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Pontins is a British company operating holiday parks in the UK, founded in 1946 by Fred Pontin.It was acquired by Britannia Hotels in 2011. [1]Pontins specialises in offering half-board and self-catering holidays featuring entertainment at resorts, or "holiday parks", as they have branded them.
It is located in the north-east corner of the island. It is named after Rhyl, a holiday resort in Denbighshire, Wales. At the 2021 census, Rhyll had a population of 836. [1] The first European to arrive in the area was George Bass, who landed in 1798 to make repairs to his ship.
Rhyl (/ r ɪ l /; Welsh: Y Rhyl, pronounced [ə ˈr̥ɨl]) is a seaside town and community in Denbighshire in Wales. The town lies on the coast of North Wales , at the mouth of the River Clwyd . To the west is Kinmel Bay and Towyn , to the east Prestatyn , and to the south-east Rhuddlan and St Asaph .
Haven (formally Haven Holidays) is a company operating a chain of holiday parks in the United Kingdom. It operates self catering static caravan holiday parks with many also including touring and camping facilities. The company operates 38 [2] sites in the UK in predominantly coastal locations.
The original Sun Centre waterpark closed in February 2014. Denbighshire council had withdrawn funding from the company which operated it and as a result the not-for-profit firm could no longer afford to keep it open. [1]
Rhyl began to take off as holiday resort following the opening of its railway station in 1848. The Ocean Beach funfair opened in the 1890s, growing into an amusement park at Marine Lake which was seeing thousands of visitors annually. It relocated in 1954 to larger premises at the West end of the promenade.
Butlin's Pwllheli was a holiday camp located near Pwllheli in Wales.The site is now used by Haven Holidays for a caravan park and has been renamed Hafan y Môr.When originally opened in 1947, it was named Butlins Pwllheli, but in 1990 was renamed Starcoast World.
Lyons Ferry State Park is a public recreation area located near the confluence of the Snake and Palouse rivers, seven miles (11 km) northwest of Starbuck, Washington.The state park is on Route 261, abreast of Lake Herbert G. West, a reservoir on the Snake River created with the construction in the 1960s of the Lower Monumental Dam some 17 miles (27 km) downstream.