Wales’ largest theme park shut with speedy impact right this moment after working for nearly 40 years.
Oakwood Theme Park, in Pembrokeshire, west Wales, introduced they had been shutting instantly after ongoing monetary challenges and dwindling guests.
Aspro Parks stated the ‘tough determination’ got here after investing greater than £25,000,000 because the park was final saved from closure in 2008.
A spokesperson stated: ‘In your entire historical past of Aspro we now have by no means closed any park or attraction.
‘We, and our devoted workforce of employees, have strived to beat quite a few challenges to proceed to convey pleasure to households and guests throughout the area and nation.
‘Sadly, we might not see a sustainable approach ahead and can search to enhance our different parks utilizing the property and the place doable, transfer the workforce elsewhere.
‘We’re conscious that Oakwood has been a much-loved vacation spot for generations and a ceremony of passage for a lot of younger guests. It is because of this we really feel such a way of unhappiness.
‘We want to prolong our heartfelt due to the dedication and dedication of our workforce members previous and current, suppliers and contractors who’ve loyally supported us and naturally all those who have visited Oakwood Theme Park through the years. We’re sincerely grateful.’
In 2004, the theme park hit headlines when a teenage woman died after falling 100 ft from the highest of a journey.
A coroner later dominated out illegal killing within the inquest into 16-year-old Hayley Williams’ loss of life and gave a story verdict.
In 2008, Oakwood Leisure was fined £250,000 and ordered to pay £80,000 prices due to the tragedy when it was revealed that fundamental security procedures had been broadly ignored by employees overseeing the journey.
In November, one other beloved theme park shut all of a sudden after almost 50 years in operation.
Flambards Theme Park in Helston, Cornwall, was based in 1976 and noticed greater than 76,000 folks go to throughout its first season alone.
But the park confronted an more and more lengthy checklist of woes, together with rising prices, declining ticket gross sales and shutting rides in June amid a scarcity of specialist components.
Flambards Theme Park abruptly introduced that the location in Culdrose Manor would ‘shut its doorways completely with speedy impact’.
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