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First World War
Land overlooking the River Dee at Thurstaston was acquired by Lever Brothers in 1919 for use as a holiday camp for employees. In August 1919, the 1st Port Sunlight Cadet Company of the Boys Brigade held their summer camp at the new site, the first time they had been able to hold their annual event since 1915.

Between the Wars
The camp re-opened in 1921, with provision for 90 campers in the men's wing and 50 in the ladies. Visitors were housed in army huts and in 1921 the charges were 1/- per night or 5/- per week for adults, and 9d per night or 3/9 per week for juniors.

The site was available for use from Easter until the end of September and families could stay during the week but had to vacate the premises for the weekend when the majority of employees visited. The site could be reached by train, car or bike, and some employees even walked the nine miles from Port Sunlight.

Second World War
The site closed as a holiday camp at the outbreak of the Second World War and was requisitioned by the army. It did not reopen at the end of the hostilities and was sold in the 1950s to Wirral Urban District Council.

Today
The site is now a caravan park.

Additional Holiday Camps
Lever Brothers also had another employee holiday camp at Rivington Pike.