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Trecco Bay Caravan Park

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NPRN268128
Map ReferenceSS87NW
Grid ReferenceSS8320076700
Unitary (Local) AuthorityBridgend
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityPorthcawl
Type Of SiteHOLIDAY CENTRE
PeriodModern
Description
Trecco Bay Caravan Park, Porthcawl, is now the UK's largest caravan park. The rapid growth of caravanning and camping began in the 1950s and 60s as an alternative to the traditional boarding house or hotel. Trecco Bay was at its height in the late 1950s, with caravans, tents, toilet blocks and other facilities nestling in the dunes and spilling out onto the beach at the very limit of the high tide mark. (Text from the forthcoming 'Historic Wales from the Air', RCAHMW, 2012).

RCAHMW, 2012