- By Rebecca Wearn & Lynette Horsburgh
- BBC News
Pontins said a closure due to flooding had now been made permanent
A third Pontins site has been closed within weeks of the firm shutting two other holiday parks.
Its site at Southport held a New Year’s Eve party for families on Sunday, but was closed in the last 24 hours due to flooding caused by Storm Henk.
Pontins said that closure had now been made permanent.
In a statement on its website, it said after assessing the “future viability of the park, we have come to the difficult decision to close our doors”.
The BBC has been told staff in Southport were informed shortly before lunchtime that the site would be “closing for good”, but has not spoken to any of those affected.
Britannia Hotels, which owns the Pontins brand, has been repeatedly contacted for comment and further information.
The group’s website states that it took control of sites at Southport, Prestatyn, Brean Sands in Somerset, Camber Sands in Sussex and Pakefield in Suffolk in 2011.
It later took over a sixth site at Sand Bay, near Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, which had formerly been a Pontins, but left the firm’s portfolio in 1999.
Rave Kidz, which was due to hold a weekend event for families at the Southport site in February, said it had been emailed by Pontins confirming the closure.
They said they were working to reschedule at another venue and would inform ticketholders as soon as they can.
The dance event business organised more than 28 events across the country in 2023, hosting thousands of families.
Sefton Council, which is the landowner in Southport, said they had not been informed about the closure.
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