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Location | Bude, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom |
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Coordinates | 50°54′35″N4°28′38″W / 50.909595°N 4.477358°W |
Opened | 1990 |
Closed | 2006 |
Operating season | March – October |
Area | 66 acres (270,000 m2) |
Attractions | |
Total | 20 attractions in |
Roller coasters | 1 |
Water rides | 3 |
Killarney Springs was a leisure park situated near Bude in Cornwall.
The park was established in 1990, and opened for the 1991 summer season. The park had an indoor adventure play centre, a boating lake, a tobogganing slope, go karts, bumper boats and an assault course. In 2005, a new range of attractions were brought to the park with the 'Family Fun Fair', which featured a log flume, a rollercoaster and bumper cars.
The park closed after its 2006 season because of breaches of its planning permission. The recent additions of a roller coaster and log flume were not approved by North Cornwall District Council. [1] Since the parks closure it has been derelict with some parts of the site being demolished. The land has since been granted planning permission for a large Huf Haus development. [2]
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