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Digital detox? “Not us!” Dorset holiday park guests tell BBC

Guests at a Dorset holiday park spoke for the nation this summer when BBC television news decided to find out just how addicted we are to our digital devices....

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Fido-friendly Lancs park takes the lead for bees

A Lancashire caravan park has sown the seeds of survival for endangered honey bees by swapping pooches for pollen in part of its grounds. Earlier this year, Moss Wood...

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Devon holiday park rallies support for family of courage

The big-hearted owners of Hele Valley Holiday Park in Ifracombe made headlines this summer when they set out to create lifelong memories for a deserving family. With the help...

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Autumn gold puts Cumbria holiday park on wildlife red alert

Cumbria’s celebrated autumn colours are getting an early start this year, says an Ambleside holiday park, and could trigger a September gold-rush to the county. Skelwith Fold caravan park...

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Shellshock! Rare blue lobster lands Holiday Park TV splash

Television cameras were scrambled to Ladram Bay Holiday Park in South Devon this month when one of its directors landed a “one in two million” blue lobster. BBC’s Spotlight...

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Lancashire licking Cornwall in holiday stakes, says holiday park

Lancashire is this year rivalling Cornwall as a holiday destination for some families, according to a major holiday park which has decided to bring forward its expansion plans. Bay...

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Moss Wood Park’s batteries charge up school’s funding bid

Pink-footed geese, honey bees and dragonflies are helping a village school in Cockerham near Lancaster to wing its way to a valuable funding prize. Cockerham CE Primary School is...

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Holiday Parks put deserving kids on crest of Wave

Park Holidays UK is urging anyone who enjoyed a great summer this year to help bring a smile to the face of a disadvantaged child – and it won’t...

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Wales Holiday Parks focus as BBC spotlights staycation boom

BBC television cameras zoomed-in on a Wales holiday park this August (11.08.16) to discover why summer 2016 is turning into a bumper year for home-grown tourism. The report focussed...

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Awards spotlight beckons for Hereford Holiday Park

Yet another glittering awards ceremony awaits Poston Mill holiday park in Herefordshire after it was named as a finalist in a county-wide search for leading tourism businesses. The family-owned...

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Buzz of excitement as Dorset holiday park’s new guests fly in

Over a quarter of a million honey bees have helped a New Forest couple’s camping and caravan park to wing its way to a top environmental award. Back of...

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Curtain rises on Clacton’s Seawick Holiday Park £2m entertainment complex

Staff and guests at Clacton’s Seawick Holiday Park were celebrating this month as a new £1.8m entertainment complex was officially opened. The 1,500 square metres building, says Seawick’s owners...

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Holiday Parks set to help families join battle for bees

Gardens across Britain could soon become more honey bee friendly than ever, thanks in part to the lead provided by UK caravan, camping and holiday parks. That’s the view...

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Bay View Caravan Park pampers Paul and his amazing feat!

When long-distance charity walker Paul Ucheck asked to pitch a tent at a Lancashire holiday park this month, he quickly realised that he’d landed on his feet. For Paul,...

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Fresh air holidays at Ladram Bay Holiday Park

All the fun of camping without pegs, poles or the palaver of erecting a tent are now on offer at Ladram Bay Holiday Park near Budleigh Salterton in Devon....

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Devon holiday park takes orphan owl under its wing

An orphan owl adopted by a Devon holiday park is winning the hearts of visiting families as she settles in to what will now be her permanent home. Zula...

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Windermere holiday park makes splash in tourism awards

The Lake District’s top holiday park for 2016 has been named in the Cumbria Tourism Awards as Park Cliffe, based on the shores of Windermere. The family-owned business, said...

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Perthshire holiday park “simply the best” say judges

The family owners of Blairgowrie Holiday Park in Perthshire are celebrating after their business was named by judges as Scotland’s Best Caravan Site of the Year. The Wood family’s...

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Book marks 60 years of Cumbria Holiday Park pleasures

Britain’s love affair with caravans and camping is celebrated in a new publication which looks back over six decades of change at a Lake District holiday park. Marking the...

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Youngsters rise to Devon Holiday park’s survival challenge

Whitehill Country Park in South Devon is taking part in a national initiative to help young people find their inner Bear Grylls by learning the skills of bushcrafting. The...

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