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  • Top holiday park crowned

    Top holiday park crowned

    9th August 2017

    Skelwith Fold caravan park, in Ambleside, has been crowned as Lakeland’s top holiday park in this year’s closely-fought Cumbria Tourism Awards. The family-run business trumped more than 100 eligible parks in the county to take the overall gold accolade in…

  • Park polling please!

    Park polling please!

    3rd August 2017

    Thanks to a thoughtful holiday park owner, voters in a rural constituency near Blackpool can now make their crosses in comfort. Michael Ward, owner of Merlewood Country Park, near the village of Little Eccleston, volunteered his park’s reception building as…

  • Exciting growth plans

    Exciting growth plans

    26th July 2017

    One of the UK’s leading holiday park operators, Park Leisure, has just appointed a new company sales director as it embarks on a period of renewed growth. Christian Tyldesley joins the business from Bourne Leisure and replaces Phil Burton, who…

  • An Anglo-American affair!

    An Anglo-American affair!

    19th July 2017

    Ritz Homes announced itself to the park home and lodge buying public at the recent World of Park & Leisure Homes Show, which took place at Stoneleigh Park, in Warwickshire, this June. Luxurious park homes and holiday lodges, featuring a…

  • Cumbria park is teaching toddlers to aim high

    Cumbria park is teaching toddlers to aim high

    12th July 2017

    Toddlers staying at a Lake District holiday park have been provided with a £20,000 play zone which could put them – quite literally – on the path to peak fitness. That’s because Silverdale Holiday Park’s new soft play area is…

  • Staycation-driven boom

    Staycation-driven boom

    5th July 2017

    One of the UK’s premier touring caravan, motorhome and holiday caravan dealers, Salop Leisure, attracted nearly 19,000 visitors to its annual West Midlands Caravan and Motorhome Spring Show, in Shrewsbury. The event was 18 per cent up on last year…

  • Barney buys back Lifestyle Living

    Barney buys back Lifestyle Living

    21st June 2017

    Experienced park operator Tony Barney has purchased the Lifestyle Living group just three years after selling the business Residential and holiday parks owned and run by Lifestyle Living UK Ltd will continue to operate as normal under new ownership. FRP…

  • Putting health first

    Putting health first

    14th June 2017

    Holiday home owners at Verdant Leisure’s Kingfisher Leisure Park have raised £1,200 for a new park defibrillator. The Easter fundraising weekend began with a wine and cheese quiz night on the Friday, which all owners and guests at Kingfisher Leisure…

  • Red alert!

    Red alert!

    7th June 2017

    Multiple sightings of red squirrels at Cumbria’s Skelwith Fold caravan park are causing excitement among holidaymakers – and especially youngsters. The wildlife-friendly Ambleside park says the red revival is evidence of the success of its 12-year conservation programme to encourage…

  • STEPPING UP TO THE CHALLENGE FOR CRANSLEY HOSPICE

    STEPPING UP TO THE CHALLENGE FOR CRANSLEY HOSPICE

    24th May 2017

    It was a wet cold morning in March but this didn’t stop the staff and family of Prestige and Homeseeker, and the company’s friends of Midshires Electrical, who took part in Stanwick Lakes 10k and 5k runs. They were determined…