When was oakwood opened

It was owned by the McNamara family until early , when it was sold to Aspro Parks. Navigation Main page Random page Help Style guide. Portals World records Roller coasters Coaster types Ride types. Wiki tools Upload file Special pages. Page Discussion View View source History. Oakwood Theme Park Location. South Wales Argus. Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. Aspro Parks. August 1, May 25, Custom Coasters International.

April 13, Treetops Rollercoaster. Circus Clown. Camel Creek Adventure Park. Junior Jets. Dizzy Disk. Jolly Roger Pirate Ship. Junior Pirate Ship. Track Ride. Severn Lamb. Oakwood opened in the late s as a very small family park with BMXs, a wooden fort , a 3D-style cinema experience show, go-karts and a water chute ride. The park later incorporated four large thrill rides: Megafobia , Vertigo , Drenched , as Hydro and Speed which was a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter roller coaster with a degree drop.

The foot-tall 26 m CCI-built wooden roller coaster "Megafobia" was rated by enthusiasts soon after its installation as amongst the best in Europe. In it celebrated 20 years at Oakwood. Until March , Oakwood Leisure Ltd.

The park took twelve months to research. A 15 in mm gauge narrow gauge railway operates on site at Oakwood. The railway, which is well established, is not listed amongst the park's rides and attractions, but forms part of the operational infrastructure, providing a transport link between the theme park and the car park. Travelling on the railway is included in the cost of the park admission ticket.

Until , the railway was operated by four diesel locomotives; two were American-style though British-built steam outline engines, and the others were a standard diesel outline locomotive and a diesel railcar.

Since only one non-themed diesel locomotive is being used, the other three locomotives having been retired. Open seater "Severn Lamb" type toast rack carriages are used in warm weather, with enclosed seater former Liverpool Garden Festival coaches used year-round. Following an increase in visitor numbers after the arrival of the Snake River Falls water coaster in , the management decided to pursue the development of the park into a more 'thrilling' theme park.

In , the park received a wooden roller coaster from the American firm of Custom Coasters International. In Oakwood also began an annual After Dark event, with late-night opening, fireworks, entertainment and discounted evening entry. Several major additions would follow in the coming years: Vertigo, a sky swing, in , Bounce, a shoot and drop tower, in , Hydro later Drenched in and Speed: No Limits in Following the change of hands to Aspro Ocio S.

A in March , Oakwood Theme Park has seen a range of changes, in particular to staffing, with restructuring of both seasonal and permanent staff levels in line with market conditions. In February , a new logo was premiered on the front page of Oakwood's new leaflet and Facebook page. The new image was the first logo for the park to change the initial 'train stop' shape around the name a shape that was used on the original Megafobia logo.

There is now a blue corkscrew section of a coaster with the words Oakwood and Theme Park in a box underneath. In , Kidz World was redeveloped into Neverland. The park also relocated some of the children's rides to the old Plane Crazy site and created Circus Land. Although the park claims to be a "theme park" the only themed area until was the small section of the park which now houses "Brer Rabbit's Burrow" and "Spooky 3D".

It is arguable that the park's former section for young children, Kidz World, formerly known as Play Town, is also themed. This section of the park was formerly known as "Jake's Town" and featured a "wild-west" type theme.