzer	1996	2000	Burnt out - scrapped for parts
Waltzer	Maxwell	Waltzer	2001	2003	Relocated to Blackpool South Pier
Water Chute	Leslie Joseph	Water Chute	1977	1995	Scrapped
Waveswinger	Zierer	Waveswinger	1984	1984	Relocated to OK Corral
Waveswinger	Zierer	Waveswinger	2015	2015	Stored then scrapped
Wedgwood Teacups	Amusement Technical	Junior Teacups	2015	2019	Stored
Whip	W.F. Mangels	Whip	1924	1960s	Scrapped
Zeppelin	Schwarzkopf	Observation Tower	1987	1991	Relocated to Pleasurewood Hills
Zig Zag	Safeco	Twist	1983	1990s	Unknown
Zipper	Chance Rides	Zipper	2006	2006	Travelling Australia

References

↑ "All the fun of Dreamland: Margate amusement park set to reopen in June". https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/mar/27/margate-dreamland-reopen-19-june-tickets-on-sale.
↑ "In pictures: Dreamland reopens after restoration". BBC News. 2015-06-19. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-33205233. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
↑ Rose, James (2015-10-15). "Scenic Railway at Margate's Dreamland opens tomorrow". Kent Online. https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/dreamlands-scenic-railway-opens-44530/. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
↑ "Dreamland Margate has announced that it will not reopen this summer because of the coronavirus pandemic.". Blooloop. https://blooloop.com/news/dreamland-margate-wont-reopen-this-summer-staff-redundancies/.
↑ "2021 reopening". Dreamland Margate. 2021-05-19. https://www.dreamland.co.uk/blog/reopening-update. Retrieved 2022-02-24.

External links

Images of the park on NFCA Digital.

Dreamland Margate on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

[1] "All the fun of Dreamland: Margate amusement park set to reopen in June". https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/mar/27/margate-dreamland-reopen-19-june-tickets-on-sale.

[2] "In pictures: Dreamland reopens after restoration". BBC News. 2015-06-19. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-33205233. Retrieved 2022-03-06.

[3] Rose, James (2015-10-15). "Scenic Railway at Margate's Dreamland opens tomorrow". Kent Online. https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/dreamlands-scenic-railway-opens-44530/. Retrieved 2022-03-06.

[4] "Dreamland Margate has announced that it will not reopen this summer because of the coronavirus pandemic.". Blooloop. https://blooloop.com/news/dreamland-margate-wont-reopen-this-summer-staff-redundancies/.

[5] "2021 reopening". Dreamland Margate. 2021-05-19. https://www.dreamland.co.uk/blog/reopening-update. Retrieved 2022-02-24.

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