by David Weston
Highlands End Holiday Park in Bridport, Dorset has picked up a gold award for holiday park of the year in the South West Tourism Excellence Awards.
Wooda Farm Holiday Park in Poughill, Cornwall and Cofton Country Holidays in flood-affected Dawlish, Devon picked up the silver and bronze awards respectively.
Sixty-six awards were presented in total to businesses in the south-west at an awards ceremony in Plymouth.
Highlands End Holiday Park is located on the UNESCO World Heritage Jurassic Coast overlooking Lyme Regis and Portland Bill.
Caravans and motorhomes are welcome from March to November at Highlands End and the site has a wide range of pitches available.
The Wooda Farm Holiday Park, which recently became affiliated with the Caravan Club, stands right on the border between Cornwall and Devon with some pitches offering a TV aerial connection point for improved reception.
You can book a pitch any time from March to 1 November with prices from as little as £12 a night.
Finally, bronze-award winner Cofton Country Holidays near Exeter in Devon can be visited all year round where you can enjoy the scenery used in Steven Spielburg’s War Horse movie, and for an added extra, visitors can choose a pitch which includes a WiFi access point.
The award-winners will now go on to represent the region at the National Enjoy England Awards for Excellence in May.
Alistair Handyside, chairman of the judges, said: “Once again the entrants have surpassed themselves in showing that investment, innovation and creativity remain at the heart of the visitor economy in the region.”
