Holidaying in North Wales

Advantages: Beautiful location, fantastic cottages with all amenities
Disadvantages: Just that you need some form of transport

...My mum and her partner have spent a couple of holidays now at a location near Bala in North Wales - the location in question, Pen Cefn, boasts four properties for rent, each of differing proportions. This year, mum decided to treat me (because I reached the big 40) and my sister and her family to a week long holiday in one of the properties. Having had a superb time, I thought it was time to pass the news on to others. Address and location "Pen Cefn" Sarnau Bala Gwynedd LL23 7LG Tel: 01678 530481 or 530413 E-mail: bevianna@btinternet.com Website: www.pencefn.com Proprietors' names: Ian and Bev Moss, Anna Hayward The nearest town, about five miles away, is Bala (which is just inside the Snowdonia National Park), which is on the A494 road. Pen Cefn, which is a smallhold, plus the cottages, is just above a small hamlet...

sunmeilan 02.10.2009 · Read review
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Solway Holiday Park

Advantages: the farm and hot tub
Disadvantages: people in our hot tub

...I have just come back from a week in the Lakes and have decided to try and have a go at reviewing the place we stayed. Solway Holiday Park is situated in Silloth Cumbria (about 22 miles west of Carlisle) which is small village with a population of around 3000. If you want a town with lots going on then Silloth is not for you, it has a lovely large green and a great sea view although it is not a beach. It also has cafes and the odd take away along with some little shops and of course a Spar (everywhere seems to have a Spar). Near the green is amusements which also sells refreshments. The park itself was quite easy to find I got the directions from greenflag. As we drove in through the entrance the reception was quite well sign posted, when we booked we were told booking in time was 4pm (which I thought was a bit late but...

rojm 16.04.2009 (14.04.2009) · Read review
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Hafan Y Mor Holiday Park, North Wales

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...NB This opinion has been moved across from the Wales General category, since this review is not representative of Wales as a whole, nor Haven Holdiay Centres. Wales is a beautiful country and the people are extremely friendly and it is unfortunate that we had an unpleasant experience at this particular Haven centre. *************************************************** If you can picture a cemetery on a good day i.e. sun shining, a few people milling around looking miserable and perhaps the very distant sound of excited, childish screams from a local swimming pool, then you’ll have a fairly accurate image of the Hafan Y Mor Holiday Park, North Wales in October. When we decided to book an Autumn break at a Haven Park, upon the recommendation of a few misguided people, we spent some time scouring the brochure for a site that...

anneliese 17.06.2001 · Read review
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Sandford Holiday Park

Advantages: Good family centre with lots of on-site facilities.
Disadvantages: Not as good in the cold wet weather of UK

...I have been to the wonderful Sandford Park in Poole, Dorset, three times now. I went twice when I was younger, with my dad and brother and then returned as an adult, in 2001, with my husband and our kids. My husbands mum and dad also came with us and I will base this review mainly on my experiences there in 2001. ##THE PARK## Sandford Park is set in 64 acres of woodland, close to Purbeck Hills. They cater for all sorts of holidaymakers and their varying budgets. They offer a variety of holiday homes there, which include one bedroom caravans that sleep 2-4, two bedroom caravans that sleep 4-6, three bedroom caravans that sleep 6-8, then the lodge style caravans that sleep either 4-6 or 6-8, depending on number of bedrooms. There is also space for holidaymakers with tents. We?re not really a camping sort of family so cannot...

wendybull 06.06.2007 (07.06.2007) · Read review
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Great Holiday Park

Advantages: Lots to do, beautiful area
Disadvantages: couldn't fit everything in.

...Last year I holidayed at Fallbarrow Holiday Park (a park run by the company South Lakeland Parks), and have an absolutely brilliant time. A family of 7 of us all went to Fallbarrow together - me, my partner, my parents, my brother and his 2 children, who were at the time 5 and 2. We went in October last year, as my niece was on half term break. More information on Fallbarrow can be found at http://www.slholidays.co.uk/Fallbarrow, we also booked online where there are some really good special offers! * Accommodation * We stayed in Green Farm Cottage which about £700 for 7 nights, which we all agreed was extremely reasonable. The cottage is absolutely stunning, it has such character and we all fit in very comfortably. With three Double bedrooms we were all happy. A single and also a pull out double sofa bed, we were laughing...

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Devon-ately a good holiday park!

Advantages: Good location, cheap
Disadvantages: Not 5 star appearance but perfectly adequate

...I've just come home from a three night stay at the Devon Valley Holiday Park in Shaldon, and thought I would share my experience with you. Location The holiday park is located just South of the River Teign, and also therefore the town of Teignmouth, in Devon (where the members of the band Muse come from). Devon Valley is six miles from Torquay and 20 minutes from Exeter. Facilities *Self-catering and half board options *Pet friendly and pet-free options *Heated Swimming Pool *Scuba-diving lessons *Fishing and crabbing *All weathers multi-sport court *Adventure playground *Under 5's soft play area *Nightclub *Restaurant *Takeaway *Shop *Arcade *Babysitting Service *Children's club *Choice of caravans, chalets and a holiday cottage What it looks like When you arrive at Devon Valley Holiday...

Luvlylana 17.09.2008 (11.02.2009) · Read review
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Craig Tara holiday park

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: everything about the place

...We went to Craig Tara holiday park in Ayr this year for our summer holidays ( July 2007), I went as I thought it would be a fun holiday for my kids, at that stage they were aged 8 years, 6 years and 5 years. Looking for a family holiday It was October 2006 and we were looking up different holidays on the internet as we wanted to book well in advance we came across Craig tara, I must say by the look of their website it was brilliant. The chalets looked amazing and there seemed to be loads to do and the prices didnt look bad either. Booking We decided to book a week, half board in a silver chalet, we rang Havens them selves and asked for more details, they told us the price, which was £526, the check in time (2pm) The price included funworks passes for us all, so we booked there and then and paid through debit card. Everything...

jenny967 08.12.2007 (20.12.2007) · Read review
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Haven Holiday Park - Wild Duck

Advantages: There is camping/caravaning facilities
Disadvantages: Our tent was quite away from the toilets, not good at night

...Myself and my family went on holiday last September to Haven Holiday Park - Wild Duck. Which is located about approx 10-15 miles away from Great Yarmouth. This not not one of the big Havens, but is a very friendly and had everything we wanted. We did not stay in one of their holiday homes or chalets we went camping in our tent. As we were going just as the school holidays had finished, the 1st week in September, we were only charged £23 for 5 nights. This price included fun passes for the whole family so we were able to enjoy all the facilities on the park. The children were able to join in with activities in the mornings, which included painting, drawing and general childrens games. There is 2 swimmming pools on site, an indoors one and an outdoors pool. The outdoors pools was such as it was not peak season, but...

loube0 24.02.2008 · Read review
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Warmwell Holiday Park

Advantages: Excellent for the kids
Disadvantages: Park was quite hilly

...In May we went to Havens Warmwell holiday park, near Weymouth, for a midweek break (mon-fri). At Warmwell all the accommodation is in lodges. We had no idea what to expect as we've never been on a holiday like this before (my hubby is strictly an abroad man!). We've got 2 children so really needed a lodge with 3 bedrooms. To get a silver lodge with 3 rooms it cost us £126. You get discounts for children under 5 (£10 for a midweek break and £20 for a full week, for each child). You also get discounts for over 55's (same as childrens) and as my mum came with us we got that one aswell! My hubby works for John Lewis and so we got another discount through them and I think another discount for booking early!! Any more discounts and they would be paying us to go there!! Anyway we arrived at Warmwell (very easy to find, not much else in...

Claire69 11.06.2002 · Read review
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Greenacres Holiday Park

Advantages: Quiet, Relaxing, Loads for the kids
Disadvantages: you need a car to get around

..., this can vary from a singer to a group performance, Overall i really enjoyed my holidays on this site, the caravans that Haven rent out are of a certain quality they range from Gold, which comes with a microwave and early check-in to Bronze which is very basic, but has a late check-in, Our caravan is a gold, but every time we have booked with Haven we have not been disappointed. I would recommend this caravan holiday park to everyone, especially as you can pick up great deals from Haven themselves or from private owners on the site. Ok so you may not be guaranteed the weather. but you are guaranteed a fantastic holiday every time. Greenacres Haven Holiday Park, Black Rock Sands Morfa Bychan, Porthmadog. North Wales www.havenholidays.com www.directcaravanrentals.co.uk...

gollum3273 07.04.2007 (16.04.2007) · Read review
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