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==Locations== {{Location map+| England |width=335|float=center|caption=Location of current Butlins holiday camps|places= {{Location map~ | England |lat= 53.1769611|long=0.3502204 |label=[[Skegness]]|position=left}} {{Location map~ | England |lat= 50.7872995|long=-0.6613110 |label=[[Bognor Regis]]|position=right}} {{Location map~ | England |lat= 51.2075146|long=-3.4594220 |label=[[Minehead]]|position=left}} }} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Butlins camps past and present ! Location!!Opened!!Closed!!Comments |- | [[Heads of Ayr (holiday camp)#Butlins|Ayr]] || 1947 || 1998 || Known as Wonderwest World 1988β1998; operated as Craig Tara by [[Haven (Holidays)|Haven]] since 1999. |- | [[West End, Bahamas|West End]], [[Grand Bahama Island]] || 1950 || Late 1980s || Ambitious undertaking constructing a 1000-guest holiday camp from scratch on a nearly completely undeveloped island, including building an [[West End Airport|airport]]. Operated for a single season before running out of money. The site is now occupied by a new hotel and marina complex known as Old Bahama Bay. |- | [[Barry Island (holiday camp)|Barry Island]] || 1966 || 1996 || Operated independently until closure in 1996. Demolished in 2005. |- | [[Butlins Bognor Regis|Bognor Regis]] || 1960 || Current || Known as Southcoast World 1987β1998. Still open as Butlins Bognor Regis. |- | [[Butlin's Clacton|Clacton]] || 1938 || 1983 || Demolished, now a housing estate. Small area yet to be redeveloped. |- | [[Filey Holiday Camp]] || 1945 || 1983 || Operated independently for six weeks in 1986, but the venture failed and it closed. Gradually demolished between 1988 and 2003. The northern end of the site is now part of the [[Haven Holidays|Haven]] caravan park, [[Primrose Valley]], and the southern end is being developed as ''The Bay Filey'', comprising holiday homes, leisure and sports facilities and a hotel. |- | [[Butlins Minehead|Minehead]] || 1962 || Current || Known as Somerwest World 1986β1998. Still open as Butlins Minehead 30 April 1999βpresent. |- | [[Butlin's Mosney|Mosney]] || 1948 || 1980 || Operated independently until closure and conversion into an Irish Government refugee centre for [[asylum seekers]] in 2000. Most of the original camp buildings are still in use.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.butlinsmemories.com/mosney/index.htm|title=Mosney}}</ref> |- | [[Penychain (holiday camp)|Pwllheli]] || 1947 || 1998 || Known as Starcoast World 1990β1998; operated as [[Hafan Y Mor]] by [[Haven (Holidays)|Haven]] since 1999. |- | [[Butlins Skegness|Skegness]] || 1936 || Current || Known as Funcoast World 1987β1998. Still open as Butlins Skegness. |} In addition to these main locations known at various times as "Holiday Camps", "Holiday Centres", "Holiday Villages", "Holiday Worlds" and more recently as "Resorts", Butlins also operated numerous smaller holiday parks in England and France for several years during the late 1970s. These were known as "Freshfields holidays" and were more basic parks with far fewer facilities and little or no entertainment. They were aimed at those wanting a quieter, more relaxed holiday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.butlinsmemories.com/brochuresimages/summer1978/id63.htm|title=Pages 38 and 39}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Butlins Freshfield Holiday Camps<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.butlinsmemories.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=13450&d=1286643489|title=Butlinsmemories.com|website=www.butlinsmemories.com}}</ref><ref>[http://www.butlinsmemories.com/other/freshfields.htm Butlins Small Centres]. Butlinsmemories.com. Retrieved 13 July 2011.</ref> ! Location!!Opened!!Closed!!Comments |- | [[Duporth Holiday Village]], [[St Austell]] || 1934 || 2006 || Operated as Butlins from 1972; operated as [[Haven (Holidays)|Haven]] from 1985. |- | Seaview Holiday Village, [[Polperro]] || ? || Present || Operated as Butlins from 1973; Currently operated independently and sold on the independent owners behalf by [[Wyndham Worldwide|Hoseasons]]. |- | Sunshine Holiday Centre, [[Hayling Island]] || ? || Present || Operated as Butlins from 1973; Currently operating independently as "Mill Rythe Holiday Resort". |- | [[St Minver]] || ? || Present || Operated as Butlins from 1971; Currently operated by [[Parkdean Holidays]]. |- | Tencreek Holiday Park, [[Looe]] || ? || Present || Operated as Butlins from 1973; Currently operated by Dolphin Holidays. |- | Ayrville, [[St Ives, Cornwall]] || ? || Present || Operated as Butlins from 1974; Currently operating as "Ayr Holiday Park". |- | Two Chimneys, [[Penzance]] || ? || Present || Operated as Butlins from 1974; Currently operated by Rojo Leisure. |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Butlins hotels past and present<ref name="butlins.com"/> ! Location!!Opened!!Closed!!Comments |- | [[Heads of Ayr (Holiday Camp)#Heads of Ayr Hotel|Ayr]] || 1946 || Early 1970s || Demolished in the 1970s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.butlinsmemories.com/ayr/overyears.htm|title=Butlins Ayr over the Years}}</ref> |- | [[Bognor Regis (holiday camp)#Bognor Hotels|Bognor Regis β Wave]] || 2012 || Present || Newly opened within Bognor resort<ref>[http://www.butlins.com/accommodation/hotels/wave-hotel.aspx? Wave Hotel information on Butlins website]. Butlins. Retrieved on 2 July 2012.</ref> |- | [[Bognor Regis (holiday camp)#Bognor|Bognor Regis β Ocean]] || 2009 || Present || Opened 2009 within Bognor resort<ref>[http://www.butlins.com/hotels/ocean-hotel// Ocean Hotel information on Butlins website]. Butlins. Retrieved 13 July 2011.</ref> |- | [[Bognor Regis (holiday camp)#Bognor Hotels|Bognor Regis β Shoreline]] || 2007 || Present || Opened 2007 within Bognor resort<ref>[http://www.butlins.com/hotels/shoreline-hotel// Shoreline Hotel information on Butlins website]. Butlins (22 April 2011). Retrieved 13 July 2011.</ref> |- | [[Thatched Barn|Borehamwood]] || 1939 || 1942 || Demolished in the 1980s and replaced with modern Hotel<ref>{{citation |title=Playboy girls to rat bombs|author=Tommy Norton|date=9 December 2005|url=http://www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk/news/659999.playboy_girls_to_rat_bombs/|work=Borehamwood Times}}</ref> |- | Blackpool || 1955 || 1998 || Still open as [[Grand Metropole Hotel]] |- | [[Cliftonville]] || 1955 || 1999 || Partially demolished, remainder converted to flats. |- | Llandudno || 1981 || 1998 || Still open as [[Grand Hotel (Llandudno)|Grand Hotel]]. |- | London || 1993 || 1998 || Still open as Grand Plaza Hotel. |- | [[Saltdean]] || 1952 || 1999 || Converted to flats. |- | Scarborough || 1978 || 1999 || Still open as [[Grand Hotel (Scarborough)|Grand Hotel]]. |- | Skegness || 1948|| 1974 || [[Ingoldmells (holiday camp)|Ingoldmells]] building still standing and now used as an amusement arcade within the Butlins Skegness resort<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.butlinsmemories.com/skegness/overyears.htm|title=Butlins Skegness over the Years}}</ref> |- | [[Torremolinos]] || 1983 || 1998 || Still open as Griego Mar Hotel. |}
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