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Inside once-thriving Pontins seaside holiday park loved by families that’s now sitting empty after sudden closure
Mar 16, 2025
A ONCE-THRIVING Pontins holiday park now sits eerily empty after abruptly closing its doors.
The company have shuttered its location in Prestatyn, Wales, leaving locals bewildered.
Locals have weighed in on the head-scratching closure of the once-buzzing family holiday hotspot.
"It ought to be used for something. I think it should be a holiday camp again. The council could issue a compulsory purchase order [to help that happen]," local Pete Davis, 81, told NorthWalesLive.
Prestatyn resident Doreen Hughes doubled down on the pensioner's thoughts.
She added: "It's empty and I'd rather it was a holiday camp again.
"We moved here in 1973 and it was never any trouble to us.
"I don't want it knocked down for more houses as I don't feel there are enough doctors' surgeries and schools - not enough infrastructure to support them."
The town's mayor Adrian West would also like some progress at the site owned by Britannia Hotels.
"I want to see the site brought back into some form of productive use again," he said.
"For it just to be lying idle is doing nobody any good. I would not want it used (though) for some sort of industry, given that it's right next to the waterfront."
Pontins once had as many as 30 holiday parks open in the UK, although this fell to six in recent months.
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