A look back at 100 years of seaside funfair set to close

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Beachgoers, like these women in August 1939, have been enjoying the funfair's attractions for more than 100 years
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Coney Island Amusement Park and the beach beside it, pictured here in August 1966, have long been popular on a summer's day
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Grabbing a post-funfair ice cream on a hot day in August 1990
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The funfair's iconic front gates are well-known to anyone who grew up in the area
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The century-old funfair will be closed for good from October, its owners have said
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An array of colourful funfair rides will be enjoyed for the final time this summer after owners announced the park's closure
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Coney Island Amusement Park is set to close following a consultation on plans to redevelop the waterfront

10 July 2025

It's the end of an era for a seaside attraction which has been in south Wales for more than 100 years.

Coney Beach Amusement Park, which opened in the Newton area of Porthcawl, Bridgend county, in 1918, will close in October.

In a social media post, its owners said: "It's the end of an era, for over 100 years we and other showmen and their families have lived and worked in Porthcawl, helping to make it a busy seaside destination."

It follows a consultation in February on plans by Bridgend council and the Welsh government to redevelop the waterfront with up to 1,100 new homes, shops and restaurants, and the extension of boardwalks and green spaces.

A look back at 100 years of seaside funfair set to close

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