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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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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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In or out, tourism will triumph says holiday park owner

Britain’s pulling power as a holiday destination will remain unchanged no matter which way the EU vote goes in June, a major holiday parks operator has predicted. Henry Wild,...

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Emmerdale actor to star in park’s pub launch

There will be a happy homecoming this Saturday (30 April) for Emmerdale star Emma Atkins when she officially declares “first orders!” at a newly re-opened pub in Silverdale. After...

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Striking highlight of Cumbria holiday park’s £1m makeover

Holiday guests are having ball after the opening this month of a new £1m makeover and extension to the leisure centre at a top South Cumbria holiday park. For...

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Keswick park named as standard bearer in awards

A family-run caravan and camping park in Keswick will be carrying the flag for Cumbria in this year’s VisitEngland Awards for Excellence, it has just been announced. Castlerigg Hall...

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Throw our tourism trade a lifeline, minister urged

Britain’s Secretary of State for tourism has been told that Cumbria’s visitor industry could suffer “death by drowning” if more attention isn’t paid to maintaining the county’s waterways. The...

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