Wales’ largest theme park closed with immediate effect after about 40 years.
Aspro Parks, which holds an oakwood theme park in Nerburth, PembrocirIt said that due to the decline in economic challenges and the number of visitors, it has reached a “difficult decision”.
Pay FIRM said it had invested more than $ 25 million from the park in the southwest Bamboo Saved from closing in 2008.
ASPRO Parks said the decision “affects the next economic challenges, increased costs, electricity costs from riding parts, food and drink inflation, increase the NLW.” [National Living Wage] And changes to the National Insurance Threshold “.
“Unfortunately, we will no longer look forward to the sustainable route and will be able to improve our other parks using the wealth and using the possible team elsewhere,” he said in a statement.
Okwood opened the late 1980s and then made four big rides: Megafobia, Vertigo, Speed, Hydro – named after a fatal accident in 2004.
A 16 -year -old girl was killed, and a 10 -year -old boy was also injured after falling around 100 feet (30m) from the top of the ride.
But a coroner rejected the illegal murder in an inquiry and gave a narrative verdict.
In 2008, the then owners were fined 000 250,000, and ordered to pay $ 80,000 a cost when the basic security proceedings were widely ignored by the employees who were overseeing the ride.
The Spanish -owned company says it employs 68 leisure parks in Spain, UK, France, Finland, Portugal, Switzerl, Nud, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and RIA stars and more than 2,000 in attractions.
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The sites include cheshire, Portsmouth, Nuqueway, Fiff, Bristol and Tinemouth, as well as aquariums in Hastings, where the Pay Firm city also has an attraction of ancient caves and castles.
Espro said: “We have never closed any park or attraction throughout the history of the espro.
“We know that oakwood is a very favorite destination for Pay Generations and the sacrament of passing for many young visitors. For this reason we experience such a feeling of sadness.”
It is not clear how many people are employed on the Pembrokshire site or how many jobs can be lost as a result of the dam.
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