Press Centre
We are pleased to provide a full press service to media personnel. Please contact our PR consultant Jon Boston on 01768 895225 (mobile : 07944 930328) - or email Jon at jon@jjbpr.co.uk.
Alternatively, talk direct to Skelwith Fold Caravan Park on 015394 32277.
Here are links to recent press releases. If you would like images to accompany any of these stories, please contact Jon (above)
PARK PROMISES OWLS OF DELIGHT FOR POTTER FANS - October 2007
Harry Potter fans are being advised to wing their way to a Cumbrian holiday park next Summer - if they want the chance of a close encounter with one of the films' high-flying stars. For according to ...
"COULD YOU BE A PARK PIONEER?" ASKS SKELWITH - September 2007
People who dream of running their own holiday park are being given the chance to wake up to reality - and to discover if they really would enjoy making leisure their business. Cumbria's top-rated Ske...
WATER WORKS FOR PARK'S "GET WET!" PROMISE - August 2007
A Cumbria holiday park which claimed to be the best place in England to get wet has now hung out the "no vacancies" sign to deter any more visitors. As the rains fell across the UK this Sum...
CUMBRIA HOLIDAY PARK IS "BEST IN ENGLAND" - OFFICIAL! - July 2007
Skelwith Fold wins Caravan Holiday Park of the Year accolade in Enjoy England Awards for Excellence 2007 A family-run holiday park in Ambleside has beaten off over 3000 competitors to take a top ...
WHY LIFE'S A BEECH FOR HOLIDAY PARK'S SECRET GUESTS - June 2007
Investigators working undercover at a top Lakeland holiday park have found evidence of thousands of non-paying guests. The team was called in after botanist David Bellamy said he suspected that Skelwi...
JOSE REVEALS THE ART OF GOOD LIVING AT SKELWITH - May 2007
When Jose Jones threw down an artistic challenge to her fellow holiday home owners on an Ambleside caravan park, the result was anything but a brush-off. For last weekend, more than 500 paintings and ...
PARK'S MYSTICAL TARN COULD YIELD MEDICAL SECRETS - March 2007
A top-rated Lakeland holiday park may soon be offering more health benefits than just a breath of country air. For an historic tarn at Skelwith Fold Caravan Park in Ambleside has been named as a likel...
KIDS ON RED ALERT FOR CONSERVATION KITE CHALLENGE - February 2007
Young visitors to a top Cumbrian holiday park are being given the green light to capture three of its most colourful wildlife guests. Skelwith Fold Caravan Park near Ambleside is inviting children to ...
SKELWITH SETTING GREEN HOLIDAY AGENDA, SAY AWARD JUDGES - November 2006
A Lake District caravan park which champions green tourism has been told that it is an inspiration to the entire holiday industry. The remarks were made at this year's Northwest Tourism Awards where S...
WILDLIFE WINS AS PARK TRIUMPHS OVER TIMBER TRAGEDY - October 2006
They may have seen some of their favourite perches toppled in the storms of 2005 - but now the bird population at an Ambleside holiday park has something to celebrate. For the trees which came down in...
LAKELAND PARK'S VIDEO PITCH FOR SAFER SITING - September 2006
It may offer some of the prettiest pitches in the Lake District - but Skelwith Fold Caravan Park in Ambleside also provides some of the UK's toughest siting challenges. Now, however, its narrow roads,...
TOP TOURISM ACCOLADE FOR PARK WITH NATURAL APPEAL - September 2006
An Ambleside holiday park which takes a special pride in what it doesn't offer customers has won a top county tourism honour. Skelwith Fold Caravan Park was this week (September 7) named as the overal...
AMBLESIDE PARK "A WILDLIFE WONDERLAND" SAYS DAVID BELLAMY - August 2006
Dragonflies, kingfishers and owls have helped the owners of a Cumbrian holiday park to wing their way to victory in a prestigious nation-wide environmental competition. Skelwith Fold Caravan Park, ne...
LISTEN TO BBC RADIO 4 INTERVIEW WITH HENRY WILD OF SKELWITH FOLD - August 2006
Listen to Radio 4's "You and Yours" show with Henry Wild (Monday 7th August 2006) http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/listenagain/monday.shtml...
UK HOLIDAY PARKS - AN INDUSTRY PROFILE - August 2006
Figures compiled by UK Tourism Statistics (UKTS 2005) reveal that Britain's holiday parks industry now generates a tourism spend of more than £2.9 billion in the UK. That equates to more than on...
PARKS TOP POPULARITY POLL, MP HEARS - May 2006
Penrith MP David Maclean swapped the Commons for caravans last week when he met with North Cumbrian holiday park owners to hear their forecasts for the coming tourist season. Mr Maclean toured two pa...
TOURISM TEAM DISCOVER PARK-APPEAL - July 2006
Staff on the front-line of Cumbria's tourism industry went into action themselves this week. Tourist information staff from centres across the county met in Keswick on Tuesday (4th July) for a special...
