History of camps

WEC Camps began as a holiday and opportunity for disciplining children who attended the regular “Warrior” clubs, back around 1950. We have been running these holidays for children from church backgrounds since that time. We are a non-profit-making organisation, whose leaders give their time voluntarily and who contribute to the overall cost of the activities.

There are many old dinosaurs who have been coming to camps since the beginnings and if you come to camp you may be fortunate enough to meet one of  these relics from a distant age in their natural environment.

One of these, Tykenosaurus Sale, is currently writing a history of WEC Camps, and when that is done we’ll edit it down to an enjoyable look at beginning of the greatest holidays for kids known to man.

Camp goes to a different part of the country each year and for those who would like to know where and when, here is the list from the first camps to present day.


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Year Warrior Camp Teen Camp
2011
2010
Beer, Devon
Beer, Devon
Charmouth, Dorset
Charmouth, Dorset
2009 East Runton, Cromer, Norfolk East Runton, Cromer, Norfolk
2008 Three Cliffs Bay, Penmaen, Gower Caswell Bay, The Gower
2007 Beer, Devon Charmouth, Dorset
2006 East Runton, Norfolk East Runton, Norfolk
2005 Three Cliffs Bay, Penmaen, Gower Caswell Bay, The Gower
2004 Beer, Devon Charmouth, Dorset
2003 East Runton, Norfolk East Runton, Norfolk
2002 Beer, Devon Charmouth, Dorset
2001 East Runton, Norfolk East Runton, Norfolk
2000 Benlech, Anglesey Llygwi Bay, Anglesey
1999 Beer, Devon Charmouth, Dorset
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1998 Brook, Isle of Wight Aldingbourne, Chichester
1997 Benlech, Anglesey Llygwi Bay, Anglesey
1996 Beer, Devon Charmouth, Dorset
1995 Mersea, Essex East Runton
1994 Brook, Isle of Wight Ballingham, Ross on Wye
1993 Criccieth, N Wales Llygwi Bay, Anglesey
1992 Sheringham, Norfolk East Runton, Norfolk
1991 Beer, Devon Charmouth, Dorset
1990 Moelfre, North Wales Llygwi Bay, Anglesey
1989 Brook, Isle of Wight Aldingbourne, Chichester
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1988 Pembrey Country Park Pembrey Country Park
1987 Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire Scarborough
1986 Westward Ho, Devon Charmouth
1985 Mundesley, Norfolk Littleport, Cambridgeshire
1984 Penmaen, Gower Monmouth
1983 Charmouth, Dorset Radcot, Oxfordshire
1982 Moelfre, North Wales Charmouth
1981 Dunwich, Suffolk Littleport, Cambridgeshire
1980 Brook, Isle of Wight Keswick
1979 Morfa Nefyn, North Wales Lligwy Bay
1978 Charmouth, Dorset Ballingham, Ross on Wye
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1977 Horton, The Gower Darley Dale, Yorkshire
1976 Herne Bay, Kent Criccieth
1975 Brook, Isle of Wight Keswick
1974 Cemaes Bay Anglesey Woolacombe, Devon
1972 Charmouth, Dorset Tal y bont, Barmouth
1973 Herne Bay, Kent Tal y bont, Barmouth
1971 The Gower, Wales Exmouth
1970 Bembridge, Isle of Wight Wigton, Cumbria
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1969 Cemaes Bay, Anglesey
1968 Charmouth, Dorset
1967 Oxwich Bay, Gower
1966 Pooley Bridge, Ullswater
1965 Amlych Anglesey
1964 Sheringham, Norfork
1963 Charmouth, Dorset
1962 Tywyn Cardigan Bay
1961 Sheringham, Norfolk
1960 Watcombe, Torquay
1959 Watcombe, Torquay
1958 Penmaen Mawr
1957 Woolacombe
1956 Danes Dyke Flamborough Head
1955 Danes Dyke Flamborough Head
1954 Conway
1953 Poole
1952 Bala (First Tented Camp)
1951 Clawd Newydd (hutted camp)
1950 Meigle Trossachs (hutted camps)
1949 Aberfoyle Trossachs (hutted camps)
1948 Aberfoyle Trossachs (hutted camps)

If you could help us complete our history: please e-mail us, especially Teen Camp people.

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