South West England holiday parks

Finlake Lodges, Newton Abbot, Devon

Type: Relax And Explore Weekly price range: £210 - £1695

Self catering accommodation is available at Finlake Lodges. Set in 130 acres of beautiful Devonshire countryside on the edge of Dartmoor just half an hour from the sea and boasting outstanding leisure facilities Finlake is the perfect holiday getaway. Relax on a romantic short break or enjoy a fun-filled family holiday – the choice is yours.

Due to steep gradients and steps Finlake is not suitable for wheelchair users or persons with mobility difficulties.

The fabulous leisure complex includes a heated indoor pool superb fitness centre well-equipped gym sauna steam room and the Finesse beauty centre. Recently refurbished the Retreat bar and restaurant offers lunch and à la carte evening meals.

Children will love the outdoor pool with its water slide and the outdoor adventure playground. Outdoor tennis courts a challenging 9-hole pitch and putt course and two coarse fishing lakes provide sporting opportunities for everyone.

• Indoor heated swimming pool
• Outdoor swimming pool with giant water slide
• Horse riding‡
• High ropes† cycle hire‡
• Caving Jungle trail climbing and abseiling tree topping indoor climbing Via Ferreta at The Rock Climbing Adventure Centre‡
• 9 hole pitch and putt
• Petanque and short mat bowls
• Walking and nature trails
• Snorkelling and WaterWalkerz
• Gym
• Tennis courts and golf
• Archery fencing
• Cro-kick and disc golf
• Fishing lakes (EA licence required)
• FUNdamentals (gymnastics for under 6s)‡Offsite under separate managementand charges will apply.
• Health and Leisure club including sauna steam room and beauty treatments
• Bar and restaurant
• Adventure play area
• Launderette

Phone enquiries: 0345 498 6152

Michaelstow Manor, Bodmin, Cornwall

Type: Lively And Leisurely Weekly price range: £119 - £910

Self catering accommodation is available at Michaelstow Manor. Set in 11 acres of rolling natural gardens this holiday park nestles at the foothills of Bodmin Moor and offers you everything you need for a carefree and relaxing family holiday.

Surrounded by glorious countryside a short drive from the coast – and only an hours drive from almost anywhere in Cornwall – this is an ideal touring base. The sauna and solarium provide ideal ways to relax and children will love the indoor heated pool paddling pool and their own playground. The stone built Victorian manor house offers the perfect way to start the evening in the Elizabethan Suite with its restaurant and bar.

A magical area steeped in legend. Tintagel and its famous castle the rugged North Cornwall coast and a host of scenic and historic attractions are all nearby.

• Paddling pool
• Sauna* Solarium*
• Restaurant
• Family entertainment
• Lounge bar bar meals
• Children's playground
• Crazy golf*
• Takeaway
• Amusements*
• Shop
• Launderette*

Phone enquiries: 0345 498 6152

Penstowe Park, Bude, Cornwall

Type: Lively And Leisurely Weekly price range: £121 - £1155

Self catering accommodation is available at Penstowe Park. Situated near the beautiful North Cornwall Cornish coast Penstowe Park has a wealth of facilities to suit everyone.

There is so much to do whatever the weather. The children can enjoy their very own George the Dragon Children's Club. Penstowe offers great entertainment and discos and full membership to the leisure club is included.

Penstowe Park is just 2½ miles from the sandy beach at Sandymouth Bay and makes an ideal touring centre for both Cornwall and Devon England's most popular holiday area.

Due to steep gradients and steps Penstowe Park is not suitable for wheelchair users or persons with severe mobility difficulties.

• Children's pool and play area
• Sauna* Jacuzzi*
• Relaxation and beauty treatments*
• Resident entertainment team
• Cabaret suite
• George the Dragon Children's Club (5–12s)
• Nightly children's disco
• 3 bars restaurant bar food and takeaway
• Amusements room*
• Coffee shop
• Village shop
• Launderette*
• Wi-Fi (Manor House)

Phone enquiries: 0345 498 6152

Meadow Lakes Holiday Park, St Austell, Cornwall

Type: Relax And Explore Weekly price range: £147 - £840

Self catering accommodation is available at Meadow Lakes Holiday Park. Set in 56 glorious acres of idyllic meadows woodland and lakes this small and friendly non working farm awarded the David Bellamy Silver award for Conservation offers a perfect base for a relaxing family holiday. The lakes boast superb coarse fishing and children of all ages will love the various small animals. Together with an outdoor swimming pool takeaway and a children's play area there's sure to be something to suit everyone at Meadow Lakes Holiday Park.

A vast array of visitor attractions await in the lovely surrounding countryside from beautiful walks along the Roseland Peninsula to numerous picturesque fishing villages harbours gardens theme parks museums and a wealth of safe bathing beaches.

• Outdoor heated swimming pool
• Table tennis*
• Pool tables*
• Tennis*
• Coarse fishing lakes*
• Paddling pool
• Takeaway
• Children's playgrounds
• Shop/off licence/gift shop
• Launderette*

Phone enquiries: 0345 498 6152

River Valley Country Park, Penzance, Cornwall

Type: Peace And Quiet Weekly price range: £161 - £865

Self catering accommodation is available at River Valley Country Park. Enviably situated in one of Cornwall's most picturesque valleys this peaceful park awarded the David Bellamy Silver Award for Conservation sits just a few miles from the glorious sandy beaches of both the north and south Cornish coast. Situated in a quiet valley where the river Hayle flows down to the north coast making it perfect for a tranquil holiday.

A haven of rural tranquillity and relaxation yet ideally situated for touring River Valley nestles in 18 partly wooded acres alongside its own clear shallow stream. Shop available (Mar 29–Nov 1) and launderette* available for all dates. *Charges apply.

Phone enquiries: 0345 498 6152

Atlantic Reach Country Club, Newquay, Cornwall

Type: Relax And Explore Weekly price range: £178 - £1645

Self catering accommodation is available at Atlantic Reach Country Club. Award winning Atlantic Reach is embedded in countryside and is close to some of the finest beaches in Europe. Just 6 miles from popular Newquay Atlantic Reach offers a unique combination of country ambience stylish living superb sports and leisure facilities and excellent but affordable dining.

At the heart of Atlantic Reach is the new clubhouse indoor pool fitness centre island bar and lounge and blue room restaurant.

If the activities and entertainment are all too much why not escape to the Indigo Spa where you can relax with a variety of treatments.

• Indigo spa with treatment rooms* Jacuzzi* sauna* and steam room*
• 9 hole par 3 pitch and putt*
• Sun terrace
• The Island bar and lounge with activities and family entertainment*
• The Blue Room Restaurant
• Poolside bar
• Moroccan lounge and bar
• Teen Den with amusements*
• Children's outdoor play area
• Bouncy castle and trampolines
• Wi-Fi access

Phone enquiries: 0345 498 6152

Challaborough Bay, Challaborough, Devon

Type: Lively And Leisurely Weekly price range: £179 - £809

Self catering accommodation is available at Challaborough Bay. Enviably situated just a stone's throw from a Blue Flag beach and commanding stunning views across to Burgh Island and the sea beyond this superbly located park offers you a seaside holiday to remember.

Set at the end of a valley on the sandy curve of Bigbury Bay Challaborough Bay boasts fantastic facilities with something to suit everyone. The whole family will enjoy the leisure complex with its fabulous indoor heated pool tots' pool and fully equipped gym and the variety of daytime and evening activities on hand.

• Toddlers' pool with splish splash activities
• Sauna and solarium*
• Blue Flag beach
• Christie's Family Club
• Treetops Tots (under 4s)
• Treetops Grove featuring Maxi Multi and Milli (4–10s)
• Freestyle Club (10–15s)
• Waterfront Restaurant
• Regatta Bar and patio
• Takeaway
• Costa Coffee
• Wi-Fi access (in designated areas)
• Amusements*
• Soft play area
• Adventure playground
• Dog exercise field
• Mini supermarket
• Launderette*

Phone enquiries: 0345 498 6152

Avallon Lodges, Launceston, Cornwall

Type: Peace And Quiet Weekly price range: £156 - £599

Self catering accommodation is available at Avallon Lodges. These secluded lodges stand in an orchard surrounded by idyllic countryside. Ten acres of the land form a valley hosting a magnificent array of flora and fauna. There is a wood with plenty of room to play and picnic a well stocked fishing lake and a pond teeming with life whatever the season.

Visitors enjoy use of the private well stocked fishing lake a real anglers' paradise (national rod licence required – available from any post office). Swings games room with table tennis pool darts and launderette facilities* all available for all dates. Clay pigeon shooting* June 15–August 30.

The north coast is just 15 minutes' drive away and the surrounding area offers surfing at Widemouth Bay and Crackington Haven horse riding 5 golf courses and a host of attractions including NT properties and the Tamar Otter Sanctuary. The Eden Project is 40 miles away.

• Table tennis
• Fishing
• Walking
• Games room
• Launderette*

Phone enquiries: 0345 498 6152

Dawlish Sands, Dawlish Warren, Devon

Type: Lively And Leisurely Weekly price range: £166 - £846

Self catering accommodation is available at Dawlish Sands. Situated near to one of the finest sandy beaches in the country and surrounded by beautiful Devon countryside there's so much for you to see and do you'll be spoilt for choice!

Just a short level walk away is Dawlish Warren with its two miles of clean golden sands dunes and rock pools to explore at low tide – a paradise for children of all ages! You have an outdoor pool with a wide terrace for sun bathing and a heated indoor swimming pool amusements pool table and all the fun of watersports on the beach.

Once the day is over the Devonshire tap is the place to be. All the family will enjoy the variety of entertainment with cabaret dancing games competitions and children's entertainment.

This park is situated on a regular bus route and the main railway line follows the lovely river Exe past the side of the park and drops you conveniently at Dawlish Warren.

• Indoor heated swimming pool
• Outdoor swimming pool
• Pool tables*
• Sun terrace
• Children's club
• Children's entertainment
• Entertainments team
• Live cabaret and discos
• Licensed clubhouse
• Competitions games and bingo*
• Restaurant
• Bar snacks
• Takeaway
• Amusement arcade*
• Wi-Fi access (in club)
• Mini market gift shop and off licence
• Launderette*

Phone enquiries: 0345 498 6152

Sandford, Sandford Poole, Dorset

Type: Fun And Laughter Weekly price range: £189 - £1400

Self catering accommodation is available at Sandford. Set in acres of peaceful Dorset countryside close to the World Heritage Jurassic coastline Sandford offers a truly special base for a memorable family holiday. Glorious sandy beaches are close by and you are superbly placed for exploring the New Forest or the bustling towns of Poole and Bournemouth.

Whatever the weather you're spoilt for choice at Sandford – fantastic facilities include a heated indoor swimming pool an amazing outdoor swimming pool great bars and eateries and a state-of-the-art entertainment complex hosting award-winning shows.

Children are well catered for with their own clubs for all ages while the more adventurous can try something different with horse riding mountain biking and watersports all available at the park.

• Outdoor toddlers' pool
• Skylite Bar
• Limelite club with live entertainment
• Tot Stars (under 4s)
• Star Landers club with Sid and Lizzie (4–10s)
• Freestyle Club (10–15s)
• Arena Bar and Courtyard restaurant
• Big Munch takeaway
• Pizzeria
• Wi-Fi access (in designated areas)
• Crazy Caves indoor play area with ball pool
• Adventure playground
• Amusements*
• Crazy golf*
• Big screen TV with Sky Sports
• Film screenings
• Dog walking area
• Convenience store
• Launderette*

Phone enquiries: 0345 498 6152