Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach, Historic amusement park in Norfolk, England
Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach is an amusement park on the seafront of Great Yarmouth, England, with rides ranging from a wooden roller coaster to family-friendly options for younger children. The park also has food stands serving seaside staples like ice cream, candy floss, and chips.
The park opened in the early 1900s as a small site with a scenic railway, then grew steadily over the following decades. A fire after the First World War damaged parts of it, but it was rebuilt and expanded in the 1930s, when the wooden roller coaster that still stands today was added.
The park sits at the south end of the stretch of seafront known as the Golden Mile, and many visitors walk the promenade before or after their visit. This seaside setting makes it a natural part of a day out by the water in Great Yarmouth.
The park is on the seafront and easy to reach on foot from the town center or along the promenade. Some rides have height restrictions, so it is worth checking those in advance to plan the day well for everyone in the group.
One of the early rides brought to the site was a large railway that had originally been built in Paris before being shipped to Great Yarmouth. Few visitors would guess that part of the park's early history stretches across the Channel.
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