Dolphin Holiday Village was purchased by Sir Fred Pontin in 1961 along with sister camp St Mary's Bay & the nearby Wall Park. It became one of the original Pontins camps in the area. Based on a clifftop near Berry Head, Brixham in Devon, Dolphin was a lovely family orientated full board holiday place. With 331 chalets, some wooden & others brick built(some constructed uniquely), Dolphin was highly popular with families & adults alike. Offering excellent restaurant food & great entertainment for everyone it was an enjoyable place to visit. It was regarded as one of Pontins's best camps & there was even a yearly reunion club with many families meeting up at the same time each season. Sadly in Feb 1991 the main complex suffered a major fire, which destroyed the reception & ballroom area & badly gutted the restaurant/kitchen area, causing over 2 million pounds worth of damage. Although booking figures were as high as ever Pontins didn't rebuild the site. For years after the fire the camp was left boarded up & the site became derelict. It's believed because many chalets were so old a la Hi De Hi style, it was not feasable to rebuild the site & so Pontins were rumoured to have sold the land in 1995 to Manor Parks. Years passed by & a proposal arose to turn the site into sewage works. This was met with fierce protests from the locals & so the land remained unused. Until 2005 the derelict site was still there(and still owned by Pontins), the front gates were locked up, the complex partially fenced off, & the chalets all smashed in and burnt out. The land all overgrown & the remains of buildings were crumbling. Vandals and time passing destroyed what was left of great memories. As it stands today the former Pontins site has been demolished and houses are being built on it. This group is for people who want to chat and talk about their memories of Dolphin, and share photos and files. We currently have over 650 photos of Dolphin from over the years.