The Scarborough amusement park is located at the end of the Scarborough south bay. The closest place to park near to the Scarborough amusement park would be at the far end of the Marine Drive. The Marine Drive links the Scarborough south bay to the Scarborough north bay.
The Scarborough amusement park is called Luna Park; it is open weekends all year round and every day from Easter to September. You wont be able to spend an entire day at this Scarborough amusement park, as it is only small.
The Luna Scarborough amusement park is good to visit as part of your day. Our kids love visiting the arcades and the Scarborough amusement park.
Luna Amusement Park in Scarborough
Scarborough is in need of a bigger amusement park, the Luna Scarborough amusement park is very small, and the only other amusement park close is Flamingo Land.
Flamingo Land is based in KirMisperton (Malton); it is about 22 miles away from Scarborough and takes about 35-40 minutes to get there car. Flamingo Land is good for the kids, they love looking round the zoo and there are some great rides too, but it is too far out of Scarborough for people to visit if they are in Scarborough for on a short stay.
Their needs to be an alternative to Flamingo Land in Scarborough, the Luna Scarborough amusement park is just too small.
The photo above shows an early morning shot of the Luna Scarborough amusement park. Don’t plan a day visit to Scarborough and expect to spend a lot of time at the Luna Scarborough amusement park because you wont.
The photo above shows the Luna Scarborough amusement park through the archway that is at the end of the Marine Drive. We took this shot right after we had walked round the Marine Drive from the north bay.
I took this photo of the Luna Scarborough amusement park so that you can see the size of the park and some of the rides that are there. This photo shows pretty much all of the Luna Scarborough amusement park.
This photo shows the Luna Scarborough amusement park from another angle; to the left of this shot there are some dodgem cars. As you can see the Luna Scarborough amusement park has a small Ferris wheel, some stalls and a few arcades. The Luna Scarborough amusement park has at most six rides.
If you are in Scarborough on holiday then a trip to Flamingo Land amusement park is more worthwhile. The Luna Scarborough amusement park is great to visit as part of a day trip to Scarborough. You can fill the rest of the day at the south bay beach or in some of the many arcades along the Scarborough south bay seafront. For more details on the Scarborough arcades have a look through our Scarborough arcadeinformation page.
