Brocklands Adventure Park used to welcome 50,000 visitors each year until it closed its doors for good in 2007.
A bustling and colorful park full of animals and children playing is left haunted by its past and left to decay.
Brocklands Adventure Park was a popular attraction in Kilkhampton. Its doors were open from 1977 until it was closed in 2007.
The park has won many awards since it was founded by Dennis and Sue Vanstone. At its peak – it saw 50,000 visitors a year after it went from a modest tea room and shop to a full park.
It turned into a plethora of playgrounds, rides, animal pens and wildlife shows.
In 1987 it was renamed Pixieland Funpark. In 1990 the park introduced a 15-inch miniature railway, pony rides, trampolines and an all-weather playground. In March 1997, further developments included the opening of Pip’s Place, a new 200-seat restaurant.
Later there were other additions including a ten pin bowling alley, a darts range, crazy golf, quad bikes, giant boats and a mega tube slide.
Every element of the animal kingdom was illustrated. You could see rabbits, ducks, iguanas, snakes, parrots and raccoons.
In 2000, the park was renamed Brocklands Adventure Park, marking its transition to park status.
Despite its success, the park sadly closed its doors in 2007 following the retirement of its owners. Now vines and weeds have invaded the once strong buildings.
Wandering through an abandoned park and coming across an old bow and arrow site, YouTube channel Street Zips said: “There’s soap kits, we’ve got a bow and arrow here. There’s wires here, we’ve got plugs and fuses – and smart plugs – one of those things that goes in your hand to prevent you from getting shot by a bow.”
“Listen – do you hear it? It’s like a rat – I heard it cry. The cry of dreams is also cool. You can pay a lot of money for that for a piece of film.”
They also found boxes of mice. They said: “Obviously they’re up to something here. That’s a serious trap isn’t it. There’s a year in that.”
Urban explorers came across a kiwi tree that was bearing fruit. Looking at what they thought was an old zoo, they found posters of animals to look out for in a taxidermy exhibit made “just for roadkill.”
They even found old pheasant feathers scattered on the ground.
Then, in 2021 a planning proposal sought to restore the main building to a two-bedroom house, and in 2023 permission was granted to build five houses on the site.
The metal building will be converted into a two-room space. The planning application states: “The site comprises part of the former visitor attraction known as Brocklands Adventure Park, which closed in 2007 and has a number of attractions divided into two areas (separated by West Street).
“These attractions included a 15in gauge railway, pools, slides, horse track, trampolines, quad biking, bouncy castle, giant boats, bowling alley, indoor multi-activity center and recreational facilities.
“The proposal involves converting an existing steel frame building into a two-bedroom dwelling.”
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