When we visited Deb, Neil & Lucas in May/June, we took a day trip to Southport which concluded with a visit to what was once Pleasureland and is now New Pleasureland. The original park opened in 1912 but was forced to close in 2006 after the introduction of an entrance fee. The parent company owns Blackpool Pleasure Beach which also introduced an entrance fee in the last few years but obviously has the visitor numbers to warrant this. The park was happily reopened in 2007, sans said fee but also sans several uber-cool rollercoasters. Sadly, nothing remains of the original park since a fire in 2010 that destroyed The Haunted Inn, the only remaining feature from oldskool Pleasureland.
Any road up, New Pleasureland is still a cool place to visit. We’ve been once before but this time was much more fun due to Scarlett being that bit older. She had a brilliant time and was utterly fearless with regards to rides. She would have gone on everything given half a chance. I’ve done this as a separate post, by the way, as there seemed to be an awful lot of pictures from the trip.
