Overview

• The century-old amusement park in Porthcawl shut its gates for the last time over the weekend, capped by a seaside fireworks farewell.
• The Evans family had announced in July that the 2025 season would be the park’s last after more than a century in operation.
• The site was sold to the Welsh Government in March 2023 to safeguard it for council-led redevelopment of the waterfront.
• Draft plans earmark about 1,100 homes alongside new shops, cafes and leisure amenities including mini golf and a skate park.
• Local councillors voiced sadness at the closure and said the final-stage designs, shaped by public input, will be publicly showcased later this autumn.