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 PLANS BIG SWITCH-OFF FOR ITS ALL-STAR NIGHTS - December 2009
Guests at a Lakeland holiday park will be invited to take part in a series of dark deeds next year. Skelwith Fold Caravan Park in Ambleside is to ask holidaymakers on six designated nights to...
PARK'S RED CARPET FOR SQUIRRELS GETS ROYAL THUMBS-UP - November 2009
A successful bid to woo back red squirrels to a Lakeland holiday park has drawn congratulations from The Prince of Wales - and led to its being highlighted as a national role model for championing the...
WHITEHALL CHIEFS VIEW CUMBRIA'S HIGH-PERFORMANCE PARKS - October 2009
Senior figures from the government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport took time off from Whitehall last week to have a closer look at Cumbria's holiday park industry. The delegation, ...
YOU'RE HIRED! SIR ALAN'S FIRST PARK RECRUIT IS FROM AMBLESIDE - September 2009
Seventeen-year-old Jack Webb from Ambleside has become the first in the UK to enrol on a government-backed apprentice scheme for workers in the caravan park industry. The former Lakes School ...
SUCCESS FOR PARK COMMUNITY WHICH WENT ON RED ALERT - August 2009
Henry Wild of Skelwith Fold Caravan Park in Ambleside describes how holidaymakers played their part in securing the return of the red squirrels. "Switching off" is perhap...
PLANNING REFUSAL SENDS "WRONG SIGNALS" TO HOLIDAYMAKERS - August 2009
(The planning consent mentioned in this story was later granted) Owners of a top Lakeland caravan park have vowed to fight a decision to prevent them expanding - and warned that Cumbria is se...
LOOK ON BRIGHT SIDE, PARK URGES FORECASTERS - July 2009
Forecasters should stop trying to dampen the spirits of holidaymakers by talking down the weather, says the owner of a top Lakeland holiday park. Henry Wild of Skelwith Fold Caravan Park in A...
HERONS BEAT RETREAT AS HOMER GOES ON GUARD - May 2009
Greedy herons on a Lancashire holiday park's new fishing lake have been put to flight - with the help of America's best-known cartoon family. Life-size effigies of The Simpsons are succeeding...
SKELWITH'S FREE-FOR-ALL WAS A TOURISM TRIUMPH - April 2009
Plans by an Ambleside holiday park to kick-start Cumbria's tourist season with a special St George's Day event were hailed a outstanding success last weekend (25/26 April). More than 400 people jou...
BY GEORGE - IT'S A FREE FOR ALL IN CUMBRIA - March 2009
A top Lakeland holiday park is preparing to cry "freedom!" in the name of St George next month. Skelwith Fold Caravan Park in Ambleside will be offering free stays to all visitors on St Geor...
MAY CONTAIN NUTS - BUT GREYS ARE A GREAT DISH, SAYS PARK - February 2009
A Lakeland holiday park has served up some ideas about how do deal with the casualties of a huge grey squirrel cull soon to start in Scotland. Barbecue sauce is a good start, it suggests. Skelwith Fo...
"POTTED PARKS" TO HELP SKELWITH GUESTS DRIVE IN NEUTRAL - January 2009
Calendars sent to customers of a Lake District holiday park this year came with much more than 365 days. The acorn which accompanied their seasonal gift, they were promised, would provide over a centu...
NO MORE MUCKY PUPS AS PARK REIGNS IN ITS NATURAL ASSETS - November 2008
Boggy beagles, muddy mastiffs and tarnished terriers have all had their day at a top Lakeland holiday park. The problem of pesky paw-prints in caravan holiday homes has been tackled by a n...
GUESTS ON RED ALERT AS SQUIRRELS MARCH BACK - October 2008
Guests at a Lakeland holiday park are claiming victory in their two-year battle to defeat the dominance of greys squirrels - and to create a paradise for the much rarer reds. A colony of red squirrel...
WHY PARK COMMUNITIES REALLY CARE - September 2008
The following article was commissioned from Skelwith Fold park owner Henry Wild by the editor of "On Site", a leading industry publication Recently I heard a story about a Skegness park...
LAKELAND PARK BUOYANT AS BUYERS BOYCOTT BRICKS - October 2008
Families switching from cottages to caravans have helped to create a buying boom this year at a top Lakeland holiday park. Skelwith Fold Caravan Park in Ambleside says that sales of caravan holiday ho...
BINS BAG NEW HOMES FOR PARK WILDLIFE - August 2008
Empty wine bottles, ready-meal cartons and plastic carrier bags will soon be providing extra living quarters for wildlife at a top Cumbrian holiday park. But the animals won't be living in the litter,...
SCHOOL BELL SIGNALS CUMBRIA BOOKING BOOM - July 2008
School bells sounding the start of the holidays have triggered a booking boom at a top Ambleside holiday park. Following a slow start to summer earlier in the month, Skelwith Fold Caravan ...
"TANKS FOR COMING!" SAYS TOP LAKELAND PARK - July 2008
While overseas holidaymakers fret about fuel surcharges, visitors to a top Cumbria holiday park are being rewarded for staying loyal to Lakeland - by having their fuel costs refunded! The offer is op...
ARTISTIC ACCOLADES AS PARK COMMUNITY DRAWS TOGETHER! - May 2008
When hundreds of couples and families took part in a talent contest at a top Lakeland holiday park this spring, there wasn't a knobbly knee to be seen - or croaky karaoke to be heard. Instead, the ho...
PARK SOLUTION TO HOLIDAY HOUSING HEADACHE - April 2008
The following letter was published in the Westmorland Gazette in May 2008. It was written by Skelwith director Henry Wild in response to an article drawing attention to the dearth of lower-cost housin...
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...
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...
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 ...
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,...
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...
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...
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...