Caravan Magazine has written an article on the Best of British organisation in their Summer issue 2010, that includes a visit to Woodovis Park.

Some of the highlights from the article:

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The 'Best of British' parks occupy a different stratosphere from your average UK campsite. From spotless facilities to immaculate grounds, first class service to cracking entertainment; if a BOB site were a hotel, it would be the Ritz Carlton!

Caravan recently stayed in one of BOB's star sites, Woodovis Park in Devon, and can vouch for the group's impeccable standards.

Everything about Woodovis is designed with the discerning caravanner and motorhomer in mind, from the heated indoor swimming pool to the newly installed, state of the art sauna, that's also energy efficient; from the idyllic rural setting, to the friendly wardens on first name terms with every guest.

Electric Bike for Poston Mill

Poston Mill Park, Peterchurch Hereford, would like to say a great big thank you to Herefordshire Council without whom they would not have been able to purchase their fantastic new electric bike.

The park, set in 33 acres of glorious Herefordshire Countryside offers touring and camping holidays as well as Holiday Home ownership and a selection of hire holiday properties, produced a travel plan earlier this year to look at alternative methods of transport and how best to travel around the 33 acre park.

Poston Mill Park in the Golden Valley have scooped 'The Caravan Holiday Park of the Year' Silver award in the recent National Enjoy England Excellence in Tourism Awards held in Brighton.

Ian & Jane Akeroyd are absolutely delighted and very proud to announce that Trethem Mill Touring Park has won the National Gold title “Caravan Park of the Year” at the enjoyEngland Excellence Awards 2010.

The award was announced at a glittering ceremony held on St George’s Day in the historic Dome and Corn Exchange in Brighton. The annual black-tie gala celebrates the very best of English tourism and the judges were looking for a Park that has boosted business by making the most of their distinctive appeal.

On 24^th February 2010 Oakdown received its 2^nd ‘Award of Special Distinction’ to celebrate Oakdown’s dedication to the environment for the past 13 years and its commitment to enhance Sidmouth in a visitor payback scheme.

Oakdown is the only Park in the UK to have won 2 awards of Special Distinction and has also received its 14^th consecutive Gold Award.

Best of British is delighted to announce that 25 of its 50 member parks were featured in the recently announced Practical Caravan Top 100 awards, which are judged on votes received from caravanners, with a further 6 appearing in the list of Runners Up.

The overall winners of the Top 100 award, Helen and Mark Lowe of Ross Park in Devon were delighted to be chosen as Regional winners for Devon and then be awarded the top spot in the Top 100 awards for the whole of the UK. In addition Ross Park was also recognised as the ‘Best Pet Friendly Site’.

Simon and Denice Blades of Aberlour Gardens Caravan Park, who are in their first full year of Best of British membership, came top for Scotland, with Billy Maguire at Ord House Country Park in Northumberland and Keith Betton at Bath Chew Valley Caravan Park near Bath being regional winners in North East England and Somerset, Avon and Wiltshire respectively. Bath Chew Valley Caravan Park was also awarded ‘Best Adults Only Site’.

The other Best of British parks who featured in the Top 100 were:

Scotland

Riverview Caravan Park

North West England

Park Cliffe Camping & Caravanning Estate
Riverside Caravan Park

Wales

Plassey Leisure Park

Heart of England

Lincoln Farm Park
Poston Mill Park
Townsend Touring Park

East of England

Highfield Farm Touring Park
The Old Brick Kilns

South East England

Broadhembury Caravan & Camping Park
The Orchards Holiday Park
Sandy Balls Holiday Centre

Dorset

Wareham Forest Tourist Park

Somerset

Avon & Wiltshire:
The Old Oaks Touring Park

Devon

Beverley Park
Dornafield
Webbers Park
Woodlands Leisure & Caravan Park
Woodovis Park

Cornwall

Dolbeare Park
Trethem Mill Touring Park

Amongst the Runners Up were Wild Rose Park, Cenarth Falls Holiday Park, Home Farm Holiday Park, Tanner Farm Caravan & Camping Park, Wood Farm Caravan & Camping Park and Polmanter Touring Park.

Congratulations are due to them all.

Trethem Mill Touring Park is absolutely delighted to announce that it has been chosen as a finalist in the forthcoming Enjoy England Awards for Excellence 2010. This means the Park will definitely walk away with either Gold or Silver in the category “Caravan/Holiday Park of the Year”.

All the national finalists announced were selected from over 100 regional winners submitted by regional tourist boards and were rigorously assessed by independent assessors and a team of judges to make it through to the final. All the winners will be unveiled at a glittering awards ceremony held in the Corn Exchange at The Brighton Dome on 23rd April in celebration of St George’s Day.

The judging panel said:

These awards really showcase the wealth of high quality and affordable holiday experiences on offer in England today.

The judges were impressed with the huge, continued investment made by tourism businesses across all categories in spite of the recession. These finalists demonstrate how successful that commitment to quality has been and we feel that the results reflect the very best that England has to offer

This news follows hot on the heels of the two other Gold awards the Park has recently won – Caravan Park of the Year 2009 with both the Cornwall and Southwest Tourism Awards.