One of the top parks in Wales has unveiled an ambitious addition to the site facilities to help visitors get more from their lodges. 

Dare we dream of a more prosperous 2012? Hoburne Holiday Parks certainly is as booking figures are up steeply on the same time last year. 

The family-run park group says booking figures are up 11 percent across all seven of its sites on the same period last year, although individual parks have even more impressive figures, particularly Hoburne Park, Christchurch where figures are up a whopping 50 percent. Across the company’s seven parks in Dorset, Hampshire, Devon, Somerset, the Cotswolds and Cornwall, an 11 percent overall rise is reported.

Haulfryn Finlake has been named Holiday Park of the Year in the Devon Tourism Awards.

The prestigious park, occupying over 130 acres of open countryside near Newton Abbot, is ideally placed for visits to Teignmouth and Dawlish on Devon's south coast and is now on the shortlist for the South West Tourism Awards as a result of the win.

Nick Harding takes a rewarding tour of four lovely Suffolk towns in just four days.

Stacie Pardoe and Mark Bigault enjoy an exhilarating exploration by bike,

Terry & Maureen Acreman find a beautiful area full of history, culture and charm.

Sarah Wakely explores Nottinghamshire in search of hidden gems within this ‘Robin Hood’ county

It may not have the kudos of the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts but Skelwith Fold Caravan Park's August Summer Show demonstrates that its guests are a talented bunch. The Ambleside caravan site, which has static vans as well as tourers, put on its fifth exhibition showcasing guests' paintings, photographs and poetry inspired by one of the UK's most popular holiday destinations, the Lake District.