Pleasure Beach
Pleasure Beach is a historic amusement park. Inside Great Yarmouth’s built-up area is where it stands. There are 37 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Great Yarmouth Grey Friary (1.5 km).
Theme park in Great Yarmouth
Inside Great Yarmouth
Pleasure Beach is inside Great Yarmouth’s built-up area, with 18 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The climate through the year
For warmth, aim for June to September (19–22°C highs in Great Yarmouth).
Pleasure Beach
Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 5 languages.
- Type
- Theme park
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- in Great Yarmouth
- Official site
- pleasure-beach.co.uk
Pleasure Beach at a glance
Orange: Pleasure Beach.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Great Yarmouth’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Staying near Pleasure Beach
The most populous of the 8 is Great Yarmouth, at 28,979. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Great Yarmouth
Gorleston-on-Sea
Bradwell
Burgh Castle
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Pleasure Beach is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Yarmouth | It’s in town | 28,979 | 22 |
| Gorleston-on-Sea | 800 m southwest of it | 24,474 | 21 |
| Bradwell | 1.7 km southwest of it | 11,632 | 19 |
| Burgh Castle | 3.8 km southwest of it | 682 | 20 |
| Caister-on-Sea | 4.9 km north of it | 9,095 | 22 |
| Belton | 4.9 km southwest of it | 3,603 | 6 |
| Hopton on Sea | 6 km south of it | 2,575 | 3 |
| Corton | 8.6 km south of it | 1,134 | 11 |
Pair Pleasure Beach with these
Within 15 km you can add 3 museums, 2 piers and an abbey or priory.
Abbey or priory · English HeritageGreat Yarmouth Grey Friary1.5 km away2MuseumMuseum · English HeritageRow 111 House1.3 km away3
CastleCaister Castle6.8 km away4
Theme parkJoyland1.7 km away5
PierBritannia Pier1.7 km away6
PierWellington Pier, Great Yarmouth700 m away7
MuseumTime & Tide Museum1 km away8
MuseumThe Tolhouse Gaol1.4 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Pleasure Beach
Where is Pleasure Beach?
Pleasure Beach is in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Pleasure Beach?
Historic amusement park in Norfolk, England.
When is the best time to visit Pleasure Beach?
June to September are the warmest months in Great Yarmouth, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Pleasure Beach?
Within 15 km: Great Yarmouth Grey Friary (1.5 km), Row 111 House (1.3 km), Caister Castle (6.8 km) and Joyland (1.7 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- Great Yarmouth Grey Friary: JohnArmagh, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caister Castle: Bob Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joyland: John Fielding from Norwich, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Britannia Pier: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wellington Pier, Great Yarmouth: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Time & Tide Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Tolhouse Gaol: Carol Rose, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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