Since its opening in 1956, Newlands Holiday Camp has seen many changes.
It opened as a simple, council-run tent camp. In 1958 Jack King bought
the camp and the first of a number of chalets appeared. Today, still
under the same ownership, the camp, renamed King's Holiday Park, has
a swimmimng pool, mini zoo, shops, club house, children's and public
bars, a diverse entertainment programme, seasonal fishing in the lake,
and a large number of residential as well as holiday chalets, and plenty
of space for caravans. To quote from a company brochure, the camp offers
visitors, "A Holiday of a Lifetime". King's Holiday Park is
the island's foremost holiday site, welcoming thousands of visitors
every year. The picture shows a caravan entering the camp in the early
1960s. The building on the right is now better known as Steve's Radio
Cars.
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