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Lancashire holiday park set to celebrate green award after all-clear

The family owners of Hawthorns Holiday Park in rural north Lancashire say they can’t wait to celebrate news of a top environmental award with their customers – when they...

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New Forest holiday park awaits green light to showcase new look

A New Forest holiday park with three lakes at its heart is planning a big splash to mark its re-opening – just as soon as movement restrictions are lifted....

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Cumbria holiday park plans a wild welcome when visitors return

A popular Ambleside holiday park, Skelwith Fold, has called a temporary halt to its plans to carve out a celebration of local wildlife life in its 130 acres of...

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Statement: Holiday Caravan Owners

The British Holiday & Home Parks Association (BH&HPA) serves and represents the parks industry in the UK. The BH&HPA membership includes the owners and managers of 2,133 holiday and...

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Miles and Virginia

Careers in top gear as couple swap tractors for tourism

Lancashire’s multi-award winning caravan park, Moss Wood has welcomed a couple who both decided to flip their careers and take on a fresh outdoor challenge. Miles and Virginia Walker...

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Green is theme as Devon Holiday park celebrates new holiday year

Songs, dance and music helped Ladram Bay Holiday Park raise the curtains this March on its 77th year of providing quality family holidays by the sea. Employees at the...

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Salute to park pair driving up north Lakeland tourism

A husband-and-wife team who helped popularise fresh air holidays in north Cumbria have been given a special “thank you” by their trade association. Skiddaw View Holiday Park has received...

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Norfolk holiday park chief crowned “holiday hero” at tourism awards

Two top distinctions saw Searles Leisure Resort of Hunstanton go under the spotlight at this year’s Norfolk and Suffolk Tourism Awards. At the glittering annual celebration of the region’s...

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Award for family helping put Dumfries on tourism map

The family who helped pioneer camping and caravan holidays in Dumfries and Galloway have been given a special “thank you” by their trade association. Auchenlarie Holiday Park in Gatehouse...

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Now it’s Netflix and thrill as holiday parks beam super-speed WiFi

Guests at Park Holidays UK this year will be among the best connected families in Britain – thanks to a new high-speed WiFi service available from everybody’s armchair. From...

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Wildlife team at Somerset holiday park scoops green tourism award

A Somerset family’s holiday park has scooped a top green tourism accolade after being described as one of the West Country’s most wildlife-friendly places to stay. St Audries Bay...

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Somerset holiday park with angler appeal nets top green award

A family’s Somerset touring park, where a well-stocked fishing lake has a special lure for anglers, has landed a major environmental award. Withy Water park, near Burnham-on-Sea, has been...

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Top 10 things to do on the Isle of Wight in 2020

With its mild climate and old school nostalgic feel, the Isle of Wight has drawn visitors from all over for many years. This relatively small island is brimming with...

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Holiday Park chief set for Boston climax to marathon charity bid

Park Holidays UK director Tony Clish is stepping up his training regime to compete this spring in America’s Boston marathon – the last in a series of gruelling sporting...

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Calendar girls raise £22,000 in full frontal attack on cancer

A brave band of women from holiday parks across Wales have created a £22,000 charity windfall by baring all for Breast Cancer Care. The group’s cheeky photographs appear on...

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Abergele holiday park makes waves in green awards

Staff and the family owners of a holiday park near Colwyn Bay have been congratulated by botanist David Bellamy after triumphing in a national environmental awards scheme. Ty Gwyn...

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Family’s holiday park a natural winner in business award finals

Judges in the Lancashire Tourism Awards have named a Lancaster holiday park, Moss Wood, as the the county’s torch-bearer for businesses with a conscience. The family-run park took first...

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Green spotlight shines on parks with winning wild ideas

More than 560 holiday parks where wild ideas flourish and take root are celebrated in the latest round of the David Bellamy Conservation Awards. The recently announced 2019 winners...

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Cornish holiday parks family and staff toast two top green awards

Two holiday parks in southern Cornwall, owned by an 85-year-old family business, are celebrating after being named as winners of a top environmental award. Stonerush Lakes park near Looe,...

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Ashes to ashes – but Lakeland Holiday park has a phoenix plan

Ash trees went up in smoke on an Ambleside holiday park’s fireworks night (Nov 02) after autumn revealed the alarming number of trees stricken with a fatal fungal disease....

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