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North Yorkshire's Eden Camp Owners To Step Aside After Four Decades

Eden Camp is now back open ready for the Easter Holidays, but will soon be under new ownership.

Malton's modern history museum has been run by brother and sister Howard Johnson and Paula Peace, since their father Stan bought the former prisoner of war camp in the 1980s.

However- they are now stepping aside and selling the site.

Howard explained how Eden Camp in it's current form came about:

Paula says the decision to move on was not an easy one:

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