| Ocean Beach | |
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| Location | Rhyl, Wales |
| Website | - |
| Owner | Rhyl Amusements |
| Operating season | Easter to October |
| Rides | tbc total
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| Slogan | - |
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Ocean Beach was a amusement park in Rhyl, North Wales which operated from 1954 until September 2, 2007.
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Rhyl began to take off as holiday resort following the opening of its train station in 1848 and the fairground at Marine Lake was seeing thousands of visitors annually. It relocated in 1954 and was based at the West end of the promenade.
The town and the park declined in popularity since the 1960s and there had been very little investment in new rides or attractions in its final years. It closed for the final time on 2 September 2007 [1]. Plans to build a retail and leisure complex on the site of the old Ocean Beach site, known as Ocean Plaza due to commence building in May 2009 have been delayed.[2]
An accident on July 31, 2005 with five injuries, none serious, was reported as the "first accident in 40 years", suggesting the park had a very good safety record.[3]
The world's last circular water chute
The only surviving ride from Belle Vue, Manchester the Jet Stream was Britain's first tubular steel roller coaster
Relocated to Ffrith Beach after Ocean Beach closed
At the time of the closure of the park, there were also several smaller rides including waltzers, dodgems, a Ghost Train, a Giant Slide, and several juvenile rides.
Some video footage from the defunct rides does exist on Youtube