Seaburn Fun Park

Seaburn Fun Park

Location	Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, England, UK
Status	Defunct
Operated	1947 or earlier to 2007
Operator	Billy Joe Butlin

Seaburn Fun Park was an amusement park that was previously located in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, England, UK.

Operation of the park was taken over by James Crow in 1985. It closed in 2000 due to declining visitor numbers. Billy Joe Butlin began operating the site in 2002 and installed some rides for the end of the 2002 season.

Roller coasters

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Big Dipper	Self-built	Wooden	May 28, 1955	July 1967	SBNO - scrapped
Mad Mouse	Allan Herschell Company	Wild Mouse	Unknown	2000	Sold to John H. Rundle
Unknown	Pinfari	Sit Down	N/A	N/A	Unknown
Wacky Worm	Unknown	Family	2002	2007	Travelling

Attractions

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
2 Fast 2 Furious	Sobema	Matterhorn	1997	2000	Travelling UK
Astroglide	Harry Steer Engineering or Bennett	Giant Slide	unknown	2000	Scrapped
Big Wheel	Hayes Fabrication	Ferris Wheel	1992	1992	Travelling UK
Dive Bomber	Lusse	Roll-O-Plane	1947	1954	Relocated to Ocean Beach Pleasure Park
Dive Bomber	Lusse	Roll-O-Plane	1982	1982	Travelling UK
Dodgems	Soli	Dodgems	1986	2000	Sold to John H. Rundle
Earth Shaker	F.G.L.	Miami	2000s	2007	Travelling UK
Easy Rider	R.J. Lakin	Ark/Speedway	unknown	1977	Relocated to Rotunda Amusement Park
Flying Coaster	Pollard Engineering	Flying Coaster	1985	1985	Travelling UK
Galaxy	Turnagain	Trabant/Satellite	2007	2007	Exported
Gallopers	Savage	Gallopers	1962	1983	Travelling UK
Gallopers	Robert Tidman	Gallopers	1986	1993	Travelling UK
Ghost Ride	Chipperfield Bros.	Tracked Dark Ride	1987	1987	Travelling UK
Ghost Train	Orton & Spooner	Tracked Dark Ride	1948	Unknown	Unknown
Ghost Train	Orton & Spooner	Tracked Dark Ride	Unknown	Unknown	Scrapped
Ghost Train	Modern Products	Tracked Dark Ride	Unknown	1990s	Scrapped
Helter Skelter	Orton & Spooner	Slip.Helter Skelter	1987	1987	Travelling UK
Hurricane	Allan Herschell	Hurricane	1950s	Unknown	Unknown
Monster's Revenge	Tivoli Manufacturing & Maxwell	Polyp	1986	1995	Travelling UK
Moonrocket	R.J. Lakin & Maxwell	Moonrocket	1947	1947	Travelling UK
Paratrooper	Bennett	Lifting Paratrooper	2004	2007	Unknown
Quasar	A.R.M.	Quasar/Explorer	2002	2000s	Travelling Asia
Round-Up	Hrubetz	Round-Up	Unknown	2000	Sold to John H. Rundle
Sizzler	Sonacase	Twist	2002	2007	Travelling Asia
Ski Jump	Lang Wheels	Flying Coaster	1961	1968	Travelling UK
Skyliner	Stanley Reeves	Rock-O-Plane	2004	2004	Travelling UK
Street Fighter	Technical Park	Afterburner	2007	2007	Travelling Asia
Super Electric Speedway Racing	Supercar	Monte Carlo Rally/Speedway	1959	1980s	Scrapped
Super Trooper	Bennett	Lifting Paratrooper	1986	1996	Travelling UK
Swing Around	Mel Park	Ramba Zamba/Swingaround	2004	2007	Stored
Swirl	R.J. Lakin	Swirl/Skid	1975	1976	Relocated to Belle Vue
Swivelling Skid	Hayes Fabrication	Swirl/Skid	1986	1989	Travelling UK
Telecombat Jets	I.E. Park	Jets	2002	2000s'	Unknown
The Whip	W.F. Mangels	Whip	1983	1985	Unknown
Transformer	HUSS	Enterprise	2006	2006	Travelling Oman
Tunnel Of Love	Lang Wheels	Caterpillar	1982	1982	Relocated to Ocean Beach Pleasure Park
Twist	Church Engineering	Twist	1976	1983	Travelling UK
Twister	Eli Bridge Company	Twist	1994	2000	Relocated to MGM Dizzee World
Waltzer	Rytecraft	Waltzer	1947	unknown	Travelling UK
Waltzer	R.J. Lakin	Waltzer	1955 or earlier	1958	Travelling UK
Waltzer	Orton & Spooner	Waltzer	c.1959	1985	Travelling UK
Waltzer	Maxwell	Waltzer	1986	1991	Relocated to Rotunda Amusement Park
Waltzer	Maxwell	Waltzer	1992	2000	Relocated to Dreamland Margate
Waltzer	R.J. Lakin	Waltzer	2003	2006	Travelling Norway
Waveswinger	Mardi Gras	Waveswinger	2004	2007	Travelling UK

External links

• Images of the park on NFCA Digital.