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Moss Wood Park’s batteries charge up school’s funding bid

Pink-footed geese, honey bees and dragonflies are helping a village school in Cockerham near Lancaster to wing its way to a valuable funding prize. Cockerham CE Primary School is...

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Holiday Parks put deserving kids on crest of Wave

Park Holidays UK is urging anyone who enjoyed a great summer this year to help bring a smile to the face of a disadvantaged child – and it won’t...

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Wales Holiday Parks focus as BBC spotlights staycation boom

BBC television cameras zoomed-in on a Wales holiday park this August (11.08.16) to discover why summer 2016 is turning into a bumper year for home-grown tourism. The report focussed...

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Awards spotlight beckons for Hereford Holiday Park

Yet another glittering awards ceremony awaits Poston Mill holiday park in Herefordshire after it was named as a finalist in a county-wide search for leading tourism businesses. The family-owned...

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Buzz of excitement as Dorset holiday park’s new guests fly in

Over a quarter of a million honey bees have helped a New Forest couple’s camping and caravan park to wing its way to a top environmental award. Back of...

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Curtain rises on Clacton’s Seawick Holiday Park £2m entertainment complex

Staff and guests at Clacton’s Seawick Holiday Park were celebrating this month as a new £1.8m entertainment complex was officially opened. The 1,500 square metres building, says Seawick’s owners...

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Holiday Parks set to help families join battle for bees

Gardens across Britain could soon become more honey bee friendly than ever, thanks in part to the lead provided by UK caravan, camping and holiday parks. That’s the view...

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Bay View Caravan Park pampers Paul and his amazing feat!

When long-distance charity walker Paul Ucheck asked to pitch a tent at a Lancashire holiday park this month, he quickly realised that he’d landed on his feet. For Paul,...

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Fresh air holidays at Ladram Bay Holiday Park

All the fun of camping without pegs, poles or the palaver of erecting a tent are now on offer at Ladram Bay Holiday Park near Budleigh Salterton in Devon....

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Devon holiday park takes orphan owl under its wing

An orphan owl adopted by a Devon holiday park is winning the hearts of visiting families as she settles in to what will now be her permanent home. Zula...

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Windermere holiday park makes splash in tourism awards

The Lake District’s top holiday park for 2016 has been named in the Cumbria Tourism Awards as Park Cliffe, based on the shores of Windermere. The family-owned business, said...

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Perthshire holiday park “simply the best” say judges

The family owners of Blairgowrie Holiday Park in Perthshire are celebrating after their business was named by judges as Scotland’s Best Caravan Site of the Year. The Wood family’s...

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Book marks 60 years of Cumbria Holiday Park pleasures

Britain’s love affair with caravans and camping is celebrated in a new publication which looks back over six decades of change at a Lake District holiday park. Marking the...

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Youngsters rise to Devon Holiday park’s survival challenge

Whitehill Country Park in South Devon is taking part in a national initiative to help young people find their inner Bear Grylls by learning the skills of bushcrafting. The...

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Devon holiday parks’ sales office opens with awards

Two Devon holiday parks are celebrating after the opening of their new holiday home sales office coincided with a top customer service award this June. Ladram Bay Holiday Park...

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Woodlands Family Theme Park new Dino Trek roars into life

One of Devon’s best-loved holiday parks is now also thrilling guests as a Jurassic park, thanks to the opening of a new dinosaur attraction in its grounds. Woodlands Family...

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Cumbria holiday park makes a splash with wild swimmers

People with a passion for plunging into lakes, pools and rivers are helping to make a Cumbria caravan park the county’s capital for wild swimming. Skelwith Fold near Ambleside...

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Activity accolade for all-action Norfolk holiday park

A major Norfolk holiday park which has just scooped a national activities award says another blow has been dealt to Norfolk’s image as a sleepy retreat for take-it-easy breaks....

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MP opens Cumbria park’s diamond celebrations

South Lakeland MP Tim Farron got the ball rolling on two days of anniversary celebrations at Silverdale Holiday Park near Arnside last weekend (14/15 May). The business was marking...

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Cumbria holiday park stars in new Johnny Vegas comedy

Comedian Johnny Vegas has been trying his hand at holiday home living on a Cumbrian park this spring – and BBC TV viewers will be see the results later...

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