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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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...

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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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Riviera Bay Holiday Park, Brixham, Devon

Advantages: Active pensioners and seagulls will love it
Disadvantages: No help if you're disabled

...Riviera Bay Holiday Park, (formerly known as St. Mary's Bay) is now run by Hoseasons. We booked a bargain break there last September. At the time of booking I pointed out that we were both disabled. Our first glimpse of the site was disappointing. The chalets were drab and outdated and looked like they'd been built in the 1960's. They were all in long rows, looking directly into each other - somewhat reminiscent of a prison camp. No sea view for us. On arrival at the reception, we were told that we could not park next to our chalet, as there were no roads on the site. It turned out that everyone had to park in the carpark and then haul their cases across the site to their chalets. We then learned that we would have to transport our luggage all the way from the carpark to our chalet ourselves, even though we're both disabled. I...

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Holiday Park

Advantages: Open spaces
Disadvantages: no all day kids club

...We found the accommodation and site was clean and tidy and we found the staff at the reception where pleasant and helpful. We had booked a Hazelwood Bungalow which has one double bedroom and one twin bedroom. It can sleep up to 6 and even 7 in some units with the use of the bed sofa in the living area but we fell that any more than 4 the unit would be too small .They also have larger Lodges as well some cheaper Beechwood chalets which can sleep unto 4 people. The park was lovely with lots of wildlife. Located in Dawlish Warren, South Devon the park is family run Holiday Park and we found all the staff happy to help. There was a small heated outdoor swimming pool and club house on site. The Club house was run by Len and his family and the kids had a great time in the evenings. There is also Londis supermarket on site as well as...

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Haven Holidays, Devon Cliffs, Devon

Advantages: Loads to Do, Lovely Caravans
Disadvantages: Expensive drinks in clubs

...This year we went to the Devon Cliffs Haven Holiday park for a week holiday. We stayed in a Bronze Caravan which cost around £600 for a week, this included Entertainment passes for clubs and swimming pool, and linen. The Caravan Our Caravan was very nice. As you walked in there was a lounge area which had a television, large table sofa all the way round and a gas fire. With no door, the lounge lead on to the kitchen which included a full size oven, Grill and hob, Sink, Microwave, Kettle, toaster, Basic cutlery, Utensils, Pans and Crockery. There was also a full sized fridge with freezer compartment, A sink with Hot and Cold water and plenty of cupboard space. This then lead on the a small hall area where the second external door came into. On the left was a bathroom complete with a toilet, Sink, Cupboard, mirror and a avery...

dansipoints 07.09.2002 · 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...

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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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