Proposed Extensions to the Derbyshire Miners' Holiday Centre in Rhyl

The Derbyshire Miners' Holiday Centre in Rhyl, on the North Wales coast, opened in 1949. It was based on an existing holiday camp for Derbyshire Miners in Skegness, Lincolnshire, which had opened in 1938, as the first of it's kind in the UK. Both of the centres would have been a completely different experience for the Derbyshire families who visited. Derbyshire is one of the county's furthest away from the sea in England, so many children would never have seen the sea before a holiday at one of the centres. They were open each year between March and October. There were special rates offered to retired and disabled miners during these opening times.

Rhyl's camp was sold in 1980 to make way for a housing development. The street names still have Derbyshire place names in remembrance of the previous Derbyshire connection. It was once a large site close to the beach. This plan shows proposed extensions in 1951. Chalets were added to the already existing dormitories accommodation that had originally been offered.