Great British Park Off

Great British Park Off

Park Foot was named the winner of Towergate’s Great British Park Off 2016.

Park Foot was named the winner of Towergate’s Great British Park Off 2016.

Park Foot Caravan & Camping Park in Cumbria has been crowned the winner of the Great British Park Off 2016.
The park received the most public votes in the competition, organised by Towergate.
This year’s competition attracted over 3,000 nominations and was the second year the specialist insurance broker has run a nationwide search to find Britain’s most treasured holiday park.
The parks were judged by a specially selected panel and were whittled down to a shortlist of ten. Those parks then battled it out in the public vote for the prestigious title and £1,000 grand prize.

Fiona Bell from Park Foot commented: “We would like to thank everyone who voted for us. The awards have come at a much needed time due the floods we have experienced the best part of 2016. This is a fantastic boost for us and a great reminder to caravanners everywhere that we are definitely the park to visit.”
The two highly commended parks in this year’s competition were Sandy Balls Holiday Village in the New Forest and Wooda Farm Holiday Park in Cornwall.

Dredging Debate

Dredging Debate

Pooley Bridge holiday park owner, Barbara Allen, has launched a parliamentary petition to try and force MPs to debate dredging

Pooley Bridge holiday park owner, Barbara Allen, has launched a parliamentary petition to try and force MPs to debate dredging.

Fears for the future of Cumbria’s tourism industry have prompted the owner of an award-winning Pooley Bridge holiday park to launch an online Parliamentary petition.

Barbara Allen, director of Park Foot Caravan and Camping Park, hopes to try and force a debate among MPs on the halt of river dredging in the UK. If her petition passes the 100,000 signature mark, it’s likely that the House of Commons will examine if blocked river beds are at the bottom of Cumbria’s flooding problems.

Park Foot is among many tourism businesses in the Lake District hit hard by December’s deluges.

“We’re busy ticking the EU’s box of not interfering with the flow of rivers in their beds, and ignoring the simple fact that rainwater comes from the sea and needs to flow back there,” said Barbara. “I hope we can achieve the signatures we need for a debate before the referendum in June as we are unable to reverse this directive whilst we remain members of the EU.”