Heysham #1- Cliff top Traditional Cache
Heysham11: Due to long term illness in the family have had to archive
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This is the first in a set of 11 caches that takes you on a circuit around the edges of Heysham, suggest you park on Knowleys Road and if you haven't already done them there is two other existing caches on the way to this one.Heysham cliff view and St Patricks Day
This first cache is found on Heysham Head, its hard to tell nowadays but Heysham Head use to be an amusement park that was first opened to the public in 1926 after the land was purchased by Septimus Wray in 1923. After his death in 1936 his son,Fred, continued to run the site.
The amusement park was very popular and featured a zoo, a bear, a rose garden, swings, rides, an aviary, monkey house, marionette shows, an open air theatre with concert parties and children’s talent competitions, and a small cafe.
In 1964, with visitor numbers declining, Fred Wray sold Heysham Head to a development company, Shearers Ltd, and the amusement park was demolished the following year.
Today the site is just grass land with some gorse bushes, nothing remains to show what use to be here, just the wonderful views of the bay and the Cumbrian Fells
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