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Family’s Scottish holiday parks get £1m boost as bookings boom

A Scottish family’s holiday parks group has announced a £1 million investment this January after reporting a surge in advance bookings for 2021. Argyll Holidays, which owns eight holiday...

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New £1m Essex bridge finally fixes village’s missing link

People travelling between two popular holiday parks in a village near Clacton have at last been spared the 20-minute drive from one park to the other  – despite their...

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Fens fishing holiday park awaits green light to celebrate new lake

The family owners of a fishing-friendly holiday park in Cambridgeshire say they “can’t wait” to make a splash with the opening of a new lake this year. But the...

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Chains of honour for Ludlow holiday park in Loo of Year awards

A popular Shropshire touring holiday park was flushed with pride after learning of its success in a national awards scheme to encourage the highest standards in “away from home”...

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Park Holidays UK welcomes its new Suffolk seaside star

Park Holidays UK says it is “proud and delighted” to have become the new owners of a popular north Suffolk holiday park with beach access for seaside-loving families. The...

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MP meets staff enjoying free stays away from front-line

North Cornwall MP Scott Mann swapped the Common s for Constantine Bay recently to meet key workers enjoying a free respite break at a boutique holiday retreat. Mr Mann...

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Top Cumbria holiday park says it’s time to re-imagine UK holidays

A Lake District caravan park, Skelwith Fold, plans to re-open next year as a holiday destination which squares up to the challenges of a new post-Covid world. The family-owned...

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Essex holiday park set to receive a £1m birthday gift

A popular holiday park on Mersea Island is to receive a one million pound birthday present from the company which acquired it exactly a year ago. Park Holidays UK...

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Somerset holiday park set for its cracker of a Christmas

A family-run Somerset holiday park, re-opened on 02 December after lockdown, now aims to become the county’s most Christmassy place to stay. Bath Chew Valley Caravan Park, in Bishop...

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Buyers join waiting lists as park holiday home sales soar

Park Holidays UK has moved to reassure holiday home buyers that the waiting lists now in place on some of its parks will not be a permanent feature. The...

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Holiday park’s double whammy as 200 trees face the axe

The family owners of an Ambleside holiday park have begun a race against time after suffering their second blow this year from a deadly disease. Skelwith Fold caravan park...

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Sales at Yorks holiday park hit £1m as Britons seek “safe haven”

An upmarket holiday park in the North York Moors National Park has enjoyed a record-breaking year, despite the economic disruption caused by the pandemic. The 10-acre Wayside Lakes development,...

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Park Holidays UK reverse Christmas to boost food banks

Park Holidays UK is urging its staff and customers to start their Christmas countdown early this year – and help put festive food on the tables of people in...

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December set to be “as busy as summer” says parks group

December could be one of the busiest months of the year at Park Holidays UK after hundreds of families learned that their hopes for a November break had been...

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Dismay as Cornwall park is forced to pull plug on free holidays for lockdown heroes

The owner of a Cornwall holiday park has spoken of his “gut-wrenching dismay” at having to cancel more than 130 free holidays for lockdown heroes in November. Patrick Langmaid...

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New £2m pool is just start of big splash by holiday parks group

Park Holidays UK is plunging £2 million into the building of a new luxury pool at Dovercourt Holiday Park in Harwich – and says it’s bracing itself for “a...

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Team effort gains green accolade for Cumbria holiday parks

All 160 holiday park staff at Cumbria’s Holgates Group, based in Silverdale, have been told to take a bow by the judges of a major environmental accolade. The company’s...

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Nostalgia in the New Forest as park guests go off-grid!

Camping guests at a New Forest touring park, Shamba Holidays, went back in time this summer – and voted it an experience to remember, for all the right reasons!...

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Parents picking pods for autumn escapes, says holiday parks group

Young families with a taste for outdoor living enjoying all the fun of camping – without the flap of putting up a tent, says Park Holidays UK. The group...

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Go-ahead for Cornwall lodges with real southern comfort

A family-run holiday park in Cornwall has been given the green light to create a new development of holiday lodges on a cliff-top location with dramatic sea views. But...

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