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  • DALES VIEW OPENS TO THE PUBLIC

    DALES VIEW OPENS TO THE PUBLIC

    6th September 2017

    Countrywide Park Homes gave prospective park home buyers the chance to explore its exclusive Dales View Park, near Salterforth, from 29 to 30 July. Visitors to the open weekend took in the stunning surroundings of the Yorkshire Dales and viewed…

  • Beautiful Beaulieu!

    Beautiful Beaulieu!

    23rd August 2017

    Hot on the heels of the ever-popular Lawns event, which takes place in Cottingham, East Yorkshire, at the start of September, the Hull and East Ridings of Yorkshire Caravan Manufacturers’ Association (Hercma) will be staging another event in the south…

  • Boiler breakdown cover tailored to the park homes

    Boiler breakdown cover tailored to the park homes

    21st August 2017

    Parksure Insurance received regular enquiries from customers about boiler cover and although at one time the company was unable to provide it, it is now available under the Home Care section of its Parksure Insurance policy. For park homes not insured by…

  • £2 million for Welsh park

    £2 million for Welsh park

    16th August 2017

    On behalf of local park operator, agency Savills has just sold Caerwys View Holiday Park in North Wales, from a guide price of £1,995,000, to a private investor. The established holiday park has permission for 47 static caravans inclusive of…

  • 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…