Butlins Minehead Sunsplash Pool in 2011

The Butlins Minehead "Sunsplash" Pool opened in the mid 1980's and closed in 1998. It's still there now just wasting away. Here is what it looked like when I managed to sneek a look recently. Compare it to the photos from 1986.

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[JoeWareham1]

Only open from the mid 80s untill 1998?! Hardly seems worth it! Butlins really do puzzle me sometimes. I mean why did they build the new Splash Waterworld (end of the 80s I think) if they already had this? And what's even more odd is that, I think, both the new one and this one operated at the same time as each other for some years. Why? Surely if people had a choice they'd go to the bigger one?

[skyhawkerleigh]

The Splash Waterwold actually started out as a regular swimmimg pool called the Oasis. This was later expanded into a funpool and became Splash Waterworld.

[JoeWareham1]

@skyhawkerleigh Really?! I always thought that the Splash Waterworlds opened in the late 80s as part of their 'Holiday World' re-branding? I suppose if this is up on the first floor of Regency then they couldn't really have expanded it. Still seems odd that this was just left empty when they spent all that money on the new one.

[skyhawkerleigh]

The "Sunsplash" on the 1st floor of the Regency buliding was opened in the mid-late 80's. This was a funpool as shown in the video. The Oasis pool was opened soon after as an alternative to the Sunsplash. The Oasis was a normal rectangle shape swimming pool. Later the Oasis was expanded and made into a funpool called,"Splash Waterworld" and the original "Sunsplash" on the 1st floor of the Regency was closed. This left Butlins with no regular swimming pool for just swimming.

[skyhawkerleigh]

It is in the 1st floor of the old Regency buliding but I'm afraid it is not open to the public!

[87ccfc]

will it be there in 2012

[JoeWareham1]

@skyhawkerleigh Yeah i don't think any of the 3 Butlins parks have normal rectangular pools now. They all seem to be constantly changing their facilities so I guess this had to happen. Any idea what year the Oasis pool was changed into Splash Waterworld? I know the Holiday World re-branding started in 1987.

[MrPhotoshop101]

The chairs and stuff are from the bar rosso I was their when they were moving them and where about near the fair is this I go a week on Friday and I want to sneak a peek :)

[ellieingorleston]

hi mate i was just wondering were this is on site and how you get to it as i am doing a photography course and have been looking for this building for years now as i am young i dont no were the old regency building is so maybe you could tell me? i used to go to butlins skegness in the mid 90's befor it changed hands and the skyline was built

thankyou x x love the video by the way im gonna save it to my butlins playlist on here =D x x

[hickyxsi]

I was told when i worked their, that the water is used for the sprinkler system? Not sure if that true. For the hobby horse below