Pontins Prestatyn Holiday Park has suddenly closed down
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- Опубліковано 5 гру 2023
- My visit to the huge Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Camp North Wales which has suddenly been shut down and is now abandoned and empty .. the Home Office has confirmed it will not be used to house asylum seekers .. it was the filming location for the 1973 film Holiday on the Buses .. the plaque was on the opposite pillar to the one i showed .. urban urbex explore explores explorer exploring
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“The home office confirmed it will not be used for immigrants “ probably means it will be unfortunately. 😔
Why 'unfortunately'? It would keep some people in jobs a little longer.
What a sad world we live in, when people put racist bias above their fellow citizens' welfare
Great shame that it's closed after all these years, I was at the 2004 plaque unveiling, met Blakey, he was a gentleman.
I'll miss that place loads of good memories on the buses 😢
Hi Graham, It's is a shame no more Pontins, one of the main holiday camps in the area. Never stayed there use to go to the shops in Prestatyn and we use to go to Ffrith beach. Where we use to go for hols between 1980-82 and in 1984 was the Inter leisure camp in Towyn with my 2 brothers Mum and Dad, from home ( Gwersyllt ) the up to Coedpoeth for Nain and Taid all in a Austin Maxi and strait up the Ruthin Road (A525). We use to go in to Prestatyn and Rhyl. It's not to bad when you travelled only 50 mins to go on holiday. Back in the 1980's the coast was like little Wrexham every were I went I bumped in to some one I knew from School or from Gwersyllt or the Wrexham area. We always went in the last week in July and the first week in Ausgust, the coal miners shut down weeks. Thanks for the video on Pontins, Take care👍
They nearly closed it back in 1973 when Stan's Toilet blew up...................I 'ate you Butler!
Brilliant comment! 'Made my day that 'as'! 😂😂
To be fair it was an absolute dump. The rooms were so disgusting
Could be flattening the site and putting caravans on there , caravan holidays are very popular these days .....
I had a look at Google, and up to a certain point in 2018 the place was cram packed with British holiday makers. In another photo in 2018 the place seemed deserted except for black families. So some time in that year the camp was closed to tourists and opened to refugees. Now in 2023 the place seems totally abandoned.
Shame to see it close down, I will visit with my drone and take some pictures before anything to the place. on the buses a great film.
'What about the people who worked there?' was my first thought. Then there are the suppliers of food, drinks and services.
I would like to see what the local council is planning to alleviate the impact. My council had plans in place years before MGRover closed, so it was not the apocalypse predicted, but still many people suffered directly and indirectly.
Chalets basic but ok.Excellent entertainment, good restaurant.will miss holidaying there.
Any comment from Pontins themselves on the reason for closure? Find it concerning if theyve remained tight lipped on the reason and I dont believe a word this gov say.
Neither do I mate. I'd put money on it, they're desparate for anywhere to shove the illegal scrounging detritus. Nowhere is safe from them. Makes my blood boil.😡
Residential development, you can bet the farm on it.
I liked it. It was very run down, but in its defence the entertainment was really good, especially for kids. It was a cheap break,now thats being denied to people who don’t have many options for a break. I have met some of the best people at pontins, no aires and graces, normal down to Earth folk.
As a local teens we used to sneek in in the early 80s and had some great times here chasing the girls, we even watched the '86 world cup at the dragon bar so will never forget where i was when Maradona scored that infamous goal!...
that shame it shut down 😢 i bet it was fun times for family lots to do , they will probably build a lot of flats there or something or a new supermarket
shame it shut ,my mates girlfriend was a cleaner there .she said they were treated like crap .only had so long to clean each chalet ,holiday makers were turning up before they were even cleaned. she soon left lol
Cleaner there there filthy disgusting I would be ashamed to work there has a cleaner
I went there as a kid all through the 70's great memories sad it's closed.
been there twice...both times the curtains in the chalets was to same as on the buses lol
That is the Pontins where they filmed Holiday On The Buses.
was not a hole in the 70-80s family friendly , clean and so much fun for the family.......how times have changed...so very sad.
ive heard barrats house builders are building on it, they have done a few sites on the coast road.
Family holiday ther in the early days, came from Liverpool...only a kid but had a great time!
Not surprised the place was a complete dump with no money spent on it
I worked there in the shop in 1972
it will get vandalised like the mental ghraham great vid
Holiday sites like this are not as popular as the sites with caravans like the haven sites ,probably because people dont like staying above /below others whereas a van is more a personal unit ,it also looked outdated with the metal steps to the upper rooms and in need of a good paint job ,saying that Butlins skegness is pretty much the same thing with grubby canopies,peeling paint ,both inside and out, dirty windows ,amenities that open one day ,and closed the next due to no staff ,the big tent there was disgusting ,the best part was the fairground as it was always fully staffed ,and the cafeteria food left a lot to be desired .SO PONTINS are not the only ones with bad reviews .
Southport wil be next....so sad . Was wonderful in the 70-80s
Waiting for new arrivals
Very sad - end of an era!
i have stayed there. and even youtube videos for awhile have been the same as i came years ago.
they closed just because they do not want to pay to update the crumbering site. and this is why the boat peopl can not stay there since it is so far below level acceptable for boat people. they would go home if there where housed there
The home office confirmed it will not be used for asylum seekers..yeah..sure!
pontius at camber sands is within sight the French coast, the rnli small lifeboats, could land the ex french illegals into rye Harbour and bused out to pontins. brittania hotels own pontins so wouldn't they rent out a holiday camp to government
Just can not understand why some People would not have liked it? Maybe it was those huts that look a bit like gas chambers? Stand by your beds.
ideal for the home office to use for illegal immigrants
It will be used for immigrants just watch
Migrants having a holiday on the good old tax payers!
Migrants arriving soon
Obvious migrant camp