Job losses confirmed at Minehead Butlins amid financial pressures

Under the current tax regime, the Minehead site has seen its business rates valuation skyrocket from £1.4 million to £5.2 ...

Holiday park job cuts 'unsurprising' says expert

A seaside historian has said it is "unsurprising" to see a big holiday park cutting jobs. Butlin's first opened in 1936, and ...

Labour risks pricing families out of a holiday, warns Butlin’s

Labour’s plans to introduce a tourist tax threatening to price working-class families out of a holiday, the boss of Butlin’s has warned. Jon Hendry Pickup has attacked the Gov ...

I’m a middle class snob – here’s what I really thought of my first holiday to Butlin’s (and what surprised me most)

WHEN Billy Butlin opened his first holiday camp on the Lincolnshire coast in 1936, he wanted to provide fun and affordable ...

Clacton Butlins souvenir tea tray

A souvenir tea tray from the Butlins Holiday Camp in Clacton, uploaded on behalf of Norman Jacobs on the BBC Bus. During the ...

Butlins Souvenir Badges

In the sixties visitors to Butlins received a souvenir badge and the contributor has kept these as mementos of past family ...

Butlin's

'I spent £245 on weekend break at UK holiday park but when I saw room I cut trip short' ...