Pleasurewood Hills

Pleasurewood Hills

Location	Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, UK
Status	Operating
Opened	1983
Owner	Looping Group
Previous names	New Pleasurewood Hills (2001 to 2004)
Website	http://pleasurewoodhills.com/
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An overview of the park in 2014

The entrance to Pleasurewood Hills in 2010

The entrance in 2022

Pleasurewood Hills is an amusement park in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, UK.

History

The park was acquired in 1996 by Queensborough Holdings, who purchased Lightwater Valley the following year.

Roller coasters

Present (4)

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Cannonball Express	Schwarzkopf	Sit-Down	1995	Operating
Egg-Spress	Zierer	Sit-Down	1986	Operating
Marble Madness	Maurer AG	Wild Mouse	June 27, 2014	Operating
Wipeout	Vekoma	Shuttle	July 28, 2007	Operating

Past (1)

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Mouse Trap	Reverchon	Spinning Wild Mouse	August 2000	2005	Bagatelle

Attractions

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
Bumpercar Garage	I.E. Park	Dodgems	1995
Chairlifts	Pohlig	Ropeway	1987
Carousel	Concept 1900	Gallopers	2001
Flying Elephants	Modern Products	Junior Jets	1998
Funky Flyers	Chance Rides	Junior Jets	2008
Giddy Up	Metallbau Emmeln	Pony Trek	2012
Jolly Roger	Fabbri	Drop Tower	2012
Kite Flyer	Zamperla	Kite Flyer	2004
Lighthouse	Zamperla	Junior Drop Tower	2012
Mini Pirate Ship	Modern Products	Junior Pirate Ship	Unknown
Mini Twister	S&W Amusement Sales	Junior Scrambler	2002
Moby Dick	Vekoma	Sea Storm	2013
Rootin Tootin Target Trail	Supercar Leisure	Interactive Tracked Dark Ride	1983
Safari	Supercar Leisure	Track Ride	1984
Shiver M' Timbers	HUSS	Pirate Ship	1985
Water Fun Factory	Reverchon	Log Flume	1992
Up & Away	Zamperla	Samba Balloon	2004
Wave Breaker	WhiteWater West	Dinghy Waterslides	1996
Waveswinger	Zierer	Waveswinger	2016
Woody Copters	Modern Products	Junior Ferris Wheel	1998
Woody's Tea Party	SBF Visa Group	Junior Teacups	2013

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Ali Baba	A.R.M.	Rainbow	2003	2003	Travelling UK
Astroglide	Aqua Leisure	Giant Slide	1983	1994	Scrapped
Calypso Twist	Emmo Kreekel	Twist	1985	1994	Relocated to Loudoun Castle
Canyon Raft	Soriani & Moser	Super Nova	1999	1999	Travelling UK
Carousel	Zierer	Carousel	1985	1997	Relocated to Pluton Park
Caterpillar	I.E. Park	Caterpillar	1998	1998	Scrapped
Cine 180	Cinema 180	Cinema	1982	1998	Scrapped
Clown Slide	Modern Products	Giant Slide	1999	2016	Sold (not used)
Eye In The Sky	Schwarzkopf	Observation Tower	1994	1998	Unknown
Fireball	KMG	Frisbee	2004	2020	For sale
Frisbe	Fabbri	Frisbee	2003	2003	Travelling Asia
Go Karts	Unknown	Monte Carlo Rally/Speedway	1998	1998	Sold - stored
Go Karts	Formula K	Go-Karts	2001	2020	SBNO
Helter Skelter	Windmill Engineering	Helter Skelter	2001	2011	Sold to K.T. Enterprises
Hyper Drive	Reverchon	Dodgems	2015	2022	Unknown
Mega Dance	Fabbri	Orbiter	1999	2002	Travelling UK
Mega Drop	Fabbri	Drop Tower	2002	2004	Relocated to Dreamland Margate
Megaspin Rollover	A.R.M.	Twin Spin	2001	2001	Travelling UK
Octopus	Soriani & Moser	Polyp	2003	2003	Travelling UK
Phoenix	HUSS	Enterprise	1989	1998	Relocated to Grove Land
Rotor	De Boer	Round-Up	1985	1987	Relocated to Attractiepark Slagharen
Sky Hooks	Unknown	Chair-O-Plane	1999	2015	Sold to manufacturer John H. Rundle
Sky Screamer	ESL Engineering	Ranger	1997	2004	Relocated to Dunes Leisure Family Fun Fair
Super Trooper	A.R.M.	Upright Paratrooper	1998	2001	Exported to USA via K.T. Enterprises
Tales of the Coast	Mack Rides	Scenic Boat Ride	1983	2015	Scrapped
Tempest	Weber	Ranger	1990	1994	Relocated to Camelot Theme Park
Tide Traveller	HUSS	Tri-Star	2005	2017	Scrapped
Troika	HUSS	Troika	1985	1995	Unknown
Voyager	C.A.H.	Ranger	1998	1998	Relocated to Lightwater Valley
Waltzer	Maxwell	Waltzer	1997	2005	Relocated to Folly Farm
Waveswinger	Zierer	Waveswinger	1988	1996	Relocated to Loudoun Castle