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Holiday park’s mammoth quiz answers Devon charity needs

General knowledge buffs have helped Beverley Holidays raise £610 for Macmillan Cancer Support in a brain-teasing challenge hosted by the Paignton holiday park earlier this month. Contestants came from...

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Devon holiday park toasts a triple triumph of awards

Staff and the family owners at Hele Valley Holiday Park in Ifracombe are celebrating after learning that they can now boast a hat-trick of awards to launch the 2017...

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Cumbria holiday parks chief up for top director award

One of the North West’s most inspirational business leaders has been revealed as the owner of a major Cumbria holiday parks group, Michael Holgate. Michael was named as one...

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Awards spotlight beckons for Lakes holiday park family

Fingers are being kept firmly crossed at Cumbria’s Silverdale Holiday Park this month after it was announced that the business has been short-listed for a prestigious business award. The...

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Top Devon holiday park invites guests on a “green safari”

Visitors to a top Devon holiday park this year are being invited to enjoy a “green safari” of the grounds where a raft of new wildlife-friendly initiatives are taking...

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Logs roll out recycle challenge for Cumbria holiday park

Red squirrels and red-blooded youngsters will be among those benefitting from an ambitious timber recycling project now underway at a major Lakeland caravan park. Skelwith Fold near Ambleside says...

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Cornwall holiday park is best in west say award judges

Cornwall’s picturesque Roseland Peninsula is home to the West Country’s most outstanding holiday park, say judges in the recent Southwest Tourism Awards. Trethem Mill Touring Park in St Just-in-Roseland...

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Staffs holiday park grabs second gold in tourism awards

Staff and the family owners of a Staffordshire holiday park are celebrating after it was crowned as the county’s most outstanding destination for park holidaymakers. Oakland Holiday Park, near...

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Jobs cheer as Clacton holiday parks add holiday fortnight

Two major Clacton holiday parks say that the new go-ahead for them to remain open for an extra fortnight each year will be cheered not just by holidaymakers. Park...

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Cheers! New jobs as holiday park foots £20,000 bar bill

At least 12 new jobs are being created at Silverdale Holiday Park in south Cumbria as the business gears up for the holiday season with a major revamp of...

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Cornwall holiday park leads appeal to help brave Izzy walk

Staff and guests at a Cornwall holiday park have joined forces to help an inspirational young girl travel to America for a potentially life-changing operation. Porth Beach Holiday Park...

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Help us crack this charity puzzler says Devon holiday park

Beverley Holidays in Devon has issued a plea for general knowledge buffs to come forward and help it create a new record for the largest ever simultaneous quiz. The...

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Bird-rich Tees Valley holiday park soars in green awards

An ambitious scheme to monitor its booming bird population has helped a Tees Valley holiday park to wing its way to a major environmental award. Drovers Way Holiday Caravan...

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Family’s holiday park honoured in Lancs green awards

One of Lancashire’s top three environmentally-friendly enterprises has been named as Moss Wood caravan park in the village of Cockerham near Lancaster. The family-owned business came under the spotlight...

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Holiday park’s ding-dong New Year sees village swell

The population of Silverdale on the borders of south Cumbria was almost doubled this New Year following an explosion of celebrating visitors. Michael Holgate of Silverdale Holiday Park says...

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“Amazing” Searles declared Norfolk’s star holiday park

Judges of Norfolk’s top tourism awards scheme have named Searles Leisure Resort as the county’s overall champion of “amazing and truly memorable” park holidays. The family-owned holiday park based...

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Holiday park team raises smiles and a charity windfall

Enterprising staff at a south Cumbria holiday parks group have been praised for taking on a series of charity challenges this year which have raised both smiles and cash....

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Fife holiday park creates a real buzz in green awards

Honey bees and butterflies have helped a popular SE Scotland holiday park to wing its way to victory in a national environmental awards scheme. Elie Holiday Park, just outside...

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Four green golds for Lake District holiday parks group

Staff at a South Cumbria holiday parks group are celebrating after winning four top environmental awards from TV botanist David Bellamy. Four parks in membership of the Holgates group,...

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Cumbria holiday park’s wild side thrills foraging fans

Visitors have been mushrooming at Cumbria’s Skelwith Fold holiday park this autumn as wild food fought for top place on the menu of guest pastimes. Park owner Henry Wild...

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