Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Butlins, whose holiday camps were gently lampooned in the 1980s television ...

You may think that sampling a mini-break at Butlins in Bognor Regis is not up there with, say, a tour of duty in Helmand Province in terms of tough journalistic assignments. But as I write this, ...

Buoyant Butlins is celebrating its 75th birthday this year. To say the nation’s favourite holiday park has changed since it opened in 1936 is an understatement. Back then it was canteen dining and ...

We’ve only been at Butlins about 15 minutes before things start going downhill, fast. Nothing to do with the accommodation – we were staying in the new and super-slick Wave hotel, or the staff who are ...

When the enterprising Billy Butlin saw the slogan “Our true intent is all for your delight” painted on a fairground organ, he had no idea it was a quotation from A Midsummer Night’s Dream – or so the ...

Butlin's is a British legend and a go-to holiday destination for families that has been offering fun, frolics and affordable seaside breaks since the 1930s. Famous for its all-inclusive holiday camps, ...

Visitors to Butlins have slammed “filthy” rooms and claim the swimming pool was “closed for the summer”. Butlins Skegness in Lincolnshire has faced criticism from visitors, with many saying the east ...

Butlins is a name that has become synonymous with Skegness. Why? Well simply Skegness can be called the birth place of Butlins as it was near Skegness that Billy Butlin built his first holiday camp.

This is just a selection of the entertainment you can expect to see at Butlins this 2025 – and you can save 25% if you book now! (Picture: Butlins/Metro) Metro journalists select and curate the ...

The knotted hankies and smell of chip fat are gone, replaced by rainfall showers, coloured lights, spas and avocado salad. Cassandra Jardine reports on a British holiday icon that is reinventing ...

Lavishly illustrated hardback offers a delightful stroll down memory lane and a history of the British Seaside Billy Butlin said he always preferred to dwell on the future rather than the past. But ...