A family-owned caravan park on Devon’s Jurassic Coast celebrated its diamond jubilee on Friday (May 13th). Oakdown Country Caravan Park welcomed its first static caravan on this date in 1951 and it is believed that it was one of the first designated caravan parks in England, the BBC reports.
The idea for a holiday home on the site was proposed by local businesswoman Jill Bennett, who approached farmer and landowner Edgar Ellis about the scheme.
Exactly 60 years later and the park remains in Mr Ellis’s family, with his daughter Doreen Franks now running the establishment.
Furthermore, Ms Bennett is still in touch with the owners and will be returning to the site, now aged 101, for the diamond jubilee celebrations.
“They’ve come a long way since I first convinced them to let me put a caravan in their field, and it is amazing to see how it’s developed over the years,” she said.
Oakdown Country Caravan Park currently has 150 pitches for touring caravans and 72 static caravans for holidaymakers to rent, and earlier this year it was named AA South West Regional Campsite of the Year 2011.
