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Cheers! Holiday parks raise the bar for real ale lovers

Glasses were raised this month to two historic northern family firms which have joined forces in order to offer holidaymakers the ultimate in Lancashire hospitality. Stockport’s 180-year-old Robinsons Brewery...

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Cumbria holiday parks in harmony to give bees a chance

Honey bee numbers are set to blossom on a group of Cumbria holiday parks this year, thanks to an ambitious plan to introduce thousands of their favourite flowers. Hoping...

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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 county. Park Foot Caravan...

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Cumbria holiday park is UK’s ethical business of year

Skelwith Fold caravan park in Cumbria has been crowned as Britain’s ethical business of the year in the Federation of Small Businesses and Worldpay UK Business Awards 2017. The...

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Ethical Lakeland holiday park fast-tracked to award finals

Skelwith Fold caravan park in Cumbria has been named as the North West ethical business of the year in the Federation of Small Businesses and Worldpay UK Business Awards...

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Lakes holiday park chiefs turn tourist at visitor hot-spots

Caravan park owners from Cumbria swapped their pitches for a peek behind the scenes of two top Lakeland tourist destinations in the run-up to Easter. The group of mainly...

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Youngsters digest food facts on Cumbria holiday park

Children bidding farewell to the animals on a farm-based touring park in Cumbria are being told they may well meet them again on their next visit. But this time,...

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Windermere holiday park takes Cumbria into tourism Oscars

A family-owned holiday park in Windermere will be carrying the flag for Cumbria in this year’s VisitEngland Awards for Excellence, it has just been announced. Park Cliffe based on...

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Lakeland holiday park unveils insomnia cure for softies

Experts have advised sheep-counters that a weekend’s camping can be a cure for insomnia – but now a Cumbria holiday park has announced an even softer option. Skelwith Fold...

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Holiday park’s owl is back, but parents don’t give a hoot!

Staff and guests at Silverdale holiday park in Cumbria are cheering on a young tawny owl which refuses to fly the nest and make its own way in the...

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Cumbria holiday parks chief up for top director award

One of the North West’s most inspirational business leaders has been revealed as the owner of a major Cumbria holiday parks group, Michael Holgate. Michael was named as one...

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Logs roll out recycle challenge for Cumbria holiday park

Red squirrels and red-blooded youngsters will be among those benefitting from an ambitious timber recycling project now underway at a major Lakeland caravan park. Skelwith Fold near Ambleside says...

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Cheers! New jobs as holiday park foots £20,000 bar bill

At least 12 new jobs are being created at Silverdale Holiday Park in south Cumbria as the business gears up for the holiday season with a major revamp of...

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Holiday park’s ding-dong New Year sees village swell

The population of Silverdale on the borders of south Cumbria was almost doubled this New Year following an explosion of celebrating visitors. Michael Holgate of Silverdale Holiday Park says...

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Holiday park team raises smiles and a charity windfall

Enterprising staff at a south Cumbria holiday parks group have been praised for taking on a series of charity challenges this year which have raised both smiles and cash....

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Four green golds for Lake District holiday parks group

Staff at a South Cumbria holiday parks group are celebrating after winning four top environmental awards from TV botanist David Bellamy. Four parks in membership of the Holgates group,...

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Cumbria holiday park’s wild side thrills foraging fans

Visitors have been mushrooming at Cumbria’s Skelwith Fold holiday park this autumn as wild food fought for top place on the menu of guest pastimes. Park owner Henry Wild...

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Keswick holiday park best in North West says AA

A picture-postcard holiday park in Cumbria – Castlerigg Hall in Keswick – has been named by the AA as the top spot in the North West to pitch a...

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Holiday Park’s pub is pick of bunch in bloom awards

A holiday park’s picture-postcard pub in Silverdale, South Cumbria, has beaten hundreds of other contenders to take a gold award in the North West in Bloom competition. The Royal,...

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Autumn gold puts Cumbria holiday park on wildlife red alert

Cumbria’s celebrated autumn colours are getting an early start this year, says an Ambleside holiday park, and could trigger a September gold-rush to the county. Skelwith Fold caravan park...

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