Growing up there in the '70s, Derek recalled seeing a vibrant Barry Island fall into decline when cheap air travel saw the demise of the British seaside holiday and the town's Butlins closed in 1996.

The owner of Barry Island pleasure park says he’s given up on plans for a Butlins-like site beside a children’s hospice. Henry Danter, who has owned the pleasure park in the Vale of Glamorgan ...

It struggled after the nearby Butlins holiday camp closed 18 years ago. 'It is a very sad day indeed,' said the iconic pleasure park co-owner Ian Rogers. 'I have been at Barry Island since I was ...

When Butlins closed there was a big decline on ... It's brought a wide range of people here - people who'd never heard of Barry Island before. They're coming from Essex to Australia to South ...