| 'Best For' Caravan Parks |
Full information about the following parks can be found in the March 2004 issue of Practical Caravan. For back issues telephone 08456 777812. Admission Price and Opening Times were correct at the time of publishing. Please check for latest information before visiting. |
| Dorset |
| Wood Farm Caravan and Camping Park |
 | Address |
Axminster Road, Charmouth, Dorset |
| Tel | 01297 560697 |
| Website | Click here |
| Open | 1 April-31 October |
WHERE TO GO
Charmouth, Dorset
Charmouth has a beautiful shingle beach which is backed by cliffs that glow gold as the sun sets. It's also filled with history - quite literally.
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| Pembrokeshire |
| Noble Court Holiday Park |
 | Address |
Redstone Road, Narberth, Pembrokeshire |
| Tel | 01834 861908 |
| Website | Click here |
| Open | 6 March-31 October |
WHERE TO GO
Rhossili Bay, Gower Peninsula
Imagine a beach where to the left and right the sand stretches as far as the eye can see; in front there's rolling surf, and behind are sand dunes topped with marram grass.
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| East Sussex |
| Sheepcote Valley Caravan Club Site |
 | Address |
East Brighton Park, Brighton |
| Tel | 01273 626546 |
| Website | Click here |
| Open | All year |
WHERE TO GO
Brighton beach
There's no sand and the sea is rarely blue, but there's something quintessentially English about Brighton beach, with its pebbles and parallel groynes jutting neatly into the sea.
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| Kent |
| Black Horse Farm Caravan Club Site |
 | Address |
385 Canterbury Road, Densole, Folkestone |
| Tel | 01303 892665 |
| Website | Click here |
| Open | All year |
WHERE TO GO
Hastings beach, East Sussex
This unassuming beach earns an unexpected place on the list by being the only one in Britain where a shipping fleet launches directly from it.
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| Cornwall |
| Polmanter Tourist Park |
 | Address |
Halsetown, St Ives, Cornwall |
| Tel | 01736 795 640 |
| Website | Click here |
| Open | 1 April-31 Oct |
WHERE TO GO
Godrevy Beach, Cornwall
Cornwall's fantastic coastline is justly famous – so much so that it's difficult
to choose which bit to include on this list. It's all blue sea and white sand and, more often than not, great surf.
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| Norfolk |
| The Garden Caravan Site |
 | Address |
Barmer Hall, Syderstone, Kings Lynn, Norfolk |
| Tel | 01485 578220 |
| Website | Click here |
| Open | 1 March-1 October |
WHERE TO GO
Holkham Beach, Norfolk
Norfolk's beautiful beaches are one of Britain's best-kept secrets, which seems odd given their size: they're long and wide and flat with a sense of endless space.
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| Lancashire |
| Abbey Farm Caravan Park |
 | Address |
Dark Lane, Ormskirk |
| Tel | 01695 572 686 |
| Website | Click here |
| Open | All year |
WHERE TO GO
Blackpool
Every rumour you've heard about
Blackpool is true: you really can buy
'kiss-me-quick' hats; there are donkey
rides on the beach; and there is bungee jumping off the pier.
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| North Yorkshire |
| Spring Willows Touring Park |
 | Address |
Main Road, Staxton, Scarborough, North Yorkshire |
| Tel | 01723 891505 |
| Website | Click here |
| Open | 1 March-10 November |
WHERE TO GO
Whitby, North Yorkshire
Red, blue, green, yellow and pink beach huts run all along the length of Whitby's beach. Maybe it's their bright colours, or maybe it's the town itself, but there's something about Whitby beach that makes it a welcoming place.
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| Aberdeenshire |
| The Invercauld Caravan Club Site |
 | Address |
Glenshee Road, Braemar, Ballater, Aberdeenshire |
| Tel | 01339 741373 |
| Website | Click here |
| Open | Mid-December to Mid-October |
WHERE TO GO
Balmedie Beach, Aberdeen
The Scottish coastline is full of intimate coves and great expanses of white, sandy beach. Balmedie beach is long and wide and its soft light somehow makes the sky feel even bigger than usual.
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| Northumberland |
| Ord House Country Park |
 | Address |
East Ord, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland |
| Tel | 01289 305288 |
| Web | Click here |
| Open | All year |
WHERE TO GO
Bamburgh, Northumberland
One of the most dramatic beaches in Britain has to be Bamburgh in Northumberland. Miles of flat sandy beaches look out towards the holy island of Lindisfarne, and the rest of the Farne Islands.
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Full information about the above parks can be found in the March 2004 issue of Practical Caravan. For back issues telephone 08456 777812. Admission Price and Opening Times were correct at the time of publishing. Please check for latest information before visiting. |
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