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Pleasure Island was an amusement park in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire that operated from 1993 to 2016 and before that it was a Zoo in the 70s. It offered many rides and attractions, some more extreme but most more family friendly, such as scenic train rides and sea-lion shows. I remember going there many years ago but even when it was operational, it never struck me as particularly exciting so far as theme parks go and it always felt a little bit run down.
In the present day, all of the rides have been removed from the site but all the fantasy middle-east themed buildings still remain. It's future is currently up in the air but it seems like the wheels are in motion for developments into luxury flats or a new hosing estate in the relatively near future.
Exploring
Myself and a visiting friend decided one afternoon that we should just go for it and try to get in. We'd just had snow and there was a thick fog covering the place so it was the perfect time to try and get in. Access required a bit of initial recce. A former access point I had identified had since been plugged but luckily, someway down the fence line, a new hole had been created. A bit of tight squeezing, barbed wire navigating and fence hopping later, we were in.
Since the site has been abandoned for nearly 8 years, the place has been vandalised, however not quite as much as I would've expected. The graffiti artists have been particularly restrained with this one.
Unfortunately almost all of the buildings were sealed up tight but I managed to poke the camera through a couple holes to get some interior shots.
Overall the explore was good fun and it was very strange walking around a place I had personal history with, seeing it left to rot.
Thanks for looking
Pleasure Island was an amusement park in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire that operated from 1993 to 2016 and before that it was a Zoo in the 70s. It offered many rides and attractions, some more extreme but most more family friendly, such as scenic train rides and sea-lion shows. I remember going there many years ago but even when it was operational, it never struck me as particularly exciting so far as theme parks go and it always felt a little bit run down.
In the present day, all of the rides have been removed from the site but all the fantasy middle-east themed buildings still remain. It's future is currently up in the air but it seems like the wheels are in motion for developments into luxury flats or a new hosing estate in the relatively near future.
Exploring
Myself and a visiting friend decided one afternoon that we should just go for it and try to get in. We'd just had snow and there was a thick fog covering the place so it was the perfect time to try and get in. Access required a bit of initial recce. A former access point I had identified had since been plugged but luckily, someway down the fence line, a new hole had been created. A bit of tight squeezing, barbed wire navigating and fence hopping later, we were in.
Since the site has been abandoned for nearly 8 years, the place has been vandalised, however not quite as much as I would've expected. The graffiti artists have been particularly restrained with this one.
Unfortunately almost all of the buildings were sealed up tight but I managed to poke the camera through a couple holes to get some interior shots.
Overall the explore was good fun and it was very strange walking around a place I had personal history with, seeing it left to rot.
Thanks for looking
