Brean Leisure Park
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| Slogan | Fun City |
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| Location | Brean, Somerset, England |
| Coordinates | 51°17′08″N 3°00′35″W / 51.285668°N 3.009664°WCoordinates: 51°17′08″N 3°00′35″W / 51.285668°N 3.009664°W |
| Owner | Cadells Ltd |
| Opened | 1970s |
| Operating season | March to October |
| Visitors per annum | 500,000+ per annum[1] |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Website | www.brean.com |
Brean Leisure Park is an amusement park in the coastal resort of Brean, near Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England. It covers an area of 10 acres (4.0 ha).[2]
Open from March to October every year, the leisure park has also been a concert venue for artists such as DJ Casper,[3] Peter Andre,[4] Jason Donovan and The Wurzels. Sky have filmed an episode of Brainiac: Science Abuse entitled "Funfair Physics" at the park. An episode of BBC TV series Casualty was also filmed there in 2007 and again 2013. And an episode of CBBC TV series The Sparticle Mystery was filmed of the titled of the episode The FunFair.
History
The amusement park and accompanying caravan site is based at Unity Farm which was bought by the House Family just after World War II in 1946, and allowed camping on the farm. In the 1970s a golf course was added, which was followed by a swimming pool complex, bars and a bowling alley in the 1990s. The rides and concessions have also been growing gradually since the 1970s and the site attracts over 500,000 people per year.[1]
In 2006 £1.2million was spent on new rides.[5]
In 2008 it became the home of Sooty,Sweep and Soo,when Richard Cadell brought the rights from Hit Entertainment
Attractions
The park has several rides, some of which are described at the Roller Coaster DataBase (RCDB):
- Magic Mouse – a spinning wild mouse ride. It follows the normal spinning style track layout and is one of the park's bigger rides. It was known as "Crazy Mouse" until the start of the 2007 season.[6]
- Shockwave – A ride constructed by Italian manufacturer Pinfari that has a loop.[7] It was originally owned by Pleasure Island Family Theme Park, Cleethorpes, before being sold to Brean.
- Xtreme – A KMG Speed_(ride). It's the largest and tallest ride at the park.
- XFactory – A KMG X-Factory which is similar to most traditional miami rides found at fun fair, with the extra added bonus of water jets that shoot water up at the riders when they are in mid-air. The seats tilt downwards so riders get a better view of the water and ground below.
- Wipe Out – A KMG Afterburner. It was voted scariest ride at the park by Brainiac.
- Hell Raiser – a Sobema matterhorn ride.
- Wild Water
- Caterpillar – another Pinfari ride, which features a standard layout for this model of ride.[8]
- Terror Castle – ghost train.
- Sizzler – a PWS twister ride.
- Waltzer
- Sky Diver – a Zamperla freefall ride.
- Astro Storm – indoor coaster in the dark. Formerly at Pleasure Beach Blackpool. Opened 25th July 2011.
- Speed Wave - A Mondial Top Scan. Formerly traveled France, before residing in Hastings. The ride will be opening on the week of 29th-4th of July and August. (This ride was announced on the official Facebook page and their site.
Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "History Fact Sheet" (PDF). Brean Park. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ↑ "Brean Leisure Park". Enjoy England. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
- ↑ "Review: Cha Cha Slide at Brean". BBC. 10 August 2005. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "Peter Andre Concert at Brean Leisure Park". Burnham-on-sea.com. 4 August 2004. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ↑ "£1.2million boost for Brean Leisure Park as it unveils brand new rides". Burnham on Sea.com. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
- ↑ Magic Mouse Info on RCDB
- ↑ Shockwave Info on RCDB
- ↑ Caterpillar Info on RCDB
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