Now every week’s a holiday at top parks group

Lake District lovers can for the first time enjoy year-round park holidays in South Cumbria following the local authority’s decision to allow a 12-months opening season on a number of Holgates holiday parks.

Planners on South Lakeland District Council have given the green light to the award-winning business to welcome guests all year round on three of its six parks.

Until now, Silverdale Holiday Park and Far Arnside Holiday Park, both near Arnside, were required to close for six weeks during November and December.

A third park in the family-owned group, Silver Ridge Holiday Park in Hale near Milnthorpe, was forced to close for six weeks in December and January.

Now owners of the 630 caravan holiday homes and lodges on the three parks will be able to visit any time, and Silverdale Holiday Park's 70 touring pitches will also stay open all year.??The company’s managing director Michael Holgate said the council's decision would provide a valuable boost to the area's tourism economy at a traditionally leaner time of year

Silverdale Holiday Park was named by the AA as its 2011 park of the year, beating over 3,000 other UK parks to the prestigious title.

Holgates parks have also been praised by world-famous conservationist David Bellamy for their many different initiatives which help to protect the natural world.

• For more info, tel: 01524 701508, web: www.holgates.co.uk.

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