[2] In 1985, The Rank Group owner of Butlins at that time, also bought Haven Holidays and certain sites including Duporth rebranded to the sister company (There is some anecdotal evidence that in the early 1980s Duporth was branded under another sister company's name, Warner Holiday Camps.

The capacity of the park was around 1200, with a combination of chalets and caravans, and self-catering and half board holidays.

The Duporth site lies midway between the fishing port of Charlestown and Porthpean, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from St Austell town centre.

Residents on the Duporth Bay residential development now also have their own private (gated) footpath access via numerous steps to the northern beach end.

This affords pedestrian access to Charlestown (over boulders) but only safely around low tide times.