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Devon holiday park’s new bell tents chime with fresh-air glampers

Luxury Glamping has pitched up at East Devon’s Ladram Bay Holiday Park – and is offering families the chance to come closer to the natural world. The multi-award winning...

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Children’s author Claire opens new chapter of holiday park visits

Holiday Parks with the David Bellamy Conservation Award are once again being invited to give their younger guests an entertaining new take on the environment. International author Claire Culliford...

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Wales holiday park brings medical lifeline to local community

Staff and the family owners of a mid-Wales holiday park were joined this month by local village residents for a training session in vital life-saving skills. It followed the...

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Dorset holiday parks tempt staycation lovers with “to do” list

A group of five family-run holiday parks in Dorset is setting out to woo the growing number of people who are this year turning their backs on overseas holidays....

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Cornwall holiday park hands £600k deal to fellow “fair-pay” firm

Padstow holiday park owner Patrick Langmaid has handed a £600,000 buying contract to a UK holiday caravan manufacturer – because it believes in paying its staff a living wage....

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Family’s Loch Lomond holiday park crowned Scotland’s best

Lomond Woods Holiday Park has been named at this month’s Scottish Hospitality Awards as Scotland’s finest park, beating hundreds of other businesses to the title. Stepping up to receive...

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How holiday parks are growing greener at Lake District park

The family owners of a Lake District holiday park are helping visitors to enjoy even greener stays in Cumbria following a new series of environmental initiatives. Park Foot Caravan...

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MP meets Wales holiday parks family driving quality tourism

The “Entrepreneurial Spirit” of a Wales holiday park owning family was praised this spring by MP Simon Hart during the celebrations to mark 2019 Wales Tourism Week. Mr Hart...

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Holiday park guests glued to box as wildlife drama unfolds

Guests were left agog this spring at Moss Wood holiday park near Lancaster where the undercover secrets of a tiny bird were screened live for all to see. Star...

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Cheers as Suffolk holiday parks unveil their £4m splash

Families staying at two top Suffolk holiday parks this spring helped to celebrate the opening of over £4 million worth of new leisure facilities by Park Holidays UK. Carlton...

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Somerset holiday park celebrates ten years as child-free champion

People who prefer taking holidays without the patter of tiny feet have voted a Somerset touring park as their favourite “adults only” destination for the tenth year. Staff and...

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Super-star holiday park Hendra plans new £1.5m spend

Staff  and the family owners of Hendra Holiday Park in Newquay are celebrating after scooping the English tourist board’s highest possible grade for excellence. The news that Hendra has...

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Lancs holiday park marking its first birthday wins praise from MP

A family’s holiday park in Lancashire has been praised by its MP for bringing jobs and investment to the area, and for teaming-up with other local businesses. Mark Menzies...

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Canterbury couple’s joy at news of holiday home win

There were celebrations this month for a Canterbury couple and their three children after they were named as the winners of a brand new luxury holiday caravan. Sam and...

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Red alert as holiday park puts medical lifeline on call

An iconic red phone box is now home to life-saving medical equipment at a remote rural holiday park in Lancashire, thanks to an initiative by its family owners. Moss Wood...

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Cheers! Why Dorset holiday park is fired up about its new gin

Guests at Highlands End Holiday Park in Bridport are raising their glasses to a new artisan gin which celebrates the proud history of firefighters in Dorset. Barkis gin has...

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Fife holiday park swings into action after girls’ playground plea

Bosses at Craigtoun Meadows Holiday Park in St Andrews, Fife, have stepped in to make the playful wishes of two young girls come true. Ten-year-olds Drew and Chloe met...

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Wales holiday parks toast two decades with new wildlife scheme

A Pembrokeshire family which swapped farming for a flourishing future in the leisure industry is this spring celebrating 20 years of success. Celtic Holiday Parks, which owns three multi-award...

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Taking root: Lakeland holiday park’s new recruits in red crusade

An army of Scots pine trees is being raised at an Ambleside holiday park to help defend Cumbria’s threatened red squirrel population. The battle lines are being drawn in...

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MP salutes family’s “inspirational” North Yorks holiday park

North Yorkshire MP Kevin Hollinrake has praised a family’s award-winning Yorkshire Moors holiday park for its “tremendous contribution to tourism” in the region. Mr Hollinrake made his comments on...

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