Resort in £4.3m makeover
HOLIDAY parks enjoyed by generations of Teessiders are set for a makeover just in time to welcome staycationers this summer.
Parkdean Resorts has announced its Cayton Bay Holiday Park near Scarborough has received a £4.3m cash injection and will be given a major makeover as one of Parkdean’s seven “Parks of the Future”.
A further £1.6m has been invested across five other North East parks, including at Crimdon Dene near Hartlepool.
For the 2021 season the revamped Cayton Bay, a popular spot for holidaymakers from Teesside, will include five new luxury lodges and two new caravans, as well as new activities including a dog agility course, an outdoor sports court and a pirate-themed crazy golf course.
A base camp – bringing Bear Grylls Survival Academy and Outdoor ’n’ Explore to Yorkshire – will also feature, as well as an arts and crafts den and a new sports dome, adventure playground, as well as hover boards, bungee trampolines and a new indoor heated swimming pool.
The park has also invested in its food and drink offering with an extended bar and restaurant. Crimdon Dene will get two new caravans as part of the seven-figure North East investment that will also see Church Point in Newbiggin by the Sea, Cresswell Towers at Druridge Bay and Sandy Bay in Ashington, all Northumberland, and the park at Whitley Bay benefit.
The Newcastle based company operates 67 caravan, lodge, cabin, glamping and camping holiday resorts around the UK and is investing £70m across all its parks creating 6,500 seasonal jobs across its UK estate.
Steve Richards, chief executive of Parkdean Resorts, said: “Despite the most challenging of years, we’re continuing to invest in our parks, creating an even better experience for holidaymakers and holiday home owners in 2021.
“With industry-leading Covid-safe standards, we’re looking forward to welcoming people back safely, to enjoy everything our parks, and the surrounding areas, have to offer.
“We know how reliant the local economy is on tourism, and we’re confident that we can help the region recover by welcoming holidaymakers to enjoy a well-deserved staycation in the North East.”
We’re confident that we can help the region recover by welcoming
holidaymakers.
Parkdean’s Steve
Richards