Southend-on-Sea: Kursaal

Country: England, United Kingdom
Historic County: Essex
City: Southend-on-Sea
Location: 39 Marine Parade

Built 1901 as part of "Luna Park & Palace Amusement Park" (later renamed "Kursaal"), one of the world's first purpose-built amusement parks. The building contained various amusements, a circus and a cinema. Closed 1986. 1998 rebuilt, preserving only the dome and the facades. Re-opened 1998 as a leisure centre containing a bowling alley and a casino.

Links: kursaal.kick-butt.co.uk, Theatres Trust, CinemaTreasures, Wikipedia

Southend-on-Sea: Kursaal Front Text: sign: "Kursaal"
Publisher: S. Hildesheimer & Co., London & Manchester; No. 601
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
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