Pontin's
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Pontins is a British holiday company founded in 1946 by Fred Pontin.
In 1978 the company was sold to Coral in a £56 million deal. In 1980 Coral (including Pontins) was taken over by Bass who later disposed of the Pontinental side of the business. In 1987 Pontins was sold to a management buyout team lead by Trevor Hemmings. In 1989 Pontins was sold yet again, this time to Scottish & Newcastle. Over the next ten years the company closed or sold a number of sites. In a 3-year programme in the mid-1990s, the remaining camps were modernized. In 2000 the company, which now owned only eight camps, was sold back to Hemmings.
Its headquarter's are located in the Lancashire village of Eccleston near Chorley.
[edit] Resorts
Pontins currently runs eight resorts (known as 'centres') in the United Kingdom.
- Camber Sands, East Sussex
- Southport, Lancashire
- Prestatyn Sands, Denbighshire
- Brean Sands, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset
- Hemsby, Norfolk
- Wall Park, Brixham, Devon
- Blackpool, Lancashire
- Pakefield, Kessingland, Suffolk
[edit] Popular culture
- The 1973 British film Holiday On The Buses was filmed at and set in the Pontins Prestatyn resort.
