Spanish City Amusement Park

The former park entrance as it appeared in 2010

Spanish City Amusement Park

Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, England, UK

Status

Defunct

Closed

2000

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Spanish City Amusement Park was an amusement park located in Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, England, UK. The park ceased trading at the end of the 2000 season.

Past roller coasters

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Bo-Bo	Diego Cavazza	Kiddie	1988	2000	Relocated to Funland Hayling Island
Corkscrew	Vekoma	Sit-Down	June 1983	1989	Relocated to Flamingo Land
Cyclone	Pinfari	Sit Down	1990	2000	Relocated to Lightwater Valley
Figure Eight	T. M. Harton	Side Friction	1909	1973	Scrapped
Virginia Reel	Henry Elmer Riehl	Spinning	1927	1956	Scrapped

Past attractions

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Airsport Jets	Maxwell	Jets	1953	1953	Travelling UK
Ark	R.J. Lakin	Ark/Speedway	1933	1936	Travelling UK
Astronaut	Hughes Bolckow	All-Round	1968	1980s	Travelling UK
Big Wheel	Hayes Fabrication	Ferris Wheel	1984	1991	Relocated to Seaburn Fun Park
Cakewalk	Unknown	Cakewalk	1985	1993	Relocated to Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre
Caterpillar	Lang Wheels	Caterpillar	1957	1962	Relocated to Redcar Amusement Park
Chair-O-Plane	Unknown	Chair-O-Plane	1960	1963	Travelling UK
Coaster	Aero Affiliates	Flying Coaster	1978	1980	Travelling UK
Cyclone 2000	Bennett	Twist	1989	1996	Travelling UK
Demons Den	Unknown	Tracked Dark Ride	Unknown	1991	Burnt out
Demons Den	Supercar Leisure	Tracked Dark Ride	1992	2000	Scrapped
Dive Bomber	Lusse	Roll-O-Plane	1947	1963	Relocated to Tower Pleasure Grounds
Dive Bomber	Lusse	Roll-O-Plane	1970	1970	Travelling UK
Dodgems	Maxwell	Dodgems	Unknown	1990s	Scrapped
Dodgems	I.E. Park	Dodgems	1990s	2000	Relocated to Billing Aquadrome
Easy Rider	Maxwell	Ark/Speedway	1961	1985	Relocated to Seaburn Fun Park
Gallopers	Thomas Walker	Gallopers	1937	1945	Travelling UK
Gallopers	Savage	Gallopers	1960	1962	Travelling UK
Gallopers	Robert Tidman	Gallopers	1963	1985	Relocated to Seaburn Fun Park
Gallopers	Howcroft Carriage Works	Gallopers	1986	2000	Travelling UK
Helter Skelter	Supercar	Helter Skelter	1957	1960s	Unknown
Helter Skelter	Windmill Engineering	Helter Skelter	1996	2000	Relocated to Pleasurewood Hills
Hurricane	Hrubetz	Ramba Zamba/Swingaround/Hurricane	1983	1986	Exported to USA
Hurricane Jets	Lang Wheels	Jets	1963	1983	Relocated to Morecambe Winter Gardens
Hurricane Jets	Lang Wheels	Jets	1987	1990	Scrapped
Meteorite	Sam Ward	Round-Up	1981	1983	Relocated to Pleasureland Southport
Monster's Revenge	Maxwell / Tivoli Manufacturing	Polyp	1982	1985	Relocated to Seaburn Fun Park
Mont Blanc	Maxwell	Mont Blanc	1960	1974	Relocated to Coney Beach Pleasure Park
Moonrocket	R.J. Lakin & Maxwell	Moonrocket	1949	1949	Travelling UK
Noah's Ark	Unknown	Ark/Speedway	1931	1932	Travelling UK
Octopus	Lusse	Octopus	1952	1979	Travelling UK
Pirate	Zamperla	Pirate Ship	1984	1995	Relocated to Rainbow Park
Satellite	Bennett	Trabant/Satellite	1978	1979	Travelling UK
Satellite	Bennett	Trabant/Satellite	1981	1982	Travelling UK
Satellite	Bennett	Trabant/Satellite	1997	2000	Travelling UK
Scenic Railway	Savage	Gondola Switchback/Scenic Railway	1913	1914	Travelling UK
Scenic Railway	Savage	Gondola Switchback/Scenic Railway	1919	1926	Relocated to Redcar Amusement Park
Sea Serpents	Savage	Gondola Switchback/Scenic Railway	1927	1927	Travelling UK
Sensational Spectrum Skid	Orton & Spooner	Swirl/Skid/Ben Hur	Unknown	1970	Travelling UK
Ski Jump	Lang Wheels	Flying Coaster	1986	1987	Travelling UK
Slide	H.P. Jackson	Giant Slide	1970s	1985	Relocated to Fort Regent
Super Trooper	Bennett	Lifting Paratrooper	1980	1985	Relocated to Seaburn Fun Park
Super Trooper	Bennett	Lifting Paratrooper	1986	1994	Travelling UK
Superbobs	Reverchon	Matterhorn	1986	1991	Travelling UK
Swirl	Unknown	Swirl/Skid/Ben Hur	Unknown	1955	Relocated to Portobello Amusement Park
Swivelling Skid	Hayes Fabrication	Swirl/Skid/Ben Hur	1979	1985	Relocated to Seaburn Fun Park
Telecombat	I.E. Park	Jets	1991	2000	Stored at Seaburn Fun Park
Tri-Star	Bennett	Troika	1984	1984	Travelling UK
Tunnel Of Love	Lang Wheels	Caterpillar	c.1975	1980	Travelling UK
Twist	Edwin Hall	Twist	1961	1983	Travelling UK
Twist	Bennett	Twist	2000	2000	Travelling UK
Twister	Sonacase	Twist	1984	1989	Travelling Ireland
Waltzer	R.J. Lakin	Waltzer	1948	1981	Relocated to Lovett's Amusement Park
Waltzer	R.J. Lakin	Waltzer	1982	1991	Burnt out
Waltzer	H.P. Jackson	Waltzer	1992	2000	Relocated to Rainbow Park (Hunstanton)
Water Chute	Unknown	Water Chute	1909	1926	Scrapped

External links

• Images of the park - National Fairground & Circus Archive