Porthcawl's beloved Coney Beach amusement park to close within months

I'm very sorry very sad to hear that Coney Beach Amusement Park will being closing their gates at the end of the Season it's been there in Porthcawl since 1918 hard working people who live in South Wales and further afield have enjoyed spending their leisure time there on day trips, week-end breaks, and even fortnight holidays.

Porthcawl has always been a very popular resort so why has this happened, Porthcawl is a large town there are very wealthy parts of Porthcawl I think these people disliked the Amusement Park they disliked the Caravaners and decided to get the right people on the local Council and destroy Porthcawl as a holiday resort, they have succeeded first it was the Sandy Bay Caravan Park and now Coney Beach Amusement Park, everyone I know is saddened to hear this news what a silly country Wales has become, there's no respect for hard working people's leisure time.

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Mindfulness

Very sad news, Coney Beach was a huge part of my childhood. Holidays in a touring van in the Bullring, pretty much every summer.
Stays at Trecco Bay when I had children of my own.
My mother now has a caravan on the front in Trecco. I don't think she'll miss Coney Beach though, it has hardly changed in decades, and was a magnet for gangs of youths, though surely that's the point of a fairground?
Any idea what they're doing with the land? That's a lot of real estate if they develop it.

senghenydd · M

@Mindfulness I expect it'll be real estate sea side properties bit by bit Porthcawl has lost it's holiday resort status as far as I'm concerned, not only losing Sandy Bay and Coney Beach the miniature golf course the miniature steam train the Railway Station (that's going back a bit Porthcawl has changed, it's the children I feel sorry for losing the Amusement Park.

I remember the Bull Ring the Fire Work displays the Motor Bikes on the Wall of Death all great fun.

Mindfulness

@senghenydd still great firework displays there a few times a year, they're put on by The HighTide and are set off from the point between Sandy Bay and Trecco Bay.
It'll remain a popular resort, and will be as packed as usual on Elvis weekend in September.
There are touring caravans and campervans back by Sandy Bay, just passed the market. The land is owned by the High Tide owners, who do seem to be trying to attract holidaymakers.

senghenydd · M

@Mindfulness I'm pleased to hear Porthcawl still has Firework Displays a few times a year, no more Wall of Death bike rides, it was very popular years ago especially with my Late Dad, I think they're banned nowadays.

The Elvis weekend they still have an Elvis weekend in Blackwood as well I believe the performers then move on to Porthcawl after Blackwood.

I had heard the Tourer Caravans had gone from Sandy Bay glad their back, do they allow Motorhomes a friend of mine has a Motorhome I expect he'll have a few days at Sandy Bay if allowed.

Your right Porthcawl will always be a great resort it still has a lot going for it.

Mindfulness

@senghenydd They do allow motorhomes, always plenty there.
I still go down a few times a year, usually drive to Rest Bay then walk the dog over to Trecco.
The Promenade has been done up nice, there's some nice shops in the town centre, and of course there's plenty of drinking establishments.
And here I am at the Elvis festival couple of years ago.

senghenydd · M

@Mindfulness I'm pleased to hear that they allow Motorhomes on the Tourer Park at Sandy Bay, how long that tourer site will stay open I wonder, things as they are down there, I believe they stopped it once, I have an interest in this as I'm thinking of buying a Motorhome, they are really out of this world especially with the new solar panels people can and do live in them all the year round.

I've always liked the Promenade it had a beach there a hundred years ago apparently all the sand washed out to sea, nowadays it's just rocks and pebbles, the shopping centre in the town is great as well, not forgetting Rest Bay and Newton.

Not much to say about Elvis we've all done Elvis impressions still if it helps keep Porthcawl going it can't be bad.