Holidaymakers affected will be contacted but it leaves customer plans for Christmas break in disarray

Pontins has closed its Camber Sands holiday park in Kent. It posted a statement online, revealing that it would be closing the family holiday park in Rye with "immediate effect". It is one of two parks to suddenly be shut down, with a second site in Wales also closing.

A holiday park on the East Sussex coast is to close immediately, its owner has announced. On Thursday, Pontins said its site at Camber Sands, near Rye, would shut "with immediate effect". It also announced that another park at Prestatyn in north Wales would also close straight away.

Pontins Camber Sands near the Kent border in Rye has announced a shock shutdown on social media. Explaining its Prestatyn site in Wales location is also closing its doors, bosses said on Facebook: “We regret to inform you that our parks in Prestatyn and Camber Sands will be closing with immediate effect.

A north Wales holiday park is to close immediately, its owner has announced. Pontins said its site at Prestatyn, Denbighshire, would shut "with immediate effect". It also announced that another park at Camber Sands in East Sussex would also close straight away.

Two beloved budget seaside resorts have suddenly closed, leaving some holidaymakers in the lurch. Pontins said its sites in Camber Sands, East Sussex, and Prestatyn, Wales, would be closed with ‘immediate effect’ despite the operator making record profits last year.

Holidaymakers’ plans for Christmas are in tatters after Pontins closed two sites without warning. The holiday camp company, rated the UK’s worst in 2022, has closed sites in Prestatyn, north Wales, and Camber Sands in East Sussex.

No reason has been given yet for the closure, although the company has said customers will be refunded. | ITV News Wales