Blue Rose Country Caravan Park
Brandesburton, East YorkshireA truly picture-perfect country park, renowned for its customer care and meticulously kept grounds, offering a gateway to all the East Coast.
News from our Parks January 2025
Happy New Year! We hope you are busy planning and booking your holidays and trips away this year. If you don’t yet have our handy booklet to help with your research, you can order it on our brochure page. If you’re looking for parks with bus and train services nearby, see our new report: Public Transport from Tranquil Parks 2025.
You might think most parks would be very quiet at this time of year, but there’s plenty of work going on with a wide range of upgrades and improvements. This continuous investment is what enables the parks to maintain high standards needed to earn top ratings and win national awards!
If you want to know which Tranquil Parks are open throughout January, scroll to the bottom of this post.
Are you going to the Caravan Camping & Motorhome Show 2025?
If you’re planning to be at the Caravan Camping and Motorhome Show at the NEC in Birmingham 18-23 February, we look forward to seeing you there. We’ll be on Stand 4028, where you can meet park owners, managers and wardens, pick up a brochure and enter the special show draw with plenty of opportunities to win breaks at Tranquil Parks.
First giveaway of 2025 – win a touring, camping or glamping stay at Delph Bank
We have launched the first monthly giveaway this year with a fantastic prize from Delph Bank Touring & Glamping Park in Fleet Hargate, Lincolnshire. You could win either a touring camping or glamping stay at Delph Bank Touring Park. The prize is either 4 nights on a pitch or 2 nights in a deluxe glamping pod.
The prize can be taken at any time throughout the 2025 open season, except bank holidays – enter here. We’re also looking forward to sharing details of the new clubhouse at Delph Bank which is currently under construction. A popular feature of this park is the scenic dog walk along an old railway line.
Special offers and new Somers Wood loyalty scheme
This month we have new special offers from Blue Rose Country Park in Brandesburton, East Yorkshire and Brookside Country Park near Scunthorpe and Wolds View Country Park just outside Caistor, Lincolnshire. We also have details of a new loyalty scheme from Somers Wood Caravan Park in Meriden, North Warwickshire, (shown in the top featured image) giving you £3 off stays of 2 nights or more after your first stay this year. See all Special Offers.
First AA award of 2025 goes to Bath Chew Valley Caravan Park
Congratulations to Bath Chew Valley Caravan Park! The AA has renewed its award of 5 platinum stars for this beautiful park. “Lush parkland feel and excellent private facilities” is how the AA Inspector described it on awarding the team the AA’s top rating for the 2025 season. (See the park’s important and ‘must-book’ dates for 2025 below.)
What’s new for the 2025 season?
New ownership and longer season for Woodland Springs
Woodland Springs Touring Park in Dartmoor, Devon has changed hands and our best wishes go to Peter and Fiona. The new ownership is KCS05LTD, which is a family owned and operated company. The company is named after the family: Kevin & Claire Spreyer and 05 representing the 5 family members. The park is to be run by Steve and the cleaning team remains the same. The park team is headed up by Alan Mash, General Manager of the company’s parks in the South West.
One major change is that the park will now have an 11-month open season from the beginning of March to the end of January. Seasonal Tourer owners will have the option to upgrade to the longer season on a prorata basis. Another change is that they will no longer be selling alcohol in the shop in the future. But useful new items will be added in due course.
We are delighted to welcome Kevin, Claire and the team to Tranquil Parks.
Luxury log cabin at Hallsdown Farm
We’re excited to introduce a new development at Hallsdown Farm Touring Park in North Devon – The Cabin @ Hallsdown. The first accommodation on the park, it’s a genuine Scandinavian log cabin which sleeps up to 4. Like the rest of the park, it is just for adults and dog free. Ensuite facilities include one wet room and another bathroom with a shower over a bathtub. It also features underfloor heating, a large open plan dining/sitting/kitchen area, a washer/dryer and dishwasher. We will share more photos when more rooms are completed.
Darts, snooker, cafe and doggie convenience at Killiwerris
Great news from Killiwerris Touring Park near Truro in Cornwall: Steve has built a new snooker and darts room! It will be available to guests at a small charge, bookable through Steve.
They are also creating a dog convenience area, which is accessible from the footpath to the bridleway. This new area will enable doggie guests to explore off the lead and we’ll share photos as soon as we get them.
The new self-service cafe is currently in progress. This area will have a coffee machine, kettle, microwave and some meals for guests to cook, as well as cakes. Guests who need to do some work or spend time relaxing away from their vans can also use this area. Steve has moved the fountain in front of the building and there will also be outside tables and chairs.
Green Acres expand pitches and new places to eat open
The Green Acres Caravan Park team in Cumbria have started building a new area which will include 14 new premium pitches for guests to enjoy (this will not be ready until 2026). They are currently at the stage of putting in the services, etc. Being near the Lake District and Scottish Border, snow tends to be heavier than in other parts of the country and with this month’s snowfall they took a break from the groundworks and made this wonderful snowman!
Two new cafes/restaurants have opened locally, which Josie and Mike have very kindly tested out for us (a tough job, but someone had to do it)!
- The Cafe on the Green, which is a dog friendly cafe only 1 mile away
- The newly renovated Stag Inn at Low Crosby which is 3 miles away and also dog friendly
Briarfields is busy, busy, busy
At Briarfields Motel & Touring Park just outside Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, there are lots of improvements going on. Here some are photos of park owner Scott in action. The works include:
- New motorhome disposal point
- New service piont which includes chemical waste, grey waste, fresh water and refuse point
- Six brand new motorhome super pitches adjacent to the washrooms, all individually hedged with their own electric, fresh water and waste point
- Concrete bases being removed and replaced with cotswold shingle
- The planting of 500 beech hedges
- A big refresh for the motel rooms
- Loads more drainage around the park
More improvements, great walks and family news from Yr Helyg / The Willows
They’re still busy with improvements at Yr Helyg / The Willows Caravan & Camping Park near Abersoch, North Wales – as you can see in the photos – with the solid road around the main field, (obviously useful in not-so-dry weather), three new hardstanding fully serviced pitches, and the mtorhome waste point (therefore fully motorhome friendly) are near completion. Next is a warm dog wash!
When not working, the Jones family, who own and run the park, have been on some fabulous winter walks, as shown here. The family’s Christmas was made perfect by the news that Eleri and Hywel are to become grandparents for the first time this year! Congratulations to them.
Work in the woods at Somers Wood
Some of the winter jobs may seem rather mundane, but they are absolutely crucial for your enjoyment and safety. Somers Wood Caravan Park in Meriden, North Warwickshire, is a case in point. Having installed a new boiler replacement in the shower block, they have been busy clearing trees. Luckily for them, they have a professional tree surgeon in the family!
Two Mills upgrades, team change and local discounts
The team at Two Mills Touring Park near North Walsham in Norfolk have been very busy tidying the park with tree felling and pitch improvements. At the time of writing, specialists were on the way to refurbish the bottom facility building ready for reopening on 1 March. You will also find a few more ‘curiosities’ dotted around the site this season! The photos are of the park on a winter’s morning and Crosby, the park dog on his Christmas Day walk with cousin Nala.
The park’s lovely office worker, Sharon, retired at the end of last season, so they will be hiring a new team member closer to opening. Alun, her partner, is still a groundsman.
The team has contacted several local businesses to arrange special discounts just for Two Mills guests. Some of these include fresh homemade afternoon teas delivered to your pitch by a family bakery in town. A local cafe, which does full breakfasts, jackets, paninis, cottage pie etc., is offering a discount plus free delivery to the site. Discussions with local pubs (of which there are 7) have started and one has agreed to a discount on Sunday lunches followed by hot drinks.
Same team and new floors at Red Kite
We’re pleased to let you know that Red Kite Touring Park near Llanidloes, Powys, is keeping the same team for 2025. Here they are in their Christmas jumpers: (left-right) Chantelle, Tom, Rich, Ryan and Richard (groundsmen), Becca and Ray. They will also be welcoming back Paul, who was their summer warden last year.
The New Year’s eve event raised nearly £200 for Dementia UK, despite the fireworks display being stopped by the wet and windy weather. (See the park’s 2025 events listed below.)
During this closed season, they are refreshing all the amenities block flooring and we hope to share some ‘before and after’ photos.
Trethem Mill enlargement of pitches
The team at Trethem Mill Touring Park near St Mawes in Cornwall have been working on enlarging some pitches. Doesn’t it look gorgeous, even in the middle of winter!
Winter work at Back of Beyond
As usual, Team BoB at Back of Beyond Touring, Camping & Glamping Park in Dorset have a lot of winter work going on. This year they’re creating 14 more fully serviced pitches, including all the large Astroturf ones, while the standard Astroturf pitches are having a hardstanding panel put next to them to make them usable in all weather. Three hundred metres of land drain is going in, as well as a new water station in one of the camping areas, and they’re clearing areas by the lakes to improve accessibility and open up the views. They’re looking forward to opening on Friday 28 February for the new season.
Updates in brief
- A reminder that Overbrook Caravan Park in Thornton le Dale, North York Moors (left photo) have negotiated a 60% reduction in their energy tariff. This means that they will increase the amount of electricity credit that they include in the nightly pitch fee to 6kW per night and any ‘top ups’ will be much cheaper for guests.
- Bob the Builder has been redesigning the kitchen areas at New Lodge Farm near Bulwick in Northamptonshire. The shop and cafe are due to reopen mid- January (middle photo).
- At South Wales Touring Park in Llangennech near Llanelli, the serviced pitches and facilities have closed until 1 March. Standard pitches remain open all year, however, but you will need to be self-sufficient. Here’s a photo of a January sunrise at the park (right).
Dates for your diary
A quick reminder of ‘must-book’ events and dates for 2025 from Bath Chew Valley Caravan Park:
National events
- 14 February, Valentine’s Day
- 30 March, Mother’s Day
- 17 – 21 April, Easter Holiday
- 30 March British Summer Time begins
- 1 – 5 May Day weekend
- 22 – 26 May, SpringBank Holiday
- 15 June, Father’s Day
- 22 – 25 August, Summer Bank Holiday Weekend
- 26 October, British Summer Time ends
Local events in Bristol, Bath and Somerset
- 31 January – 9 February, Bristol Festival of Light
- 16 May, Bath Party in the City
- 5 July, Bristol Carnival (Provisional)
- 12 July, Bath Carnival
- 18 – 20 July, Bristol Harbour Festival
- 8 – 10 August, Bristol International Balloon Festival.
- 29 – 31 August, Bath Foodies Festival
- 31 Oct – 23 Dec, Bristol Christmas Markets (Provisional)
- 10 November – Somerset Carnivals, Midsomer Norton
- 14 November – Somerset Carnivals, Wells
- 15 November – Somerset Carnivals, Glastonbury
- 27 November – 14 December, Bath Christmas Market
- 27 Nov- 5 Jan 2026 – Christmas Illuminations at Bath Chew Valley Caravan Park
- 23 December – 2 January 2026, Christmas & New Year Holidays at Bath Chew Valley
Red Kite events 2025
- May BBQ Saturday 10th May 2025 – firing up the BBQ, providing afternoon entertainment and a raffle in aid of Dementia Research UK.
- Bonfire Night Event Saturday 1st November 2025 – annual bonfire night event with hot soup and bread rolls, finished with a quiet fireworks display (approx. half the decibel rating to standard fireworks) in aid of charity
- New Years Eve Wednesday 31st December 2025 – see in the New Year with hot dogs and mulled wine, followed by a firework display (standard decibel) at midnight in aid of charity.
A look back at the festivities
Christmas guests, Mr and Mrs Cowley, are returning to Bath Chew Valley Caravan Park in 2025 as winners of a free weekend stay in the park’s best decorated unit competition over Christmas. “It’s a bit of Christmas holiday fun for everyone. This year’s decorations were so good we also awarded prizes to Mr and Mrs Growcott, and Mr and Mrs Hook,” said park owner Keith Betton.
The park has sponsored the best decorated unit competition over the Christmas and New Year period for many years. Keith added, “It’s a joy for everyone to see all the decorations around our pitches and the new friendships formed as everyone gets involved. It’s so popular, many guests have already re-booked for Christmas 2025!” Booking for Christmas and New Year 2025 is available here.
Here’s a reminder of caravans dressed up for Christmas at Blue Rose Country Park and the fantastic New Year’s Eve party in the park’s clubhouse.
Tranquil Parks open all year (North to South)
Brookside Country Park
Scunthorpe, LincolnshirePicture perfect, tranquil setting caravan park. The hidden gem of North Lincolnshire.
Wolds View Country Park
Caistor, LincolnshireSet in the Lincolnshire Wolds, in an area of outstanding natural beauty. A 5-star touring park with pristine, modern and eco-friendly facilities.
Cartref Caravan and Camping Site
Nr Shewsbury, Shropshire. SY5 9GDAward winning, family-owned park set in rural Shropshire. Appreciate the manicured site and peaceful surroundings on your private pitch with hedged borders.
Eye Kettleby Lakes Touring Park
Melton Mowbray, LeicestershireSet in the beautiful Leicestershire countryside, you will find 130 all-weather, fully serviced pitches set across two sites.
Stretton Lakes Touring Park
Stretton Lakes, Oakham, LeicestershireA beautiful 5 star park with south facing views over our fishing lakes and the valley beyond. Located in Rutland, close to Rutland Water, and the Market towns of Oakham, Stamford and Melton Mowbray.
Daisy Bank Touring Caravan Park
Powys, WalesLocated in the unspoilt countryside, boarding Shropshire and Powys, open all year round for tourers and motorhomers looking for the ultimate getaway.
Briarfields Motel and Touring Park
Cheltenham, GloucestershireBriarfields Park is a friendly park in a lively area, conveniently located just one mile from the M5 motorway. The park offers easy access to both Regency Cheltenham and Historic Gloucester via a 24-hour bus service right outside the park, as well as a new off-road cycle path and footpath.
Run Cottage Touring Park
Woodbridge, SuffolkA beautiful award-winning touring park with 45 generously spaced pitches with grass, hardstanding, 6 serviced pitches and glamping pods.
South Wales Touring Park
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, WalesLlwynifan Farm, located on a quiet hillside with stunning country views. The perfect base for touring the South Wales Coast and Pembrokeshire.
Bath Chew Valley Caravan Park
Bath, SomersetA friendly garden feel park, with a list of features that all add up to the make it the best park from which to explore the local area.
Wells Touring Park
Wells, SomersetOne of Somerset’s finest 5-star parks, ideally located within walking distance to many attractions, local pubs and restaurants.
Waterrow Touring Park
Taunton, SomersetThe ‘Garden in the Valley’ is an award-winning, 5-star graded caravan park. Ideal base for relaxation or to explore Exmoor and the Somerset coast.
Parkland Caravan, Camping & Glamping Site
Nr Kingsbridge & Salcombe, South Devon.AA 5 star, platinum site open all year with luxury facilities in an area of outstanding natural beauty. The ideal base for exploring South Devon including Salcombe, Dartmouth & the South West Coast path.