Clacton-on-Sea in Essex was once a thriving seaside destination and home to a famous Butlin's holiday camp, but the resort closed in 1983 and was demolished by 1987 - and the Which?-ranked town is now ...
Butlins is bringing the tween dream to life with the £25 million Wave Hotel & Apartments - the company’s most significant investment since Billy Butlin set up camp in 1936. The new concept hotel, ...
A derelict Billy Butlin's resort that previously attracted thousands of British holidaymakers bears little resemblance to its former glory, having ultimately succumbed to financial pressures.
Butlin's has announced a special weekend break as it prepares to celebrate its 90th anniversary. The Skegness resort will be holding three nights of celebrations this Easter, starting on Friday, April ...
Leeds-based Logistik has redesigned Reds, Butlin’s flagship location in Skegness. The location was the first opened by holiday entrepreneur Billy Butlin over 60 years ago and now attracts over 350,000 ...
I AM a middle class snob. I like sourdough bread and staying at 5-star London hotels. It’s important you know this embarrassing information, because I went to Butlin’s last week for the first time….
Butlin’s vacation resorts were an institution in post-war Britain. The self-contained camps – where guests were housed in wooden chalets, fed and entertained on-site – provided a new kind of ...
“A WEEK'S holiday for a week's wage” was the slogan that first tempted millions of working class families to Billy Butlin's seaside camps. The travelling hoop-la stallholder, whose early attractions ...
Blackstone Inc. agreed to sell British seaside holiday resorts operator Butlins back to a former owner, the Harris family -- also a partner in the US private-equity giant’s larger UK Bourne Leisure ...