Redesigned by architect Joseph Emberton and rebuilt in 1935, it was replaced in 1970 by the present Victorian style building.

The animal statues and figures are all facing the wrong way, and there are various signs in the tunnel mouths indicating the direction the train used to travel.

Sometimes the railway runs backwards to give passengers a different view of the line.

The original two locomotives were supplied in 1933 and were named Mary Louise and Carol Jean after the daughters of the park owner, Leonard Thompson.

They went on to build two more 4-6-2 class locomotives for Billy Butlin to use at the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow in 1938.