Butlin's Clacton Camp Plan

Butlin's Holiday Camp Clacton 1969

Camp Plan

B U T L I N' S Clacton opened on 11th June 1938. It closed to holidaymakers on 4th September 1939, but was used by the armed forces for the duration of World War II, re-opening on 6th April 1946. It officially closed on 18th October 1983.

1 Main Entrance -Garage

2 Outdoor Pool

3 Reception Building
Ground Floor includes: Reception, Campers' Mail, Lost Property, Reception Coffee Bar, Barclays Bank (Nat West Bank 1973), Crazy Horse Bar.
First Floor includes: Sea Horse Lounge, The Playhouse Theatre (The Empire Theatre 1973), and Windsor Dining Hall (Playroom 1973).

4 Tennis Court (used to be a childrens' playground)

5 Gaiety Building
Includes: Gaiety Theatre and Foyer Coffee Bar and (Self Service Kiosk and Model Car Racing 1971).

6 Embassy Club Bar They played wrestling matches and some bingo here. It also hosted, pop groups.

Tony Keeble writes...

"I went to Clacton every xmas and every summer with my parents. It seems like only yesterday I was there. I remember in 1964 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch were playing in the Embassy bar. And they let me get up on stage with them and play their drum kit! They then presented me with a set of maracas which I still have to this day. Butlin's Clacton should be remembered as a fantastic holiday camp and I can honestly say that the memories of going there, and the fun I had there while growing up, will stay with me forever."

Red Camp Chalets

7 Viennese Building
Ground Floor includes: Newsagents, Camp Post Office, Amusements Arcade, and Shop; Blinking Owl Bar.
First Floor includes: Viennese Ballroom, Viennese Coffee Bar and Viennese Bar.

8 Sportsfield

The Sportsfield was bounded by the Viennese Building and the Kent and Gloucester Dining Halls. It was on this field in the 1970s that the Donkey Derbies and 'It's a Knockout' events took place.

9 Children's Building
Includes: Beaver Lodge, Kiddies' Theatre, Infants' Nursery and Creche, Parents Quiet Lounge, Pram Hire.

10 Roller Skating Rink

11 Car Park Red Camp

12 Miniature Railway

13 Football Pitch (and Putting Green 1971)

14 Boating Lake

15 Beach Gate

16 Grosvenor Restaurant

17 Kent And Gloucester Dining Rooms

18 Games Building
Ground Floor includes: Launderette, Ironing Room, and "Be-Gay" Shoe Shop and Amusement Arcades (Harrisons), Main Chalet Office (moved to Viennese Building 1971), Safari Lounge, (and Gale's Boutique 1973).
First Floor includes: Table Tennis, Billiards and Snooker, Darts and Amusement Arcades.

	Ian Bevan writes: "I was a nipper at Butlin's in the seventies, and spent my childhood there as my family owned a shoe shop in the camp called "Be-Gay". I went to school at Camrose School located in Wash Lane, opposite the camp and would sit at my desk and hear " bing- bong-bing...This is Radio Butlin calling" and wish 3.30 would hurry on and I could walk down to the camp."
"The shoe shop was on the end of the games building. The amusements were run by the Harrison family, and I remember once spending all my pocket money in there and coming away empty handed, so went back to mum's shop and pulled all the right faces! Mum went in there and as she knew Teddy Harrison, I came out of there a second time with a bag full of goodies!"

19 Regency Building
Ground Floor includes: Toy Shop, General Shops, Golden Grill, (Holiday Fayre 1971), Chinese Restaurant.
First Floor includes: TV Rooms (BBC and ITV), Regency Bar Lounge, Regency Old Time Ballroom and Fish Restaurant.

20 Indoor Pool Building
Ground Floor includes: South Seas Bar, Ice Cream Sundae Bar, Photographic Shop, Hairdressing Salons, Ice Cream Kiosk.
First Floor includes: Heated Indoor Pool, Toilets, Changing Rooms, and Discotheque.

21 Sun Terrace

22 Main First Aid Post, British Rail Office and Chapel

23 Amusement Park:
Including...
The Peter Pan Railway, The Minic Railway

24 Car Park Blue Camp

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