Silverdale children's holiday camp to close after more than a century

A holiday camp which helped improve the lives of thousands of disadvantaged children will close after more than 100 years.
By The Newsroom
Published 8th Jun 2016, 13:02 GMT
Updated 13th Jun 2016, 13:09 GMT
Children from Leeds enjoying the fresh air at the Silverdale holiday camp in 2011.Children from Leeds enjoying the fresh air at the Silverdale holiday camp in 2011.
Children from Leeds enjoying the fresh air at the Silverdale holiday camp in 2011.

The Leeds Children’s Charity Holiday Centre at Silverdale is being sold and will shut at the end of this season.

A devoted supporter of the camp said she was “devastated”.

The centre on Cove Road opened in 1914 and was a longtime holiday haven for children from Leeds, many of whom had never visited the coast before.

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The Leeds Poor Children’s Holiday Camp Association was first set up in 1904 to provide free holidays for young children with families on low incomes.

Today the centre still offers free five day holidays by the sea to children from the most deprived areas of Leeds.

Its facilities include a small indoor heated swimming pool, safe play areas and activities.

Now Leeds Children’s Charity has decided to sell the building and is looking for a new centre in the North of England.

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