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Honours for Devon holiday park on eve 75-year milestone

Fresh from the spotlight of November’s Devon Tourism Awards, Ladram Bay Holiday Park in Budleigh Salterton has begun the countdown to a landmark year. In just one month’s time,...

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Simply the best: Devon family’s holiday park strikes gold

Family and staff at Oakdown Caravan and Camping Park in East Devon are celebrating after being crowned as Holiday Park of the Year in the 2017 Devon Tourism Awards....

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Cumbria holiday park’s bright ideas bring charity cash

Pinks and purples were the colours of autumn this year at Holgates holiday parks in south Cumbria where staff have raised over £2,000 for local good causes. The kaleidoscopic...

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Toast to tarmac as Dorset holiday park purges its potholes!

After a 12-year delay, it’s finally the end of the road for bumpy rides to one of Dorset’s most highly acclaimed caravan and camping parks. Shamba Holidays can now...

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All-green Yorkshire holiday park chips in to national grid

Computers are running on chips at a North Yorkshire holiday park where its family owners have gone entirely off-grid for their electricity supply.  Moor Lodge Caravan Park near Wetherby...

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Family’s loch-side holiday park is Scotland’s glamp champ

Lomond Woods Holiday Park has been crowned as Scotland’s premier destination for glamping breaks in a major tourism awards scheme. Members of the family-owned business stepped forward to receive...

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Devon holiday park toasts triple triumph at tourism awards

Ladram Bay Holiday Park in Budleigh Salterton scooped a hat-trick of accolades recently at one of the tourism industry’s most prestigious award events. The family-run business was put under...

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Dorset holiday park shimmers in silver at tourism awards

Staff and the family owners of Shamba Holidays near the New Forest are celebrating after their business took a major honour in this month’s Dorset Tourism Awards. The five-star...

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Cumbria holiday park greets Pudsey with a £500 welcome

When BBC One Show’s Rickshaw Challenge crossed the border into Cumbria this week (14 Nov), it received more than just a warm reception from well-wishers. That’s because the welcoming...

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Dorset holiday park awaits its 80-strong caravan cavalcade

Staff at a top Dorset holiday park are preparing for a massive siting operation as 80 new luxury holiday caravans are lined-up for delivery this winter. Shorefield Holidays says...

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Holiday park platform for new Cumbria Tourism chief

Lake District holiday park owners meeting in Ambleside this week (06 Nov) received a pledge of support for their businesses from the newly appointed head of Cumbria Tourism. Gill...

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Lancs holiday park twice tipped for top tourism awards

Two top honours could be in prospect for a Lancaster holiday park after it was shortlisted this month in two different categories of a major awards scheme. Moss Wood...

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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 Lake District. Park Foot...

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Devon holiday park double-steps into tourism awards

Two spotlights will be shining on Dawlish’s Cofton Holidays in next month’s Devon Tourism Awards after it was nominated for honours in two separate categories. The acclaimed family-friendly holiday...

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Red alert at Lancs holiday park as squirrels fight back

The family owners of a wildlife-friendly caravan park near Lancaster have declared a state of red alert after a sighting this month of a red squirrel in its grounds....

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Mystery solved as Devon holiday park enters award finals

A mystery guest who booked into Devon’s Ladram Bay holiday park this summer has helped propel it into the finals of the county’s annual tourism awards. Now the Budleigh...

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Super-surfing Cumbria holiday park becomes local hero

Hundreds of households in south Cumbria are now able to swap their snail-speed broadband for a hyper-fast connection, thanks to a local holiday parks group. Silverdale park near Arnside...

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Devon holiday park’s bakers put icing on cake for charity

Staff at Paignton’s Beverley Holidays raised both smiles and a charity windfall this month when they were put through their baking paces in a very good cause. Members of...

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Loch holiday park wins double splash in tourism awards

Customers of a Scottish loch-side holiday park have made waves by voting it into two major categories of a major tourism awards scheme. Now Lomond Woods Holiday Park could...

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York holiday park’s super-lodges to lure activity lovers

An all-action holiday park near York has fired the starting pistol on a new development of luxury lodges, triggered by a surge in demand for escapes with a sports...

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