Inspiring Children

BH&HPA Journal – Issue 143 – Environmental Best Practice

Getting children excited about the environment is important.  The great thing is that is doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive.  For example, Springhouse Country Park in Northumberland has started a Children’s Club.  A caravan has been allocated for the use of visiting children and decorated by them with a wildlife theme.

The brains behind this project is the park’s housekeeper Christine. ‘She set it up from nothing’says Springhouse’s Andrew Blackie.  ‘It’s not official or commercialised. Instead, the children tend to take the lead and Christine tries to make it as interesting as possible by making up wildlife activities that are far removed from school lessons and as interesting as possible.’

The club runs during the main season and there is a weekly activity, which introduces the children to wildlife and the local countryside.  For example, bee-friendly planting which helps them to understand the role these and other insects play and to value them as pollinators.

All the park’s staff are immensely proud of the club and supportive of Christine’s work.  The children just love the opportunities for wild play that the club gives them, as well as the informal learning opportunities it offers.  One other eco-benefit is that the unit that is used as the clubhouse would otherwise have been scrapped (although it is serviceable).  It is also worth noting that the space that it takes up could also have been used for another paying unit.

For 2010, the park is moving forward with the club idea ‘This year we will be focusing on the garden, perhaps putting in a new pond’, says Andrew. ‘It should be a great year for the children and the club.’

Content taken from article as it appeared in BH&HPA Journal, Issue 43, Page 70.

Springhouse Country Parkis a beautiful 4 star, award winning countryside retreat nestling in a peaceful and picturesque forest boasting a magnificent depth of wildlife and a variety of breathtaking scenic walks. Springhouse is the perfect place for you to relax and to experience holiday home ownership … the holiday park now offers an 11 month season!! 

Springhouse Country Park, Northumberland

Caravan Holiday Homes start from as little as £11,995 fully sited and connected on one of our “Super Saver” pitches, or you can choose one of our new high quality pitches in the “Elm Gardens” section starting from only £19.995. 

CLICK HERE To see a full list of the holiday homes currently available.

Contact our friendly team today…
Tel: 0800 111 40 50 50
Email: enquiries@ bluesky-resorts.co.uk  

For a limited time Spring Willows Leisure Park is fixing the annual Site Fee!!

Yes, you read it correctly, if you invest in a Holiday Home at Spring Willows Leisure Park, Scarborough, you can fix your site fees for 4 years – £995 per year for 4 Years – you will save thousands!

This luxurious family holiday park is a magnificent suntrap, nestling into the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds on the outskirts of Scarborough. A first class family park centred on a beautiful natural spring and set amongst landscaped gardens. Located amidst the spectacular North Yorkshire Moors, Wolds, Farmlands and the seaside towns of Scarborough, Filey & Bridlington, Spring Willows Caravan Park offers owners the following:

Spring Willows Caravan Park

Excellently situated, this Park offers the perfect base for exploring the local area and discovering the incredible array of interesting and beautiful places to visit:

• Filey – 5 miles
• Scarborough – 6 miles
• Whitby – 23 miles

If you are looking for a holiday home in Scarborough or the Yorkshire Wolds, there really is no need to look any further…

Invest in the holiday home of your dreams at Spring Willows Leisure Park this month and benefit from this fantastic Site Fee Offer.  £995 per year for 4 Years!!

Call our friendly team to arrange your visit to the park:
Freephone 0800 111 40 50
Email enquiries@bluesky-resorts.co.uk

Make the most of your free time this summer…

Secure your holiday memories, safe in the knowledge that you are in control of you and your family’s precious time…

Make the most of the World Cup this year … SCORE with US!

You do not need to be a massive football fan to qualify for this fantastic offer.  Simply invest in the holiday home of your dreams OR upgrade your existing holiday home during the World Cup and receive your very own Holiday Home Entertainment Package!

WORLD CUP OFFER

This offer is available at a number of our Parks.  For more details and to find out how you can qualify, please call our friendly team Freephone 0800 111 40 50. 

The full time whistle will blow on this offer – Sunday 11th July @ 6pm!

Available at the following Holiday Parks in the UK:

• The Park of Brandedleys, Dumfries & Galloway
• Springhouse Country Park, Northumberland
• Heathergate Country Park, Northumberland
• Spring Willows Leisure Park, Scarborough
• Nostell Priory Holiday Park, West Yorkshire
• Tan-Y-Don Holiday Park, North Wales
• Brightwater Lakes Holiday Park, Welshpool

CLICK HERE for more information on the above Holiday Parks – luxury caravans and lodges for sale.

Halloween Party and Ghost Walks, it’s been all go during October at Nostell Priory Holiday Park…

Another Halloween – another successful fancy dress party! This year brought a variety of costumes with many new people attending our annual event.

As always fancy dress was a must and we saw many new people attending this year’s party with a variety of costumes. Edward Scissor Hands won best adult costume, with best children’s costume being awarded to a well presented little witch.

Halloween decorations of severed hands, ghoulish bats, bloodied daggers, broom sticks and much more created a very atmospheric evening. It was evening full of fun and frolics and thanks to Andy Dunne on the disco and karaoke everyone danced the night away, making the most of singing their favourite songs x-factor style!

Over 70 people attended our first ever ghost walk on 30th October…
Our evening full of screams and laughter got off to a great start with a very scary ghost story. We then made our way through the woods where there was lots of spooky goings on…

Screams of laughter and fear filled the fields and deep wooded areas throughout the ghost walk. Scary discoveries were made and many ghosts, ghouls, and other scary characters were seen, which all added to the spooky atmosphere of the evening. The spooky night was brought to a close when all of our ghost and ghoul hunters enjoyed a well earned pie and peas.

The whole event was a great success and everyone is already looking forward to another one next year!

Nostell Priory Holiday Park, situated within the ancient woodlands of the 200 acre Nostell Priory Estate, has again been recognised by the Yorkshire Tourism Authorities for its high standards and exceptional service.

The annual White Rose Awards organised by Yorkshire Tourism are regarded as the “Oscar’s” of the tourism industry in the area and recognise those business that provide exceptional standards of service and presentation. Nostell has now been a finalist in 4 of the last 5 years, recognition of the parks commitment and consistency in providing a memorable holiday experience for its guests.

Nostell Priory Holiday Park

The park is home to 84 caravan holiday home owners who enjoy holiday breaks as often as they like during the parks long season which has just been extended to 11 months of the year. Existing happily alongside these regular visitors who bring £000′s into the local economy each year are the 60 touring pitches which attract visitors from far and wide.

Many families come to Nostell because they are keen to enjoy a lifetime of holidays in the own caravan holiday home and are looking for Yorkshire caravans for sale which the park has a wide selection of. The fact that the park has now been recognised for this prestigious accolade for a 4th year is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the team at the park who all enjoy a fantastic sense of achievement from working on the park.

John Conlon, General Manager of the park says: “coming to work in such a beautiful place is a pleasure. The whole team works exceptionally hard to provide our customers with the best possible experience while they are on the park. The many, well attended owner events that we hold during the season, show just how much our customers enjoy being part of this special place.”

Nostell Priory Holiday Park held their1st School Disco this weekend in the glorious spring bank holiday sunshine.

Julie had spent all afternoon buttering sandwiches and making a lethal punch before turning the clock back and putting on her school uniform!


Ness and Molly turned up in their pigtails and knee high socks and the Chestnut Crew followed shortly after, with head boy and head girl leading the pack…..The teachers pet and her girlies trotted in next with their pencil skirts and high heeled shoes to get hearts racing!….The disco soon started to fill up with various other school children and college kids and the party really hit off.

Naughty school boy John turned up late with plasters on his knees, he must have been in a scrap or two before he arrived!

Events started with a quiz to test their subject knowledge, with some protesting that the test was too hard, however it got the laughter flowing!….Even the fact that the Entertainment failed to arrive, didn’t dampen the Nostell spirit. To compensate one of the Chestnut Crew stepped up to the DJ stand and started spinning some tunes and throwing some shapes!. The music and laughter flowed and Nostell’s 1st School Disco was a huge success!

An East Yorkshire Caravan Park has become the latest acquisition of Wakefield based Blue Sky Resorts

Spring Willows Caravan Park, just off the Staxton Roundabout on the outskirts of Filey & Scarborough, has just become part of the Blue SKy family and offers a fantastic, family friendly environment with great access to all that the Yorkshire Coast has to offer.

The park used to be a touring only park but has in the last few years developed into a mixed holiday park with space for static caravans, touring caravans, and even a few tents. Holiday home owners at Spring Willows enjoy a lovely family friendly club with seasonal entertainment, as well as a pool and adventure play ground for the kids.

Blue Sky Resorts, which also operates parks in Wakefield, West Yorkshire and Hexham, Northumberland strives to offer customers a five star holiday experience at all its parks and has built a reputation for excellent customer service and five star park presentation standards.

Spring Willows Caravan Park

Mark Alston, Director of Blue Sky Resorts: “We’re very excited about the acquisition of Spring Willows. We aim to improve the already high standards on the park even further, adding value for our customers, and developing Spring Willows standards so that it becomes regarded as the best park in Yorkshire – it’ll face stiff competition from Nostell Priory though! We see Spring Willows as fitting perfectly into our existing small group – it is a small park where we can improve the standards, provide exceptional, personalised customer service, and which is small enough to offer our customers a unique, select environment in which to spend their leisure time.

“We already knew the park very well, having assisted the Spring Willows management over the last 3 years in developing their static caravan sales. It’s a great place to be, especially if you are looking for a safe, secure, friendly family park and we’re looking forward to developing the park over the coming years.”

Spring Willows has just over 50 static caravan plots, alongside 60 touring pitches. You can contact the park direct on (01944) 711938 or email ian.springwillows@bluesky-resorts.co.uk.

Nostell Priory Holiday Park held it’s annual Easter Bonnet Parade and Egg Hunt this weekend and had a record turn out.

Park manager, John Conlon explains, “We started with the Egg Hunt whereby we hid 20 decorated hard boiled eggs (The eggs were decorated as Julie has not yet got the knack of being able to boil eggs!!) We also put plasters on all the burnt eggs, and anyone returning an egg with a plaster on got an extra Cadburys cream egg! It was great fun!

“One egg in particular was disguised as HULK HOGAN (this was Julies worst attempt at boiling eggs!). The finder of this sorry looking egg also received an extra prize of a normal size Easter egg.”

All the eggs were accounted for and Julie took them home for some cooking practice!!

“The Easter bonnet parade was the best we have ever had at Nostell with 16 child entrants and 2 adults. There were three Independent Judges, 2 of which were members of Marks family (which meant that poor Molly could not be picked as a winner!)

The third judge was enjoying a relaxing time in her touring caravan before the promise of a Cadbury’s cream egg and the chance to be like Simon Cowell persuaded her to become the third judge!

We took advantage and halted proceedings to introduce Geoff (our resident Sales Advisor) to all the Mums and Dads and opened up our stock for a leisurely tour.  This created lots of interest as people discovered how nice the new style caravan holiday homes were.

Nostell Priory Play Area

The park is set in a wonderful natural setting of the ancient woodland that forms part of the Nostell Priory Estate. Managed by the Nation Trust the Estate attracts visitors from all over the country and beyond. The caravan park has proven very popular for people who are looking for a peaceful, relaxing retreat and want to buy a static caravan in Yorkshire.

Nostell Priory Holiday Park, near Wakefield and Spring Willows Caravan Park, near Filey & Scarborough have released details of their special Easter offers.

At Nostell Priory, which nestles in the ancient woodland that forms part of the Nostell Priory Estate run by The National Trust, the holiday park owners are offering a special fixed site fee offer on selected models over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. The annual site fee is being reduced to just £995 including VAT for three years – a great saving! The park is as popular as ever but unusually there are holiday homes available from as little as £11,995.

Nostell Priory Play Area

The holiday home development is split into 9 small Glades each with its own unique character. This maximizes the privacy of each holiday home and also breaks up the layout of the park. It means that there are no rows and rows of caravans on this park.

There’s only a handful of plots available on this beautiful park and for more information on this park in West Yorkshire, caravans for sale, and details of the special offers then please contact John on 01924 863938.

Spring Willows which offers touring holidays near the coast in East Yorkshire, caravans for sale, and luxury lodges to buy is also running special promotional offers over the Easter Bank Holiday Weekend.

The park is handily placed near to Scarbrough, Filey & Bridlington and is a small, friendly, family park, with great facilities for all the family including a pool (indoor and heated), a lovely restaurant and lounge bar as well as family entertainment throughout the season. The existing caravan owners and touring guests love the friendly nature of the park, the proximity to the Yorkshire Coast and the easy access from home.

Spring Willows used to be solely a touring park but recently has been developed as a mixed park offering touring holidays as well as caravans for sale. The new development of static caravan pitches has been thoughtfully planned and the layout and design maximise the space between the caravans and every effort has been made to make each plot as private as possible.

Full details of the special offers are available from park manager Ian, who can be contacted on 01944 711938.

For those people interested in West yorkshire or East Yorkshire, Caravans for Sale, and Caravan Holidays then these two parks would seem to offer a great starting point for exploring your options.

Coast or Country?

When thinking about the perfect location for your caravan holiday home many people first consider whether they want a coastal location or a countryside setting. For many the attractions of the Yorkshire Coast are obvious – miles of golden sandy beaches, plentiful tourist attractions, traditional seaside towns and lots for all the family to see and do. Scarborough, Whitby & Filey have a special place in many people’s hearts and have long been a mecca for West Yorkshire folks looking for a holiday destination. 

Spring Willows Holiday Park is ideally located to take full advantage of all that the Yorkshire Coast has to offer. Handily located between Scarborough & Filey and just off the A64 from York you can get out and explore easily from the park. The park itself is a great place – a quiet family park with a really nice bar, restaurant and indoor swimming pool. And because the park is small with just 100 holiday home owners and touring customers, your sure to be on first name terms with all the staff and be sure to enjoy friendly, personal service at all times.

If you’re not looking for a coastal location there probably isn’t a better place that you can be than amongst the 200 acres of the Nostell Priory Estate between Wakefield & Pontefract. There’s a holiday home park set in the ancient woodland that has been runner up in the Best Park in Yorkshire for 3 of the last 4 years. 

The park is a haven of peace and tranquility that offers a lovely base and the owners at the park are permitted to roam throughout the 200 acre estate which is slowly being restored to its natural state. The park is divided into separate glades giving the holiday home owners additional privacy as well as a beautiful setting to sit and enjoy the abundance of wild life that the park is home to.

The park boast a David Bellamy Gold Conservation Award as well as a Five Star “Exceptional” Grading given by the English Tourist Board. As a private owners park you will soon be making friends with like minded people enjoying the good life at the park. 

New for 2009 the park will soon have it’s own bowling green to go with a lovely children’s play area, woodland walk, and the famous obelisk!

Whether your passion is for the coast or the country then these two lovely parks could offer you the dream setting for your new holiday home.