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Welcome
Editor Alex Melvin introduces your June issue
Buying a park home
Essential purchasing help and advice
Andrew’s anecdotes
Caravanning expert Andrew Jenkinson shares more nostalgic stories
Parks
A vision of utopia
We profile a brace of beauitful Arbor Living parks in the centre of the country
Just champion
Your final chance to enter your park into the latest edition of our Park of the Year competition, sponsored by Towergate Insurance
Cotswold Manor, Glocs
Steve Rowe visits a pretty park home site, surrounded by stunning Gloucestershire countryside and with show homes for sale
Nominate your park warden!
Enter our competition to find the UK’s best park warden, manager or owner
Clifton Park, Bedfordshire
Steve Rowe visits an established rural park, close to a pretty Bedfordshire village, and with an exciting new development of 29 homes
Best resident competition
Do you know a kind hearted soul deserving of some recognition? Enter them into our Paul Baker Insurance sponsored competiton today!
Panoramic views of the Peaks
If you’re looking for a residential park location with stunning walks then you’ll find a real treat in the heart of Derbyshire at Peaklands Park
Your own stunning Cheshire home
Weavervale Park is a very pretty little park of just 40 homes set in a great semi-rural location
Park People: Ash Green, Coventry
We find out how a Coventry-based park home resident made her ‘shed’ a home, with the help of Park Home Chassis Services (PHCS)
Remembering Jim
The best parks are often also the most caring. We find out how the residents and site owner at Pant Mawr, in Harlech, went the extra mile to give ‘one of their own’ a touching send off
An oasis of orchids
The RSPB’s Jenny Shelton shares her top tips for wildlife spotting in June
Homes
What a View!
Pathfinder Homes make it all possible with their latest exciting yet affordable lodge option. We take a sneak peek ahead of its Stoneleigh showcase
Red Roses bloom in Leicestershire!
Andrew Jenkinson visits St Christopher’s Park to run the rule over a selection of fine new homes from industry movers Red Rose
Half a century of success
Anne Webb looks back at Mike Carey’s 50 years in the caravan industry
Lifestyle
Embrace adventure!
Looking for some holiday inspiration? After something that’s a bit more ‘out there’ than a week’s package break in the sun? Look no further than our top tips!
FREE £10 tomato plants!
Get yours, and enjoy other excellent plant offers, courtesy of Thompson & Morgan!
Your home essentials
A range of top products especially for your park home, garage and garden
Home improvements
Winning the pools!
We find out how specialist park home refurbishment company Park Home Insulations’ new competition, with £6,000-worth of insulation improvements on offer, has benefited an elderly couple on a Bedfordshire park
News, views and advice
News
Two pages of park news from all around the UK
Letters
The best of your views and opinions, plus our great Sudoku puzzle and cartoon strip!
Money matters
Steve Rowe brings you some great advice
LEASE: site licences
The Leasehold Advisory Service examines two important cases relating to local authorities’ licence fee charges and the implications for site owners and park resident
Holiday
Buying a holiday home
Everything you need to know
The Beach Retreat
Bella Brodie steps inside Tingdene’s lovely new holiday lodge offering
Holiday news
Two pages of news, events and activities
Some excellent Scottish options!
Perthshire based operator announces that its new St Andrews park will be an exclusive Omar Group lodges park
Going Dutch
Philip Pond visits a quartet of Netherlands sites
STONELEIGH SHOW PREVIEW
YOUR 63-PAGE GUIDE TO THE WORLD OF PARK & LEISURE HOMES SHOW…
We’ve got 2017’s Stoneleigh Show covered in our bumper show guide. Whether you’re looking for new homes, park choices, specialist suppliers and services or a fun weekend, our comprehensive preview covers it all