Abandoned Holiday Camp, Pontins, Hemsby, Norfolk.
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
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Having first visited this location back in 2018 as one of our very first explores we decided to return, knowing that demolition had now begun we wanted to take one final look before it was all gone..
Unfortunately our explore was cut short this time due to the increased security now on site but with a combination of new and past footage we feel we've managed to capture a nice video log of the place before it's all lost forever.
Feel free to take a look back at our previous videos from 2018.. as you can see we've come along way since then! Please excuse the dodgy music, 😂
Pontins 2018 Part 1.
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Pontins 2018 Part 2
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Stayed here as a kid in the late 80’s with my mum, dad and siblings....sadly my dad’s no longer here but it bought back a lot of happy memories even though its in a state now....thanks guys....
You are more then welcome we are pleased it brought back some good memories for you... When we edited this video it took along time to find the right footage in its hay day... Thank you for watching 👍😊
Thank you, it’s brought it all back, the Noddy train, the disco club, the swimming pool and the donkey derby. So sad to see it in such disrepair now.
I took my children here 30 years ago. I also went to Pontins most years as a child and it was horrible seeing Pontins gradually going downhill year on year. Such a shame but great memories.
Yes we have great memories to... Unfortunately most pontins are getting worse all the time won't be long till there as ll gone 😕
Went there in 1983 with my cousins. Such a great week we had and seeing all these holiday camps on CZcams - the ones on The Isle of Wight, usually Puckpool and St Clare - is so sad, I’m almost moved to tears seeing them like this. It’s haunting, imagining the fun times and entertainment. A memory of my childhood and teenage years that I will never forget.
Thanks so much for posting.
Its such a shame to see so many of these places once fill with so much joy now left abandoned shells of them former selves, but I guess its a sign of the times 😔 Some of the land will be retained for holiday let's and the swimming pool reinstated so I guess all is not lost.. Thanks you very much for watching and sharing your memories with us 🙂
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu this is just crazy! I was at break sands (I know it is not this park) and there was a fire and a air duct collapsed in 2018 during bingo at 6:37 at nigjt
Yep same here, June 1983 with my parents and brother for a week. So sad to see it like this now.
Had a wonderful holiday here in 1995 with my family. Special memories but heartwrenching to see it like this. Very haunting.
Thanks for sharing
Yes it's been a very sad site to see for over 10 years now, shame as it had great potential, unfortunately they are now in the middle of demolishing it for a new housing development 😞 Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment 👍
Exploring with Em & Stu has it been demolished now??
@@Olivemfit on its way yes looks so different there now 😕
My mother used to work here and I got a job there too it was a great place. Sad to see it like this 😔
It was we tried to do the video justice but hard to do that with what's it's like there 😞
Spent many happy holidays here when the children were small, so sad to see how it looks now.
We know it's now being turned into a housing I remember the place well 😔
I went here as a kid in 1997 and then again in 2006. First time don’t remember very well but remember learning to swim and being able to bring pet cats. My mum bought 2 cats with us for some reason. And then again in 2006 as a teen. I remember one night watching a fight broke out outside the queen Victoria lol. A lot of swearing and shouting.
Yes it was certainly very popular back in the day, I worked there for a little while in the early 2000's and definitely saw a thing or two lol. Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂
Love this place, me wife and kids were one of the last family's to go there at the Halloween party weekend 2008 and it never re-opened :(
It's a shame about the place... I uesd to go there with my family and it brings it all back actually visited the chalet we stayed and it was sad 😕 hope your keeping safe 👍
So sad. I actually went here on holiday as a little girl. From my memories to seeing what it looks like now. Really sad
Its was very popular back in the day and one of the best Pontins in the country, goodness knows why they choose to close this particular one down as it was always so busy.. of course it's all been turned into houses now so at least its not all gone to waste..
This makes me so sad 😢 we had many happy holidays there when we were kids 😢
We've had so many people say the same to us.. such a shame so many of these places are closing down.. its now all mainly being turned into houses which is often the case.. Thanks for watching.
Ironic, would more likely be booked solid now. I went there many times in the 1970's, fond memories.
This place was so popular still don't understand why it closed 😔
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu Yes it does make you wonder.
Best times of my life at the rockabilly weekenders twice a year in my youth at Hemsby. Now nits across the road taken over by fluffies
We always hear how popular their Rockabilly weekend were, shame its not the same anymore 😔
We explorers are history recorders , when those buildings are taken down , then there are at least photos or videos where we can see how those locations looked like.
I miss exploring , I even bought a car to go to explore but I have fear of driving. :(
Driving is not for everyone but you just have to gane confidence... And yes we are history recorders and we get a bad press for it.. Because of the vandalism so sad... Thank you for your comments 😊
Superb shots and superb quality...that's how you film urban decay!!👍
Thanks Anthony, glad you liked the video. 😊👍
It reminds me football club owners in the 1950s & 1960s. Massive public participation and huge revenue spent by the owners on Rolls Royce cars homes in Bermuda and huge stately homes and no investment in the business. Thinking the people would keep coming and would not notice the decline around them. Bad management. Adapt or die. in all businesses.
Love the 1970's clip! Thanks! Keep safe both of you.
Took ages to find thank you for your comments 😁
Great video, i live in Norwich and remember this site well, me and my mate (rip) would jump the fence most weekends in the summer just to go in the club bar as there was always .security on the main entrance and always asked for name and room number. 1980 ish thanks for the memory :)
grew up around this place, used to be so full of life..
Yes I remember it well myself, worked there for a little while back in the day.. always full of happy holiday makers, shame to see what it became..
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu where did you work on site? maybe we know each other lol.
I did some house keeping for a little while as a teenager in 2001/02 I believe it was..
It's so sad to see a once happy place looking so run down.
Yeah it was a shame they decided to close this one being one of the better Parks in its day.. now all being turned into houses with some of the chalets converted, they're actually doing quite a nice job 👍
So sad to see this we had some good holiday here in the late 80 s and early 90 s
So did I was great fun sad to see it now thank you for your comments 😊
Now completely flattened ready for hundreds of new houses with very little outside space no doubt.
Yer we know such ashame but better off it was such a troubled place ppl distroying it 😔
So so many happy memories of this place with BYBA British Youth Band Association. Burgess Hill marching B and G Band and many others when I was with both 18th Chester Scout Band and Ghost Drum and Bugle Corps !!
Glad u have many happy memories of this place. Thanks for sharing them with us 👍😊
Still looks better then some other pontins I bin to
We've heard people say that a few times.. personally we couldn't comment lol. 😄
I remember when my mum took me there and then I asked her if we could go again and she said sorry its not open and I was really annoyed because I loved it !!!
It was a great place it was horrible to go back I used to go there as a kid 😔
I made and fitted the signage at this camp in 1971. We travelled up from Bournemouth and spent 3:days fitting the signs. Fred Pontin was visiting and shook my hand.
That's actually quite cool that he did that did you notice any signs you did there...some where originally from the 70s they didn't change much 🙂
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu Sadly no. The sign at the entrance was a later one that I did not recognise. The ones that always stand out in my memory was the Aspro Pontin Medical centre. The fire exit signs and the ones in the bar. While we were walking in the bar, there was a band rehearsing. They rehearsed Chirpy Chirpy bleedin' Cheep Cheep for four hours solid!
A few years ago my wife had to attend a meeting in Norwich. I took myself off to Hemsby and parked by the locked gates. It was such a sad experience.
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu Most of my signs were light and dark blue with a white seagull at one end.
Oh we see probably not there then but still cool he shook your hand 🙂
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu One of his staff asked me to move my ladder. Fred told him not to disturb me, as there was another entrance. He let me finish and watched me come down and shook my hand.
It's so sad to see this way a couple of people had great memories
Yes it really is, it was always so busy in its hey day but I guess all good things have to come to an end. It's now being demolished to make way for its next chapter..
Driven past so many times always courious about the place Thank you
Thank you for your comments and we are pleased your passing by was satisfactory with this vid 👍😊
What a shame it closed down, thanks for showing us around 👍👍👍
Hi thank you thank you for your comments 😊
Absolutely gutting seeing it like this, had a wonderful holiday here when I was little and it was absolutely packed with families having fun 😢😢
It's looking OK now it's being turned into housing using the original buildings to build them.....thank you for your comments 😀
Hi great video it's sad 😭 to see all of the Pontins are gone now apart from 2 Adult only one s would you be visiting any of the other Pontins that have recently closed
Great video keep up with the good work
If your referring to the one in Southport then it's unlikely we'll get the chance any time soon with it being over 5 hours away from us.. Thankfully this one was only 20 mins up the road from us.. Its so sad to see all these places closing down. Thanks for watching 👍
I really enjoyed the video. Thank you for sharing this. Well done!
Thank you hope all is well 😊
Great video and footage very nice indeed well done thanks for sharing cheers 👍
Thank you for your comments we really appreciate your input 😊
Very sad to see all these holiday camps disappearing. Spent MANY weeks and long weekends at them thanks to playing darts. They were home to a lot of major tournaments from the 70's until the 90's, and Pontin's at Hemsby was a regular stop, hosting the BDO Mayday Festival every year. We moved there from Denes at Kessingland.
Yes we completely understand it holds great memories for us to 🙂
In all fairness this place was on WatchDog in the end as the place was an absolute death trap, kids getting electrocuted touching lamp posts as they weren't grounded properly. The incompetence of Pontins it was for the best it was closed before some poor soul was killed.
It was such a shame we went there as kids and It was a good place but you are right best thing to do 😔
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu It is a shame, I think holiday camps could make a bit of a comeback in this day and age. Always watch the movie Holiday on the Buses and sad that's a memory I wasn't around for :(
@@Larry there are still a few Pontins Holiday Camps around. 6 in total.
www.pontins.com/holiday-parks/
I did 2 Summer seasons there 1990/1991 and a Christmas week as well. Met my future wife there and almost drowned in the boating lake! Great memories. I also used to go to the Country & Western nights and other events. Such a shame it was left all those years to be vandalised and burned. I suppose that's progress for you...
Good nearly drowning lol had some we both have memories there as well sad to see thanks for watching stay away from water 🙂
Nice video. I cannot and will not believe that a decent management couldn't have made these old parks viable.
It does seem a shame when it was always so popular and some of the much worse Pontins around the country are still open.. I believe this week the first residents started moving into the redevelopment where they've converted some of the chalets into houses so at least it hasn't all gone to waste..
Wow how much it's left to rot it was rocking in the days well done on 4k subs
Yer now it's just a building site for housing...thank you 😉
Shame it came to this. Lots of memories came crashing down when they destroyed it. Great videography on this one. Thanks for sharing...Von
Your welcome the memories we have did the same so do feel what your saying thank you for your comments 😊😔
my mums always wanted to go there as a kid but couldn't afford it i would love to build it back up just for my mum.
It's a shame it ended up like this... And that is a really nice jester that you have for your mum 😊
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu thx
Met up with my then girlfriend over there in 1993..what a great place it was.
Are you still with her that's the question 🤔
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu unfortunately not lol
Lol oh sorry but it was a great place once 🙂
SO EXCITED I FOUND THIS CHANNEL!!! LOVE IT!!!!🙏🏻❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰🇬🇧🌈
Thank you very much! We really appreciate you taking a look at our channel 😊👍
This is a great video, job well done! But it is sad that it's been closed for a long time.I can imagine how nice it was a long time ago.
It was nice that's why we found the old footage and put it in we thought it would be nice to share that memory thanks for watching have a great day 😊
Another amazing find em and stu crew👌🏻👌🏻
😊 Thank you it was a good day thank you for your comments ☺️
Hi guys👋👋 Watch ye later at work👍
Hope you liked it 😊
Loving the videos stu
I'm glad your liking them there's better videos then the old videos lol
Drove past it today, they're finally demolishing the place. (took some photos of you want to see them)
Hi Larry yes I've seen them demolishing it as we have holiday chalets in Hemsby and have been a couple of times this week.. shame but it was an awful mess for the local residents so good for them to get something new in its place I guess 👍
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu do u have chalets for rent? I went here and the other sites 15 years in a row.....I miss this place so so so much ...me and my twin want to visit next year with our children so they can experience what happiness and excitement we did....I adore Hemsby not just love the place....please feel free to get in touch xx
@@katywhitaker4790 hi yes this place is so sad to see but it is being developed now and we are looking forward to seeing the final results... And also yes our family do have holiday let's in this area please feel free to visit their website www.chaplinshemsbyholidayhomes.co.uk 😊
Omg I love exploring abandoned videos and stuff like that. I come to hemsby every year and stay up the road frrom here. I've never been here cuz I'm 16 but my family have been here when they were younger. We pass it every year. I kinda want sam and Colby and others that I watch to come here
Yeah it was quite popular back in the day.. Shame it closed down.. its now all being redeveloped but was good to explore when it was still abandoned.. Thanks for watching 👍
Who was singing wounder wall? Thank you for the video, I ust to come here every year for my main holiday in the 90s. What great times it's a shame to see it in this state.
Il look into it for you I can't remember lol 😊
So sad to see our holiday camps like this
Unfortunately too many are now going this way.. 😔
Can wait to do this place but it has been done so many times now😢👍👍👍
Give your take on it everyone is different 😊
Looked like that would have been a cool place. We have an old saying Leave it better than you found it. It's just to bad it falls on many deaf ears. Cool video👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
We agree its quite a shock to walk in to this place and see what has happened to it... We have good memories here for holidays now its just a playground for vandalism and fires 😔
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu there are so many places like this here I'll never understand why people have to destroy it 🤔🤔🤔🤔
No nor us 😔
Sad to see so many happy memory was most probably made there
It was sad to see when we was there 😔
As always Nice video but very sad to see it in that state. Take care 👍👍
We said that we wish ppl just left things alone 😔
Still a cool place but yes I just don’t get the yobs that vandalise things.
Great video,
there is an abandoned fire damaged hotel in Sutton bridge that would make for a good video
I don't think we know of that one we will check it out thank you 😊
Been here a few times really good video, Gld to hear its finnally sold and planning permission put forward to put housing on this site
Yes I've heard they've been doing a fair bit of work on there recently to get the site cleared, shame we won't be able to explore it any more but such a relief for the locals as it's been an eyesore and haven for vandals and arsonists for such a long time now. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment 👍🙂
Amazing video. My boyfriend just said how he had many weekends here with the lads, such a shame.
Also loving the Dance Monkey cover x
Yer great tune I think specially with that cover 😊
Cool i see it evry day
Shame it's going now 😕
What’s an ‘emotion sensor’? I could do with one of them for my partner
Lol just my sence of humour... But yer if you went on argos they do them lol 😂😊
Sold! I’ll buy 20
Lol I no the feeling 😊
Ty for sharing x
Your welcome 😊
Nice music don't really matter about the vandalism it's getting flattened anyway
Yer we know there's a update video on this last week we put out 😊
Awesome. Been to Hemsby a hundred times and never even knew this place was there! Who does the incredible music on this video?
Hi thank you really appreciate your comments.. What but of music did you like 😊
Exploring with Em & Stu in particular the cover of Wonderwall was awesome.
We try and put something people would know so it makes it more interesting... People have different tastes but we do our best hope your staying safe and keeping well 😊👍
We used to go every year here when it was COuntry Western weeks, my sister, myself, mum and dad. Loved our times spent there. Used to meet up with friends every year, such a shame it has shut. DOes anyone know what they are going to do with the place?
As far as we know it's going to go to housing... We've been twice and the last time it was worse yes its such a shame thank you for your comments 😊
I would like sume photos of the old pontins site I got some of this site e bay
sad but strangely intriguing
It is really sad to see it all in such a state but like you say, quite interesting to take a little look about.. Thanks for watching 😊👍
Honestly a shame it’s being knocked down now as me and my mates as well as so many others have such great memories in there
Sad but it needs to go it's to dangerous there now 😢
Don't know why don't do up for evacuees to live in Mr n carlsson skemersdale
always wanted to go there , there is security in there or was , and a guy still owns it , but they left it to nature
the single holiday lets are still in use ., and be fenced off from the main site
There knocking it down now... New houses and 40 statics are going there such a shame... We was lucky to document it before it goes 😊😒
Great video went there with the kids boxing day no security as it's going and not worth saving anyway did you enjoy going through the tiny hole in the fence lol
No the fence was down been here before great place but soon will be gone 😊😔
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu was a small hole when we went was good though
Great video 😁👍
Thank you 👍😊
Somebody needs to buy it and revamp it bring it back to its old glory’s but better
It's now being turned in to a housing development now 😊
Exploring with Em & Stu at least it will bring back some life too the old place
Be nice to see once it's done
Exploring with Em & Stu indeed it will hopefully they do a good job ✋🏻😎
Although I've never been there It's still sad to see it in that state, beats me why they feel the need to vandalise these places
You and us also we go to so many places that are like this and it is sad... thanks for watching and happy Christmas 🎄
Great video, love footage of this place. What's the song as you showed playground footage?
The song is red right hand... And thank you so much for your comments 😊
When did you guys explore here? When we did in February this year the whole pub, clubhouse, pool table and kitchen area had been burnt down and was completely covered in black with white ash everywhere. Wish I could post the pics here to show you.
We have been twice it was totally distroyed the last time we have a fb and instergram account if you want to contact us 😊
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu Would love to, I live in Norfolk and have been to a number of these places, I also have an insta account. I have a gem that I haven't seen on your channel too that's on my insta. forgottenmemorieslosttotime. Will look you guys up now.
Hi who sings that cover of dance monkey on this video please !??
Samantha Harvey lovely voice 😊
you may be interested in this abandoned house it has been emty for 20-35 years. have not been past there for several years but it may be still abandoned there is a track / legal footparth parst it. so if you are going near eastbridge suffolk check it out. there are alot more abandoned boats and house in suffolk / essex.
TM 45415 65254 Latitude 52.230743 Longitude 1.5924141 X (Easting) : 645415 Y (Northing) : 265254 Postcode (nearest) : IP16 4SN
Thanks Donald, we do have a derelict house on our to do map around the Eastbridge area so will have to check to see if it's the same one.. Thanks for your information, it's very much appreciated 👍
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu can you email me on headingforthehorizon@outlook.com so i can email you back with more info including openstreetmaps on abandoned houses & boats, wild camps, places of interest.
donald cooledge
Good times
It was, I used to go there on holiday 😊
This should be renovated and used to
House local
Community!!
They've been developing the site now for around a year, converting some of the old chalets into houses, building new ones and renovation the swimming pool, hopefully it will be an asset to the local area, here's a little look we took not so long ago..
czcams.com/video/pA8OubfQ2Dk/video.html
I've been alot of places around the world and you may laugh but I f**king LOVE Hemsby and Yarmouth. Went there as a kid and still love it now just as much. Makes you a kid again especially going round the cheap tat shops buying loads of stuff you never need but gotta have it🤣😂 Just found your channel and subbed. Keep up the good work ✌️ What's wrong with the music?? It's a really good version of song. Really good. Not heard this version. Can anyone let me know who recorded this version of it please if possible? ✌️
Welcome yo our channel and thank you for your sub 🙏 we hope you enjoy future uploads and we both with you well 😀 I love it there but Em lives there so love not so much I can remember the version of the song il look in to it 😊
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu I'm looking forward to watching all the old videos as well as future ones. Brill channel and keep on keeping on 🤗👍
Thank you new videos get released every Sunday 🙂
Watch the viral video of Lee Mack telling his 'Kent' story on the Graham Norton Show, about his first attempt at stand-up comedy - took place in the clubhouse here when he was a bluecoat at Hemsby
Wow we never thought someone like him would do a stand up there such ashame it's in a right state now 😔
Doesn’t look any different from the last time I stayed there 😂 good old sun holidays
Lol alot have said that but it looked nice in the old footage 😊
Cool! Huge like :)
Thank you very much 😊
Pontins camp should been given to Norfolk county council too house illegal immigrant or homeless in thee area, instead it will be brought up by some property developer to turn into second home for stinking rich from London and south east.
Yer it should of really 🤔
In stead of holiday firms building new places use existing ones
Yes we agree 👍
You've filmed a ghost! Just after pub and going along path!!!
We will check it out 🤔
Give me the time of the vid
My mum stayed here and every year we stay at belle air and she tells us all about it
We know that park as well as Pontins... Such a shame this had to happen but at least we got it documented before it all goes.... That's why we do this... To keep these places alive in some way.... A little something for history 😊
I've never been there, but it's so sad to see the place so delapidated. Shame. 🇬🇧💕
It really is a shame to see it in such a mess knowing so many people used to enjoy the place so much 😔
I go there every year
It's a brilliant place to visit... Used to go there when I was a kid 😊
Just looked on google earth for this place,Now looks like its all been torn down to the grounds,Nothing left of it now
Hi Dale, I live quite locally to Hemsby, its not actually been all demolished.. The main entertainment buildings have been but most of the chalets as well as the swimming pool is infact still standing.. it was bought by a developer who is converting the chalets into houses.. they plan on refurbishing the pool and adding new facilities.. We do have a slightly more recent video showing some of this and hope to return when it is all finished 😊
czcams.com/video/pA8OubfQ2Dk/video.html
Link to the more recent video..
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu ok thanks,I have a look in a bit cheers
hi whats the music playing from 9.30 , love it , and love the vids thanks
Thank you, It's called Shy Girl by Kedam 🙂
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu aww, thanks guys
I want to go here with my boyfriend. Not sure if security is too tough now to go?
The whole park was bought by developers a few years ago and has since been turned into houses..
It look like with a year and a bit of work done to they they will be like new
Yer it's a shame it's gone like this... The video we made for this just shows then and now... Its sole breaking 😊😕😢👍
Seems incredibly sad watching this, it almost represents how the world has become and how the innocence has been taken over by evil and destruction.
I used to holiday here and was really sad to go back and see it like this... But now it's being developed 🙄
So very sad to see this place looking so neglected and abused like this. :-(
We know we have been twice and was worse then the time before 😔
The one in Southport isn't much better than this...... and its still open!
Yer can imagine this there flag ship site really don't know why the closed it down 😁
This is the 1 near the co op-
Yer it's all gone now 😑
So sad to see
Yer this place was sad to see... Its being taken down now 😕
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu havent been that way for 2 years. Thanks for the video of it 😀
Used to be a decent place to go to rattle a few windows thru....
What do u mean?
Why do people feel the need to smash everything up if its abandoned just let mother nature reclaim it, shame it has to happen at all but I suppose housing the homeless would be out of the question 😖
Music spoils it
Oh sorry
It's sad that the world has more than it's fair share of destructive people.
We know so bad what people can do 😔