A SEASIDE theme park with thrilling rides and other fairground attractions now sits eerily abandoned after failing to stand the test of time. During its heyday, Ocean Beach amusement park in Rhyl, Wales was a sight to behold - but now is just a deserted piece of land filled with rusting hunks of metal. Ocean Beach was first established at Marine Lake in the 1890s but got so popular among the Brits that they had to move the theme park to a bigger location.

In 1954, it was relocated to the west end of the city where thousands of visitors flocked every month to enjoy the fun rides and panoramic views of the coastal cities. The amusement park boasted some historic rides, including a ghost train, a vintage toy set and the famous jet stream. It also featured Britain's first ever tubular steel roller coaster, NorthWales Live reports.

However, the highlight of the pleasure island was the famous Pepsi-Cola loop which stood tall among all other attractions inside the park. The site became increasingly popular - and saw a high tide of people visiting to enjoy the popular rides throughout the '70s, '80s - and even '90s. However, just like other Victorian-Era attractions, Ocean Beach too saw a dramatic decline in its popularity as it entered the modern-day era.

With a decreasing number of visitors, owners of the park were left with no choice but to shut down the park in 2007, after failing to secure a sizeable inventment for new rides. Now the park sits eerily abandoned - and most of the .