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“Cool” motorhomes drive young set, says holiday park

A Somerset touring park which saw motorhome visitors leap by almost 20% last year predicts that the passion for freewheeling lifestyles will continue in 2018. But Bath Chew Valley...

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Cheers as Kent seaside holiday park reveals its £4m splash

Holiday home owners and staff at a popular Kent holiday park are celebrating after the curtains went up on a £4 million makeover which took place over winter. It...

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Derby holiday park a Peak performer in green awards

Staff and the family owners of a Peak District holiday park with its own acclaimed micro-brewery have been toasting their success in a major environmental awards scheme. Callow Top...

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Green award for Argyll holiday park hitting half-century

As a West Highlands holiday park prepares to mark its golden anniversary in 2018, the family owners have been praised for achieving the gold standard in countryside care. Resipole...

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Cornwall holiday park goes gold in celebration year

One of Cornwall’s most picturesque holiday parks has entered its golden anniversary year with a gold award as the county’s top destination for camping and caravan holidays. Polmanter Touring...

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Parks “vital” to Scottish tourism, says minister

Scottish tourism minister Fiona Hyslop MSP told holiday park owners meeting in Edinburgh recently that their businesses are a vital component of the country’s tourism industry. The minister made...

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Cumbria holiday parks’ loo-aid bid is flushed with success

Toilets at a Cumbria holiday parks group are being twinned with loos overseas in a bid to help desperately poor communities fight ill health. Holgates holiday parks in south...

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How Devon holiday park team put fun into fundraising

Big-hearted team members at Paignton’s Beverley Holidays are being celebrated as charity champions after creating a  £7,500-plus windfall for good causes in 2017. And they raised not just cash...

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How Cumbria holiday park is fixing it for fell walkers

People walking the uplands of Cumbria can continue putting the best foot forward, thanks in part to a top-rated Lake District holiday park and its fundraising efforts. Park Cliffe...

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Gold crowns Exmoor holiday park’s celebration year

A year of award celebrations at Exmoor’s Waterrow Touring Park has come to a golden conclusion for its family owners with the scooping of a major tourism honour. The...

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Lakes holiday park draws red line to protect squirrels

Red squirrel feeding at an Ambleside holiday park has taken on a new urgency this winter as grey squirrels are finally being repelled from the 130-acre grounds. Skelwith Fold...

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TV focus on bumper year for Cumbria holiday parks

Television cameras zoomed in on a Lake District holiday park this week after figures were released showing a sharp rise in caravan and camping visitors to Cumbria in 2017....

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It’s all hush-hush as Cumbria holiday park ditches diesel

Holiday guests and wildlife residents at a Cumbria holiday park are resting easily now that its family owners have driven down noise and pollution by going all-electric. Park Cliffe...

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Devon holiday park treads red carpet in “holiday Oscars”

Well over half a million votes were cast – and it’s now revealed that Devon’s Beverley Holidays is officially one of the top three destinations for park holidays in...

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Honours for Devon holiday park on eve 75-year milestone

Fresh from the spotlight of November’s Devon Tourism Awards, Ladram Bay Holiday Park in Budleigh Salterton has begun the countdown to a landmark year. In just one month’s time,...

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Simply the best: Devon family’s holiday park strikes gold

Family and staff at Oakdown Caravan and Camping Park in East Devon are celebrating after being crowned as Holiday Park of the Year in the 2017 Devon Tourism Awards....

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Cumbria holiday park’s bright ideas bring charity cash

Pinks and purples were the colours of autumn this year at Holgates holiday parks in south Cumbria where staff have raised over £2,000 for local good causes. The kaleidoscopic...

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Toast to tarmac as Dorset holiday park purges its potholes!

After a 12-year delay, it’s finally the end of the road for bumpy rides to one of Dorset’s most highly acclaimed caravan and camping parks. Shamba Holidays can now...

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All-green Yorkshire holiday park chips in to national grid

Computers are running on chips at a North Yorkshire holiday park where its family owners have gone entirely off-grid for their electricity supply.  Moor Lodge Caravan Park near Wetherby...

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Family’s loch-side holiday park is Scotland’s glamp champ

Lomond Woods Holiday Park has been crowned as Scotland’s premier destination for glamping breaks in a major tourism awards scheme. Members of the family-owned business stepped forward to receive...

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