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Butlin's Bognor Regis is a holiday camp in the seaside resort of Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England. It lies 55.5 miles (89 km) south southwest of London . Butlin's presence in the town began in 1932 with the opening of an amusement park; their operation soon expanded to take in a zoo as well.
Location of Bristol in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Bristol, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
Bognor Regis: 1960: Current: Known as Southcoast World 1987–1998. Still open as Butlins Bognor Regis. 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 ...
Sir William Heygate Edmund Colborne Butlin MBE (29 September 1899 – 12 June 1980) was an entrepreneur whose name is synonymous with the British holiday camp. [n 1] [n 2] Although holiday camps such as Warner's existed in one form or another before Butlin opened his first in 1936, it was Butlin who turned holiday camps into a multimillion-pound industry and an important aspect of British culture.
Bognor Regis (/ ˌ b ɒ ɡ n ər ˈ r iː dʒ ɪ s /), also known as Bognor, is a town and seaside resort in West Sussex on the south coast of England, 56 miles (90 km) south-west of London, 24 miles (39 km) west of Brighton, 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Chichester and 16 miles (26 km) east of Portsmouth.
Hotham Park is a public park in the seaside town of Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England, in the United Kingdom. It was established by the founder of Bognor Sir Richard Hotham, who formerly resided at Hotham Park House (built 1792) which still stands today. Since becoming a public park in 1947 Hotham Park continues to be a popular local ...
Regis, Latin for "of the king", occurs in numerous placenames. This usually recalls the historical ownership of lands or manors by the Crown. [19] The "Regis" form was often used in the past as an alternative form to "King's", for instance at King's Bromley and King's Lynn. [20] [21]
Butlins Resort Minehead is a holiday camp operated by Butlins, located in Minehead in Somerset, England. It opened in 1962 and remains in use today. It opened in 1962 and remains in use today. It was known as Butlin's Minehead until 1987, and as Somerwest World from then until 1999, when it reopened as Butlins Minehead Resort.