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Winthorpe is a small coastal village in the civil parish of Skegness, in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north from Skegness. Winthorpe was both an ancient parish, and a civil parish, until 1 April 1926 when it was abolished.
The Derbyshire Miners' Holiday Camp at Skegness, on the east coast of England, was opened in May 1939, to provide an annual holiday for Derbyshire coal miners and their families. It was seen as a pioneering venture and was part of a broad range of welfare benefits provided by a national Miners' Welfare Scheme established in the 1920s.
The park offers more than 700 pitches of accommodation, swimming pool, entertainment venues and restaurants and not far from Skegness beach. It is also Haven's first Holiday Park in Skegness since it owned Coastfield. [15] [16] On the 13 March 2024 it was announced that Haven had purchased Holivans Caravan Park in Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire.
The parishes of Skegness and Winthorpe were united in 1978; [269] its legal name is Skegness with Winthorpe. [271] The parish forms part of the Skegness Group, which includes the parishes of Ingoldmells and Addlethorpe. [272] It is in the Calcewaithe and Candleshoe rural deanery in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln. [271] [273] [n 15]
His Clacton camp and Sheerness amusement park each received miniature railways, [notes 7] while Skegness received a building in the shape of the "Butlin theatre" which was later renamed the "Gaiety". [news 3] Butlin continued to increase the capacity of the camp until 3 September 1939 when the Second World War was declared.
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Park Resorts was a holiday park operator with 48 holiday parks located across the United Kingdom. Holiday parks were mainly located at or near the seaside, primarily on the south and east coasts of England , but also extending to Scotland , Wales , the Isle of Wight , and the Lake District .
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