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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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Devon holiday park to harvest sunbeams in £300k green energy drive

Ladram Bay Holiday Park is set to sink around £300,000 into an ambitious new green energy project – with the benefits being felt by both guests and the environment....

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Cheers as Wales holiday park is declared a green champion

Staff and the family owners of Plassey, a Holiday Park in Wrexham are celebrating after learning that their wildlife-friendly business has scooped a major green accolade. This month, the...

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Winter is open season for training as Lakes park recruits

Two keen walkers have taken a step forward in their tourism careers after joining the Lake District’s  multi-award winning caravan park. Sophy Nelson and Lauren Thompson are the latest...

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Cornwall holiday parks celebrate green awards success

Botanist David Bellamy has named four Holiday Parks, Caravan Parks, and Campsites in Cornwall as being among the greenest places in Britain for families to enjoy a holiday. All...

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Highlands End is the Dorset Holiday Park of the Year!

Highlands End Holiday Park won gold in the Holiday Park of the Year category at the Dorset Tourism Awards on Thursday 17th October 2019. The awards were held at...

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Park Holidays UK to host hundreds of free holidays for Thomas Cook staff

Park Holidays UK has invited more than 600 Thomas Cook staff and their families to enjoy a weekend by the seaside so that they can say “a proper goodbye”....

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Cornwall holiday park creates a real buzz in green awards

Honey bees and butterflies have helped a family’s Cornish holiday park to wing its way to victory in a national environmental awards scheme. Tehidy Holiday Park near Redruth has...

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Devon holiday park’s bakers rise to charity challenge

Staff at Paignton Holiday Park put the icing on the cake for Macmillan Cancer Support during its World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event this autumn. Receptionists, entertainers and other members...

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New claim to fame for Cumbria Tourism’s holiday park of the year

Lakeland’s newly-crowned holiday park of the year in the Cumbria Tourism Awards 2019 can also claim a more historic title, according to recently discovered documents and publications. They reveal...

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Nostalgia games were winners at holiday park’s day of old fashioned fun

Snakes alive: youngsters enjoy a close encounter with a rescued adder at the fun day’s popular petting zoo Giant snails, sack races and ceramics helped pack a Lancashire holiday...

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Adding zip to staycations wins praise for Cumbria holiday park

Families have given the thumbs-up to a Lake District holiday park which took a £150,000 gamble on creating a series of high-octane experiences for children. Skelwith Fold in Ambleside...

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