Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach

Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

Status

Operating

Opened

March 1909

Owner

Pleasure & Leisure Corporation PLC

Website

https://www.pleasure-beach.co.uk

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Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach is an amusement park located in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK.

Roller coasters

Present

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Big Apple	Pinfari	Kiddie	1998	Operating
Family Star	Fabbri	Spinning Wild Mouse	February 2013	Operating
Roller Coaster	Hugo Haase	Wooden Side Friction	1932	Operating
Whirlwind	SBF Visa Group	Spinning Kiddie	May 2015	Operating

Past

Class	Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Powered	Alpen Blitz	Schwarzkopf	Sit-Down	1984	1986	Relocated to Rotunda Amusement Park
Roller	Blizzard	Diego Cavazza	Sit-Down	1989	1990s	Relocated to Walton Pier
Roller	Kiddy Coaster	B. A. Schiff & Associates	Kiddie	1989	1991	Relocated to Peter Pan's Playground
Roller	Looping Star	Pinfari	Sit-Down	1990	1993	Travelling USA with Ray Cammack Shows
Roller	Scenic Railway	John Henry Iles	Wooden	March 1909	1928	Relocated to Aberdeen Amusement Park
Roller	Toboggan	Chance Rides	Sit-Down	1993	1998	Travelling UK

Attractions

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
Bonanza	Ihle	Pony Trek	1989
Cups & Saucers	S&W Amusement Sales	Junior Teacups	1993
Disk'O	Zamperla	Disk'O	2004
Dodgems	Supercar	Dodgems	1969
Floaty Boaty	Zamperla	Rockin' Tug	2022
Flying Dumbo	Kolmax-Plus	Jets	2017
Fun Factory	Self-built	Funhouse	1980 or earlier
Gallopers	Savage	Carousel	1954
Ghost Ship	SBF Visa Group	Pirate Ship	2024
Haunted House	Supercar	Tracked Dark Ride	1984
Leo's Jungle Journey	SBF Visa Group	Junior Flying Carpet	2025
Lightning 360	SBF Visa Group	Lightning 360	2020
Monorail	Muller	Monorail	1983
Pendulum	Zamperla	Frisbee	2022
Polar Express	SBF Visa Group	Caterpillar	2024
Race-O-Rama	Funtime Rides UK	Junior Whip	2024
Raft Ride	Zamperla	Junior Jets	2008
Reverse Time	SBF Visa Group	Trabant/Satellite	2017
Sky Drop	Zamperla	Drop Tower	2004
Snails & Fairytales	Self-built	Track Ride	1961
Twister	Sonacase	Twist	1999
Yo-Yo	S&W Amusement Sales	Junior Chair-O-Plane	1999

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Bidule	Sobema	Superbob	1989	1989	Relocated to Flambards Theme Park
Bowl Slide	Orton & Spooner	Helter Skelter	1954	1982	Stored, then travelling UK
Cake Walk	Unknown	Cakewalk	June 1980	1982	Relocated to Ffrith Beach Fun Parc
Calypso	Lang Wheels	Calypso	1961	1964	Relocated to New Brighton Palace
Caterpillar	Unknown	Caterpillar	1933	1934	Relocated to New Brighton Tower Grounds
Condor	HUSS	Condor	1991	1993	Relocated to Gorky Park (Moscow)
Dive Bomber	Lusse	Roll-O-Plane	c.1954	1965	Relocated to Botton's Pleasure Beach
Dodgems	Supercar	Dodgems	1960s	1968	Travelling UK
Dodgems	A.P.E.	Dodgems	1972	1974	Relocated to Riverside Amusement Park
Dodgems	Supercar	Dodgems	1975	1979	Travelling UK
Dodgems	Norman Wallis	Dodgems	1981	1980s	Relocated to Butlin's Bognor Regis
Drag Cars	Supercar Leisure	Track Ride	1992	2014	Unknown
Dream Dancer	R.J. Lakin	Waltzer	1998	2016	Relocated to Dreamland Margate
Evolution	Fabbri	Evolution	2006	2016	Exported to Brazil
Flipper	HUSS	Superbowl/Flipper	1994	1997	Relocated to Camelot Theme Park
Flying Carpet	Zierer	Flying Carpet	1987	1993	Exported
Flying Saucers	Lang Wheels	Ferris Wheel	1956	1964	Relocated to Botton's Pleasure Beach
Flying Saucers	Lang Wheels	Ferris Wheel	1965	1971	Scrapped
Flying Twist	Edwin Hall	Twist	1960s	1992	Relocated to Billing Aquadrome
Formula One	Idees Loisirs	Junior Track Ride	1989	2021	Unknown
Freefall	SBF Visa Group	Junior Drop Tower	2015	2022	Relocated to Botton's Pleasure Beach
Gallopers	Savage	Carousel	1951	1951	Relocated to Spanish City Amusement Park
Ghost Train	Orton & Spooner	Tracked Dark Ride	1931	1980s	Scrapped
Giant Wheel	Mondial	Ferris Wheel	2016	2016	Travelling UK
Go-Karts	Reverchon	Monte Carlo Rally/Speedway	1990	2018	Unknown
It's Bad	Sobema	Breakdance	1990	1995	Travelling UK
Jetfire Extreme	Tivoli Manufacturing	Orbiter/Extreme	2020	2020	Travelling UK
Jules Verne Orbinaut	Robin G. Mitchell	Simulator	1981	1980s	Unknown
Lightning Swirl	R.J. Lakin	Swirl/Skid/Ben Hur	1944	1982	Travelling UK
Log Flume	Big Country Motioneering	Log Flume	1989	2022	Scrapped
Moonrocket	Schippers van der Ville	Moonrocket	1938	1938	Relocated to Barry Island Pleasure Park
Move It!	KMG	Move It/Spin Out	2002	2005	Travelling UK
Mulan	Mack Rides	Caterpillar	1991	2019	Travelling Italy
Orbiter	Tivoli Manufacturing	Orbiter	2009	2012	Travelling UK
Outrage	Fairmatt	Miami	2011	2011	Travelling UK
Paratrooper	AMECO	Upright Paratrooper	1965	1969	Travelling UK
Pirate	HUSS	Pirate Ship	1984	1980s	Exported
Pirate Ship	Zamperla	Pirate Ship	2001	2023	Relocated to Dreamland Margate
Rock-O-Plane	Eyerly Aircraft Company	Rock-O-Plane	1982	1983	Travelling UK
Rotor	Orton & Spooner	Rotor	1973	1973	Relocated to Botton's Pleasure Beach
Satellite	Bennett	Trabant/Satellite	1965	1985	Relocated to Morecambe Pleasure Park
Shake-It	K.T. Enterprises	Miami	1997	1997	Relocated to Corrigan's Amusement Park
Silver Bullet	Heyn	Moonrocket	1940s	1940s	Relocated to Sutton Great Park
Ski Jump	Aero Affiliates	Flying Coaster	1967	1968	Relocated to Botton's Pleasure Beach
Sky Diver	Maxwell	Lifting Paratrooper	1974	1978	Relocated to Knowsley Safari Park
Sky Flyer	Vekoma	Ranger	1987	1988	Relocated to Drayton Manor Theme Park
Sky Wheels	Samuel Butler	Sky Wheels	1965	1976	Relocated to Anna's Hoeve
Snake Slides	Chris Randall Leisure Design	Tube Slide x3	1989	2014	Scrapped
Super Speedway	R.J. Lakin	Ark/Speedway	c.1961	Unknown	Relocated to Botton's Pleasure Beach
Super-Loops	Larson International	Super Loop	1982	1986	Exported to Mexico
Supreme Waltzer	Fairtrade Services	Waltzer	2021	2021	Travelling UK
Terminator	Soriani & Moser	Top Spin	1994	2003	Relocated to Jawa Timur Park
Typhoon	Tivoli Manufacturing	Orbiter	1998	1998	Travelling UK
UFO	Robles Bouso Atracciones	Typhoon	1982	1983	Relocated to Funland Hayling Island
Ultimate Waltzer	Fairtrade Services	Waltzer	2023	2023	Travelling UK
Vampire Jets	Lang Wheels	Jets	1956	1974	Travelling UK
Vampire Jets	Lang Wheels	Jets	1978	1978	Relocated to Botton's Pleasure Beach
Vampire Jets	Lang Wheels	Jets	1980	1981	Relocated to Botton's Pleasure Beach
Viking	Helmut Hauser	Pirate Ship	2000	2000	Travelling UK
Waltzer	Maxwell	Waltzer	1963	1971	Relocated to Blackpool Olympia
Waltzer	Maxwell	Waltzer	1972	1989	Relocated to Fort Regent
Waltzer	Orton & Spooner	Waltzer	1996	1997	Travelling UK
Water Chute	Hugo Haase	Water Chute	1929	1931	Scrapped
Water Chute	Self-built	Water Chute	1972	1992	Scrapped

External links

• Images of the park on NFCA Digital.