Oakwood Theme Park
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| Slogan | Wales' Biggest Family Day Out |
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| Location | Narberth, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°46′41″N 4°48′25″W / 51.778°N 4.807°WCoordinates: 51°46′41″N 4°48′25″W / 51.778°N 4.807°W |
| Owner | Aspro Parks |
| Opened | 14 April 1987 |
| Previous names |
Oakwood Leisure Park Oakwood Coaster Country |
| Operating season | Late March / Early April to Early November |
| Rides | |
| Total | 30 |
| Roller coasters | 5 |
| Water rides | 4 |
| Website | www.oakwoodthemepark.co.uk |
Oakwood Leisure Park
Oakwood Theme Park (formerly Oakwood Leisure Park, Oakwood Coaster Country & Oakwood Park) is a theme park in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Oakwood opened in the late 1980s as a very small family park with BMXs, a wooden fort, a 3D-style cinema experience show, go-karts and a water chute ride. The park now incorporates five large thrill rides: Megafobia (1996), Vertigo (1997), Bounce (27 March 1999), Drenched (2002, as Hydro) and Speed (2006).
In 2006 Oakwood opened its latest ride to the public: Speed, a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter roller coaster with a 97-degree drop. This was the first Euro-Fighter in the UK and was at that time the steepest roller coaster in the United Kingdom, only being overtaken by the opening of Thorpe Park's Euro-Fighter Saw: The Ride in 2009 and Mumbo Jumbo at Flamingo Land Resort in the summer of 2009.
The 85-foot-tall (26 m) CCI-built wooden roller coaster "Megafobia" has been rated among the best in Europe by enthusiasts. In 2016 it celebrated 20 years at Oakwood.
Oakwood Leisure Ltd. was owned and developed by the McNamara family (until March 2008), Pembrokeshire farmland owners who diversified into the leisure industry in 1987 after the introduction of milk quotas. The park took twelve months to research.
A 15 in (381 mm) gauge narrow gauge railway operates on site at Oakwood. The railway, which is well established, is not listed amongst the park's rides and attractions, but forms part of the operational infrastructure, providing a transport link between the theme park and the car park. Travelling on the railway is included in the cost of the park admission ticket. The railway is operated by four diesel locomotives. Two are American-style (though British-built) steam outline engines; the others are a standard diesel outline locomotive and a diesel railcar. Open 20-seater "Severn Lamb" type toast rack carriages are used in hot weather, with enclosed 20-seater former Liverpool Garden Festival coaches used year round. Since 2016 only one non themed diesel locomotive is being used and the other 3 locomotives have retired sadly.
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