Pontins Holiday Village, Southport, Merseyside

Photograph taken September 2002 © Copyright Historic England Archive ref: nmr 17758/27

This £2.5 million, 700 chalet holiday development was built in 1970 at the height of the British Holiday Camp industry. The 'Hotel Pontinental' opened in Torremelinos just one year later. Although many camps have since closed in the face of stiff competition from cheap package holidays abroad, Southport remains part of the Pontins empire and continues to operate as a holiday camp.

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Merseyside Southport

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2000s (2000 - 2009)

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Britain's motorway network was started in the 1960s providing improved transport links for the growing number of cars. This service station was one of the earliest.

Pontins Holiday Village, Southport, Merseyside

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