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Triple triumph for family’s blooming lovely Windermere holiday park

Helping visitors to enjoy a truly colourful stay in Cumbria has won three top prizes in the 2018 Cumbria in Bloom awards for Park Cliffe in Windermere. The family-run...

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Cumbria holiday park woos staff with fitness and sauna sessions

Following a record year for visitors, south Cumbria’s Silverdale Holiday Park says it’s now putting staff recruitment plans into overdrive in readiness for an even more full-on 2019. And...

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Charity cheer as Lakeland holiday park welcomes iconic squirrel

Wildlife-friendly Silverdale Holiday Park in Cumbria has provided a local hospice with a £2,250 windfall – by offering a new home to a giant red squirrel. Named Mawson, the...

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Artist Melissa draws charity donations at holiday park exhibition

South Cumbria artist Melissa Elizabeth used her talents to help benefit two local animal charities at Silverdale Holiday Park this summer. An exhibition of Melissa’s acclaimed pet and wildlife...

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Pure nectar: Cumbria holiday park cracks open its bee-friendly brew

Real-ale lovers are raising their glasses to both hops and honey bees this summer at Skelwith Fold caravan park in Ambleside, Cumbria. That’s because the family-run business has launched...

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Pleasures are in-tents for glamping guests at Cumbria holiday park

Safari camping has been taken out of Africa and into Ambleside this year, thanks to a Cumbria holiday park which is challenging guests to go small game hunting. Skelwith...

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Taking a bough: the Cumbria holiday park staff rooting for trees

Half-a-million years of tree-life have now taken root at south Cumbria’s Silverdale Holiday Park, thanks to a massive conservation project aided by staff. Hundreds of native species have been...

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Charity chiefs praise holiday park inspiring a £10,000 windfall

Two senior figures from one of Britain’s largest cancer charities travelled to Cumbria recently to thank a local holiday owner who inspired a massive £10,000 donation. Michael Holgate of...

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Cumbria holiday park declares war on single-use plastics

Families staying at a Windermere holiday park this year will be helping the family-run business to call time on plastic waste. Park Cliffe has announced a crackdown on plastic...

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Salute to staff as Cumbria holiday park cracks Easter deadline

Ground staff at Silverdale Holiday Park in Cumbria were praised this week after crossing the finishing line on a half-million pound makeover of guest facilities. The starting pistol on...

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Lakeland holiday park is best in North West, declares AA

Skelwith Fold caravan park in Ambleside has been named by the AA as North West England’s top destination for touring caravan and motorhome owners, as well as glampers. The...

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Flap-free camping in Cumbria holiday park’s chic retreats

Lake District lovers can now enjoy the exhilaration of camping in the heart of picture-postcard Cumbria without pegs, poles or the palaver of erecting a tent. That’s because Skelwith...

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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 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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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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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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Cumbria holiday park greets Pudsey with a £500 welcome

When BBC One Show’s Rickshaw Challenge crossed the border into Cumbria this week (14 Nov), it received more than just a warm reception from well-wishers. That’s because the welcoming...

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Holiday park platform for new Cumbria Tourism chief

Lake District holiday park owners meeting in Ambleside this week (06 Nov) received a pledge of support for their businesses from the newly appointed head of Cumbria Tourism. Gill...

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Curtains up on Cumbria holiday park’s great green venue

A top-to-toe makeover of a Cumbria holiday park’s clubhouse has created one of the brightest – and greenest – entertainment and eating venues in the Lake District. Park Foot...

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Super-surfing Cumbria holiday park becomes local hero

Hundreds of households in south Cumbria are now able to swap their snail-speed broadband for a hyper-fast connection, thanks to a local holiday parks group. Silverdale park near Arnside...

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