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{{short description|British chain of holiday resorts}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox company
| name = Butlins Skyline Limited
| logo = [[File:Butlin's.svg|240px]]
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| industry = [[Leisure]]
| foundation = {{start date|df=yes|1936|1|1|}} <br /> (First site, [[Skegness]]) <br /> {{start date|df=yes|2000|4|9|}} <br /> (As present company)
| founder = [[Billy Butlin]]
| location = [[Hemel Hempstead]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[England]]
| area_served = [[United Kingdom]]
| key_people = Jon Hendry Pickup<ref name="travelweekly">{{cite web |last1=Davies |first1=Phil |title=Prezzo chief executive to take helm at Butlin’s |url=http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/302491/prezzo-chief-executive-to-take-helm-at-butlins |website=Travel Weekly |access-date=7 November 2019 |date=26 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{cite web |last1=Walker |first1=Rob |title=Hi-de-high-end: how Butlin’s has climbed from camp to resort |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/mar/24/butlins-holiday-camp-rebrand-upmarket-waterparks |website=The Guardian |access-date=7 November 2019 |date=24 March 2019}}</ref><br />([[CEO]])
| products = [[Seaside resorts]]
| revenue = {{increase}} £184.6M (2010)<ref name="financial">Butlins Skyline Ltd, ''Report and Financial Statements'' 31 December 2010</ref>
| operating_income = {{increase}} £17.2M (2010)<ref name="financial" />
| net_income = {{increase}} £12.2M (2010)<ref name="financial" />
| owner = [[Peter Harris (entrepreneur)|Harris Family Trusts]]
| brands = 
| num_employees = 3,571 (2010)<ref name="financial" />
| parent = 
| subsid = 
| homepage = {{URL|https://butlins.com}}
| footnotes = 
}}

'''Butlin's''' is a chain of large [[Seaside resort|seaside resorts]] in the United Kingdom, incorporated as '''Butlins Skyline Limited'''. Butlin's was founded by [[Billy Butlin]] to provide affordable holidays for ordinary British families.

Between 1936 and 1966, ten camps were built, including one in [[Ireland]] and one in the [[Bahamas]]. In the 1970s and 1980s, Butlin's also operated numerous large hotels, including one in Spain, a number of smaller holiday parks in England and France, and a revolving restaurant in the [[BT Tower|Post Office Tower]] in London.<ref name="butlins.com">[http://www.butlins.com/about-butlins/history-of-butlins/index.aspx/ Summary of Butlins history on Butlin's website]. Butlins (15 April 2011). Retrieved 13 July 2011.</ref>

Tough competition from overseas package holiday operators, rising operational costs, and rapidly changing demand, forced many of the Butlin's operations to close in the 1980s and 1990s. Three of the original camps remain open under the Butlins brand in [[Bognor Regis]], [[Minehead]], and [[Skegness]]. They are now owned and run by '''Butlins Skyline Ltd''', which is now wholly owned by the Harris Family Trust.

[[File:Butlins ayr 1985 overhead view.jpg|thumb|The architecture seen in this 1985 photograph of Butlin's in Ayr was typical of most camps before refurbishment. Note the rows of [[chalet]]s in the distance.]]<!--***** IMAGE PLACED HERE TO OCCUPY WASTED WHITE SPACE beside contents section. Intended as a representative sample of a Butlin's camp and its architecture; please move to less prominent position if obviously better image comes along *****-->