Plan of the Derbyshire Miners' Welfare Holiday Centre in Skegness

This plan was drawn for the Derbyshire Miners' Association (DMA), who in 1937 had negotiated with the Ministry of Labour for the introduction of a Holiday Savings Scheme, which would enable miners in Derbyshire to take holidays without a loss of earnings. The scheme began in 1938 and one of its aims was the building of a holiday centre in Skegness on the Lincolnshire coast.

The Derbyshire Miners' Welfare Holiday Centre was built with financial grants from the Miners' Welfare Fund and colliery owners. It opened on 20 May 1939 and was the first of its kind in the United Kingdom, described by Sir Frederick Sykes, Chairman of the Miners' Welfare Central Committee, as 'a pioneer venture'. The holiday centre could accommodate almost 1,000 visitors per week in wooden chalets, and was available to approximately 40,000 miners (and their families) then employed in Derbyshire collieries. It provided accommodation, meals and entertainment, and was also used by miners in other regions.

As the mining industry declined, so did the holiday centre. It was sold in 1980 and the site has since been redeveloped for housing.