Abandoned Caravan Park, Norfolk Coast.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2019
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Set along the Norfolk coast was this once bustling Caravan Park until it succumbed to the inevitable coastle erosion that plagues this part of the county.. Fortunately the park was moved to a new site further inland leaving its former ghostly outline sat here eerily close to the cliff edge..
Check out Tom Outdoors video of this part of the Norfolk coastal path:
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Our previous explore of Happisburgh ww2 battery, just north of this site:
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The site was called Manor Farm it was/is family owned, my parents had a Caravan there for over 20 years & they loved it there was even a famous TV actor who had a van there who was well known for his role in the Professionals, Unfortunately the site owner had the caravan owners by the short & curlys when it came time to move site as their options were to move to the new site just behind the school at a cost of well in excess of £1000 plus increased site fees or basically scrap their caravans unfortunately a lot of the older caravans were too rusty to move so had to be scrapped for a fee I guess a few owners just walked away from their caravans hence a few left behind I know the first one you went into the owners of that van took very good care of it, I believe 2018 was the last year the site was opened, It's really sad to see the site like this as I have spent many a happy weekend there with friends & family, Thanks for the video guys.
Thanks for telling us abit about the history of how this place came to be left like this.. Its very sad to hear that many of the caravan owners had no choice but to walk away from their much loved holiday homes. We appreciate you taking the time to message us with your memories. 😊
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@@ExploringWithEmAndStu alot of history along the norfolk coast i live 9 miles inland, would love to see more videos of norfolk
We've got plenty of videos planned this year all around Norfolk 👍😊
Ohhh that location is So near the beach & sea view...
It will be of been so lovely listening to the sea at night & falling asleep..
The salty sea air does rust things quickly by the coast...
Thanks for sharing🤗😘
Yes such a beautiful part of the country, shame its all slowly falling into the sea.. I believe they are finally going to sort of some sea defences in the very near future but too late for this caravan park 😔
Hi guys another good video. The pub is still there and hopefully will be open again once life gets a bit more normal. Very sad to see how it's going into the sea. I have family buried in the church yard so this place is very special to me.
We are both pleased that the place is special to you... It is really sad to see what the sea has done to this place hopefully they will put defences in one day 😑
Great video and footage very nice indeed well done just loved it thanks for sharing have a great day
Thank you so much! Glad u liked it 😁
Another amazing video guys and so strange to see an abandoned caravan park like that. Amazing view from the Norfolk Coastline
ATB GL & HH
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Thank you it was so strange to visit there and felt quite sad 😔
Hi guys🖐🖐 I enjoyed that video keep them coming👍👻
Thank you and we will 😁😊👍
We used to take our touring caravan on the east field 10:38 with a view of the Happisburgh Lighthouse. Sad to see the field empty and waiting for the tides to take it away 😔 Trev
Hi yes it was sad to see this but it seems to hold good memories for you thank you for watching and your comments 😕
This is crazy 😳
Reminds me of my childhood. My mate used to live in a static caravan in this area.
This place was so strange to be in but fun none the less thank you for watching 😁😊😉👍
Thatplace would make a superb film set. Music works perfectly!
Thanks mate and yer it would have it was a strange place to go we went after Tom went but we did give him the credit for it tho 😁👍
Hardy Tempest’s Wild Camps and Walks. Group meet-up? Lol
Eerie old place. You did well to get there before the final caravans were lifted out. I have to say, I got a bit jittery in the opening shot of this video when you filmed right at the end of the clifftop road! Be careful!! Nice little vid though. Thanks for sharing. ATB - Ben👍👍☀️⛺️
Yes a very strange place.. don't worry the video at the start makes it look like we got alot closer than we actually did.. Thanks for watching. Em 😊
I REMMber this pontins when I was a kid was wicked
This was just a small caravan park up the coast, the Pontins was further south but we've also made a few videos there too.. 😀
Lovely to see your subs are growing you guys so well deserve it.
Thanks 😊 It's been slowly creeping up which is always nice to see 👍
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu Yes it is nice to see Stu exciting times
We're hoping to put something special together if we eventually get to 1000! 😁
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu That wont be long then Stu look forward to that very much.
Nice one guys, tough to make knackered old caravans interesting, but you did. ATB James
Thanks, no not really the sort of thing we do too much of these days but they were just up the road from me so couldn't resist! Shame lots had been demolished since we'd seen it the first time tho.. Thanks for watching 👍
Some of my happiest childhood memories were spent in holiday caravans just like these. What a shame!
Thank you we always appreciate your nice comments
Loved this one
Thank you
Great job nice find ❤️
Thank you we got the location from a fellow youtuber Tom outdoors
Hi mate that weird cupboard you opened is called a wardrobe lol
Lol yer amazing what you say look back and say to your self...." well that's wrong" lol 😆
So sad.would much rather live in somewhere like that than bricks and mortar. Thank you for great videos
Thank you and yer it was sad to see the place go down the pan like this... 😕
Its upsetting how they were just left like that , a bit of work and they'd be more or less habitable again , sad 😧
It's always sad to see these places go... But that's why we do what we do... Keeping the memories alive as much as we can 😊
Hi guys ,so sad seeing caravan parks ending up like this. Just shows we all get old
The good news of the park it was moved to somewhere else down the road 🙂
Really enjoy watching your abandoned norfolk sites. This one is Happisburgh, not that far from where I live
Thank you very much 😊
Cracking video, It's such a shame they can't get it back to it's former glory but I suppose with the cliffs thats a no go?
Huge amounts of the cliffs are just crumbling into the sea on a regular basis, this whole area will be gone in the very near future. Thanks for your comment 👍
I think it looks peaceful and scenic. If someone let me move in, I'd tidy it up and it would be great.
It's all gone now it's a shame it was left like that 😕
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu Already, oh well.
We get a lot of the same costal erosion on the North East coast and a local hotel famously went over the cliff a few years ago, just outside Scarbourgh. Real weird that the caravans were just left and not tried to be moved and a bit sad, I agree. Cheers Alan
It's so sad no one is doing nothing about it
What a great explore.Kind of sad to think ppl probably lived there or had their holidays there.Is it Happisbugh they've lost a lot of their chalets there.xx
Yes it certainly is very sad to see.. Here at Happisburgh they had to demolish a good few houses at the end of Beach road as they were very close to the edge but down the road at Hemsby they've lost nearly a couple of dozen of the chalets, some of which actually fell over the edge in the last few years.. 😔 Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
Cool explore mate. Found an abandoned caravan other day on one of my explores. But so many left here. Cool 👍👍👍
We saw it from a fellow youtuber and thought we would have a look glad we did really always interesting finding things on explores lol😊😁😉👍
It's a shame they couldn't sell them, those kind of caravans go for at least £50,000 on the market.
Have a Beer
P.S me & a friend are officially the last two people to cook on this camp site. Parked up every other Weekend before they put up the fencing. In my Berlingo
That's actually quite cool... But at the same time quite sad to hear.... Its a shame that the place went lovely view 😊😔
I remember there being loads more in that area
There was most have been taken apart now 😕
What a shame see these like this where there are so many young homeless people. Loved the vid thanks.
Yes there's quite alot of abandoned places around here that would have been perfect for the homeless so it us a really shame..
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu What puzzles me the most Stu its just left to rot it could be so much there could be so good.
Was this a legitimate place or caravan squatters? I've not seen anything like this. Very interesting. Well done.
We have no idea but it was very strange to be there 😊😁👍
It was an actual holiday Park called Manor Caravan Park, it still exists but they moved it's location along with most of the caravans due to the coastal erosion further inland.
If Thomas Cook did caravan parks ..... On a serious note, I wonder if anyone will do anything about the erosion once it gets nearer to the parish church?! Such a shame about coastal erosion. I bet this site holds a lot of memories for many people.
Really sad to see this happen... We don't think they will do anything about it 😐😔
Unfortunately I very much doubt it, it wouldn't be the first church to fall into the sea along the coast around this area.. Luckily the owners managed to secure a new site for the park but I'm guessing not everyone decided to move.. Thanks for watching Hambo. ATB Em and Stu 🙂
That first one must have been a top of the range (and pricy one) to have an actual bath in it. The flooring must have been thicker than standard ones to hold the weight of a filled bath. I'm envious... and sad that it's been abandoned in the first place.
Yes we were quite surprised to see an actual bath! Ive spent alot of my time in the past in many different caravans and so know its very rare to see one. It was a nice little place to explore, we just wish we'd got there a few weeks earlier as there was more of them still left, we believe it has now all been demolished and left for nature to reclaim.. Thanks for your comment. ATB Em and Stu 👍
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu That's even more of a shame. I bet they would have been amazing if they were fixed up for someone to use.
Unfortunately as u will have seen the caravan site was abandoned due to the awful coastal erosion around that area, but they did at least save all the newer ones and move them to a new location very close by.
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu what I meant was take it to another site after fixing it up. Being demolished when there wasn't much wrong with it is heartbreaking to read.
Yes it does seem like quite a waste as from what we could tell other than the fact that they were abit dated, there really didn't appear to be much wrong with them, well before they were abandoned and trashed by vandals anyway.. although I think the scrap metal dealers were quite happy with the decision, lol.
Looks like it has been opened up again. just looked on line
They moved the site just up the road, these were just the caravans that decided not to make the move to the new site..
exploring with emu lol
Good video I just hope they remove all of the stuff that will or may end up in the sea
We are sure they will 😊👍
You always get the idiots who vandalise the place..... It's a shame fly......Love your vid guys.....
Yer we go to alot of places that are the same..... We thank you for your nice comments we hope you are staying safe 😊
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu thank you and please please stay safe and healthy... Hope to see more vids from you both... Love From the north west..♥♥♥♥♥
Thanks Robert, we are hoping to get a little update vlog put out in the next couple of days but really can't wait til we are back out exploring again. Take care and stay safe 😊
I live in a caravan
Nothing wrong with that I know plenty of ppl that have done the same 🙂
I have always dreamed of living in a caravan , lucky you
Looking at Google maps there is a Pillbox on the beach, is it still there?
Not to sure there's a possibility 😊
I actually just went holiday there funny enough and I explored it I was sad when me and my dad saw it we explored it around in the middle of August 3 weeks before this video was uploaded,and when we stayed there we stayed at the park where the new one is and we talked to the lady owner and she said that she had owning the one in this video for 50 year's! and she could remember the land when there wasn't the erosion .so when we went to explore it there was about 10 caravans at the time.
It was abandoned last winter and the lady said that they might clean it all up before the caravans end up in the sea and cause pollution.
Btw if you want to see when they were a normal campsite look on Google maps and there is also a TH-cam video of someone that was staying he drove #happisburgh keep scrolling down you might see some interesting videos. Hope I told you most of the history behind this.
Reply if you have any questions.🙂
So sad I bet you felt it a bit strange going back there... We was quite shocked to see what has happened there... Thank you for your comments I hope this video didn't upset ur memories 😢👌
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu no we just explored it please may you pin my comment because its interesting it basically tells everything.🙂
Il get Em to do it for you no problem 👍
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu thanks
Your very welcome 👍
These would be interesting if the camera was slowed down.
We know we have different equipment these days also our edits are alot different as well we are trying to go back to old places to re film but unfortunately these are not there anymore... 😐
Look at Alexsandro Robinsons Comment (interesting) I'm his dad.
Oh hello your son was just telling us of both experiences you had it's sad to see this specially what has happened there like we told your son we was shocked to see what had happened there and as we said before we hope this video hasn't upset a nice memory 👍😢
I'm surprised you don't get homesless migrating to these places. They do seem to be getting more common.
That is very true but these were going to be ripped down so quick don't think they got the chance 😕
I was gobsmacked that no barrier was placed about 10 metres back from where the road had dropped into the sea. the owner of the site should have been made to remove all remaining structures and not leave them to rot and rust in the elements. They are a pretty ugly eyesore.
When we visited the site they were in the middle of scraping all the remaining caravans that hadn't moved to their new location further back from the cliffs, I believe that within a couple of weeks of us filming this the site was completely cleared. I'd imagine more of the cliff and road has been lost to the sea by now, such a shame the amount of sea erosion happening along this stretch of Norfolk 😞
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu Great to hear the site was cleared up. I know a bit about the terrible erosion over there. My grandparents had a house in Yorkshire in the 60's fortunately sold it and by the end of the 70's it was gone and I think it was 3 street rows back from the Cliffs and then a good 100 metres or so of vegetation with a walking track.
how long till the church follows the rest into the sea
I fear its probably something I'll witness within my life time unfortunately with the dramatic rate of erosion along here.. so many historic buildings at threat including the nearby 16th century Hill House Inn, a favourite of the famous author Sir Arthur Conan.. Doyle.. I do hope they finally find the funds to protect the coastline along here before the whole historic village is lost.. 😔
Has Stevie Wonder cut your hair.
Yes actually, how did u know that.. His record sales are abit down these day so he does the odd haircut on the side but doesn't like too many people knowing coz it's cash-in-hand work to avoid paying tax.. 🤫
such a shame,why did it close,
Half of the caravan site slipped in the sea due to coastal erosion so they had to move it to another location nearby but it looks like not all the caravans were moved probably because they were getting old so they just left them there.. they have now all been taken apart and the rest of the site left to the sea.. 😔
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu thanks for letting me know,do you no where they have moved to,love caravan holiday,
I believe it was literally just up the road from the original site, and I think it still goes under the name of Manor Caravan Park.
@@ExploringWithEmAndStuCHEERS
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I hope all of them are now gone and hopefully refurbished and taken to the new park
We honestly don't no we hope so but we did hear the park has or is going to be relocating 😊
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu yeh ikr I hope but do u remember me before
You gave us some information on something els before I think your dad mailed us as well 😊
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu yeh😂👍
We do try our best to remember every one 😊
Terrible
Yeah we know, coastal erosion can be completely devastating 😔
Would have been a great video if not for the excess panning and time wasted showing yourself.
It's just the style we choose to do our videos Anne and the majority like it, I'm sure you'll be able to find many other channels on youtube more suited to your preference, thanks for taking a look at our video anyway, sorry it wasn't for you 👍😊