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Fireworks mark end of era as Coney Beach closes for good
Western Mail
|October 07, 2025
A WELSH icon has finally shut its doors with a grand farewell.
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Fireworks and last rides on the final day of Coney Beach Pleasure Park, Porthcawl
(RICHARD SWINGLER)
After more than a century of joy at the historic Coney Beach amusement park in Porthcawl, a fireworks display wowed crowds to celebrate the “end of an era’
In January this year it was revealed that the site currently occupied by the amusement park and promenade has been earmarked for a new development project.
The vision includes 1,100 new homes, a variety of shops, cafes, restaurants, and leisure facilities.
‘The amusement park’s owners, the Evans family, confirmed in July that this summer season would be the park’s swansong, with a last day of October 4.
It meant that the attraction would close 107 years after it first welcomed visitors in 1918.
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