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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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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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Keswick holiday park best in North West says AA

A picture-postcard holiday park in Cumbria – Castlerigg Hall in Keswick – has been named by the AA as the top spot in the North West to pitch a...

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Holiday Park’s pub is pick of bunch in bloom awards

A holiday park’s picture-postcard pub in Silverdale, South Cumbria, has beaten hundreds of other contenders to take a gold award in the North West in Bloom competition. The Royal,...

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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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Arts show debut for David’s take on Cumbria

Exquisite views of Lakeland captured on camera by a Keswick holiday park owner have helped swell funds for a Cumbrian community’s restoration project. David Jackson of Castlerigg Hall Caravan...

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Cumbria holiday park makes a splash with wild swimmers

People with a passion for plunging into lakes, pools and rivers are helping to make a Cumbria caravan park the county’s capital for wild swimming. Skelwith Fold near Ambleside...

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“You’re tops!” Sun readers tell Cumbria park

A Lake District family-run holiday park has been named as the overall winner in a nationwide poll to find Britain’s top-spot among caravan fans. Park Foot Caravan and Camping...

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MP opens Cumbria park’s diamond celebrations

South Lakeland MP Tim Farron got the ball rolling on two days of anniversary celebrations at Silverdale Holiday Park near Arnside last weekend (14/15 May). The business was marking...

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Cumbria holiday park stars in new Johnny Vegas comedy

Comedian Johnny Vegas has been trying his hand at holiday home living on a Cumbrian park this spring – and BBC TV viewers will be see the results later...

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In or out, tourism will triumph says holiday park owner

Britain’s pulling power as a holiday destination will remain unchanged no matter which way the EU vote goes in June, a major holiday parks operator has predicted. Henry Wild,...

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Emmerdale actor to star in park’s pub launch

There will be a happy homecoming this Saturday (30 April) for Emmerdale star Emma Atkins when she officially declares “first orders!” at a newly re-opened pub in Silverdale. After...

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Striking highlight of Cumbria holiday park’s £1m makeover

Holiday guests are having ball after the opening this month of a new £1m makeover and extension to the leisure centre at a top South Cumbria holiday park. For...

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Keswick park named as standard bearer in awards

A family-run caravan and camping park in Keswick will be carrying the flag for Cumbria in this year’s VisitEngland Awards for Excellence, it has just been announced. Castlerigg Hall...

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Throw our tourism trade a lifeline, minister urged

Britain’s Secretary of State for tourism has been told that Cumbria’s visitor industry could suffer “death by drowning” if more attention isn’t paid to maintaining the county’s waterways. The...

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