This was my first trip out and after a failed attempt elsewhere we decided to go and have a look at what was left of the old american adventure theme park. Unfortunately there was almost nothing left bar the foundations or rides and buildings.
This is the map of the park from 1997 we only managed to get to the bottom left portion and were heading towards the railway and island when we got escorted out of the park by a surveyor due to the unsafe nature of the area.
History
The american adventure was built on what was originally an opencast coal mine. The doors opened to the Cowboy's and Indian's Themed park in June of 1987 and was heralded as Britain's Major New Theme Park. Over the next few years up until 1997 the park started to expanded into what you can see in the map above from this point onward though the park began to decline and in that year the park was sold to a new owner. In 1999 the park fell further into decline with the closer of many small rides and down sizing in the park entrance. 2005 saw the closing of many major rides for varying reasons but this also helped the park portray the new family theme this. With the park clearly struggling in the 2006 season various investments where introduced to the park but it was too little too late and this was to be the last season the park would open.
Since the closer in 2007 there have been lots of urban explorers that have investigated the area and you can go through and see the decline of what was remaining of the park. Until recently the pier was still standing but unfortunately it has since been burned down. Now all that remains is some of the foundations paths and staircases that once made up the park but i will let the pictures do the rest of the talking.
How the park used to look.
Path from the car park to the main entrance.
Concrete building foundations with a tile path around the inside.
The main stairwell down into the park.
An island that used to have fairground rides on.
Thank you for reading. This is my first report so any feedback would be great.
This is the map of the park from 1997 we only managed to get to the bottom left portion and were heading towards the railway and island when we got escorted out of the park by a surveyor due to the unsafe nature of the area.
History
The american adventure was built on what was originally an opencast coal mine. The doors opened to the Cowboy's and Indian's Themed park in June of 1987 and was heralded as Britain's Major New Theme Park. Over the next few years up until 1997 the park started to expanded into what you can see in the map above from this point onward though the park began to decline and in that year the park was sold to a new owner. In 1999 the park fell further into decline with the closer of many small rides and down sizing in the park entrance. 2005 saw the closing of many major rides for varying reasons but this also helped the park portray the new family theme this. With the park clearly struggling in the 2006 season various investments where introduced to the park but it was too little too late and this was to be the last season the park would open.
Since the closer in 2007 there have been lots of urban explorers that have investigated the area and you can go through and see the decline of what was remaining of the park. Until recently the pier was still standing but unfortunately it has since been burned down. Now all that remains is some of the foundations paths and staircases that once made up the park but i will let the pictures do the rest of the talking.
How the park used to look.
Path from the car park to the main entrance.
Concrete building foundations with a tile path around the inside.
The main stairwell down into the park.
An island that used to have fairground rides on.
Thank you for reading. This is my first report so any feedback would be great.
Quite sad 
It's a shame the place was (a) closed and (b) vandalized! Maybe you shoulda asked the (presumably) guy who escorted you out to show you around, so avoiding the dangers 
