Changing Forms of Holidaymaking in the 20th Century

• Introduction
• Plotlands
• Holiday camps: Butlin’s and Warner’s
• Conclusion

This section considers two forms of holidaymaking that had a profound impact upon the resorts of the Tendring District during the twentieth century: plotland holiday homes and the commercial holiday camps. How and why these two distinct forms of holidaymaking came to the district is explored by considering their origins and earliest appearances in a wider context and, more specifically, in and around the resorts in the Tendring District.