Our Blog Has Now Moved...

Thank you to everyone who has been reading our blog over the last couple of years.

We have now relocated our blog onto the Shorefield Holidays website, where you'll be able to find out about all the latest news, events, offers and all things Shorefield.

So to find out what we've been up to, head to the brand new Shorefield Holidays blog.

                         The Beautiful South Awards 2014

 We are very proud to announce that Shorefield Country Park has been awarded a coveted Silver in the category: Holiday Park of The Year at the Beautiful South Awards 2014.

 Lesley and Bobbie Lawrence attended the awards at the Grand Brighton Hotel last night, the presentation evening celebrated the very best in visitor experiences across the South and South East of England.

  Our achievement is reflective of all the hard work put in by the team at Shorefield Holidays, to win such a prestigious award in a highly competitive sector is splendid. We are all very pleased to have had our efforts recognised. 

Shorefield Holidays was delighted to sponsor the Hampshire Life Food and Drink Awards 2014

The awards dinner held last night at The Elvetham, and Simon Pitman Group Head of Marketing at Shorefield Holidays said: 

‘It was a real honour to attend the awards yesterday, and to be able to present Mike the final award of the evening, he was a very worthy winner of the Hampshire Food Hero 2014.

At Shorefield Holidays we have been welcoming guests and visitors to our parks for over 55 years and operate six holiday and leisure parks in an enviable location around the New Forest on the stunning South Coast. We provide high quality holiday accommodation in fully equipped chalets, caravans, holiday lodges and touring and camping pitches. Our Hampshire and Dorset parks offer our holiday guests an extensive range of leisure facilities and activities not to mention a huge variety of restaurants, bars and retail outlets plus the superb Reflections Elemis Day Spa at Shorefield Country Park.

We have always sought to promote and work with other local businesses for all our business activities, and as hospitality is such an integral part of our business, sponsoring the Hampshire Life Food and Drink awards is a perfect way to continue this support.’

The awards were hosted by Hampshire Life and compared by Sarah Parish.

Have a Spooktacular Time this Halloween!

Here at Shorefield Holidays we're getting ready to welcome our guests arriving for half term, of course this half term is extra special as we will also be celebrating Halloween. We've got lots going on at all our parks, so come and join in with the fun.

At Shorefield Country Park we have a whole host of events including kids club activities such as Pumpkin Carving, Freaky Finger Puppets, Trick or Treat Bags and many more. Then in the evening get the whole family together for fantastic fancy dress themes, Family Prize Bingo, Resident Entertainers Shows and much more including the fantastic Elvis Tribute act on Thursday 30th October. There will also be a chance to create your very own caravan as part of our George Clark Competition on the 30th October at 1pm, so come along and get creative.

Nearby, at Lytton Lawn Touring Park, be prepared for Halloween Fancy Dress on Friday 31st October which will be followed by a trick or treat wander around the park. Once again there will be a small prize for the best decorated pitch during the week so bring along your fairy lights and make Lytton Lawn shine. The fairy light competition will run from Saturday 25th October until Saturday 1st November with the winner being notified after half term; so even if you are not here for the whole week you can still enter.

If you're staying at Merley Court Holiday Park this half term, join the team for a Halloween fancy dress trick or treat around the park. There will then be a disco at the Merley Inn and also a prize for the best fancy dress costume. Also, as a guest at Merley you're welcome to enjoy all the entertainment we have going on at Oakdene Forest Park, including some great kids club activities running throughout half term including Zombie Boot Camp, Pumpkin Carving, Ghost Walks and much more. Then in the evening, as usual there will be lots going on to entertain you including Halloween Gameshow Bonanza, a Rocky Horror Tribute Show on Tuesday 29th October as well as the very spooky Horror Walks running on Halloween night on Thursday 31st October. 

So take a look at our entertainment calendar and let us know what you got up to this Halloween half term at our parks. Also, don't forget to post your pictures on our Facebook page.

Announcing Shorefield Holidays Brand New Website

After many months in the planning, we are pleased to announce the arrival of our brand new website. We've been listening carefully to customer feedback and we have made many changes which will make your journey through our website simpler.

• We have streamlined our content, making it easier for you to find what you need.
• You’ll now find it easier to book a holiday online with us and your holiday results will be returned quicker.
• Our website is now mobile compatible, so whether you’re on your tablet or your phone you’ll be able to browse our website with ease.
• We’ve redesigned the events calendar so it’s easier to find what’s going on when you visit our parks.
• We’ve improved the Holiday Home Ownership search, so you can find out even more about your favourite holiday home for sale.

We’ve got many more exciting additions coming over the next few months, so keep checking back and remember to visit our social channels for all the latest news on the website.

To celebrate we’ve got two fantastic website launch offers; receive 25% off self-catering holidays for arrivals from the 1st to the 29th  June 2015* when you book by the 31st October 2014, simply quoteSC25JUNE at checkout to redeem this offer. You can also receive 20% off touring holidays when you book by the 31st January 2015**, quote TOUR20 at checkout to redeem this offer.

We hope you enjoy our website and we’d love to hear any feedback you might have.

* Excludes Signature units, applies to new bookings only and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer
** New bookings only and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

Bournemouth Air Festival 2014

This was the second year in a row that we attended the Bournemouth Air Festival, last year we took a brand new Regal Ambassador to the festival which attracted a lot of attention. This year however, we decided go bigger and better with two brand new caravans, a Regal Kensington and a Regal Henley. 

We had a great location on the beach near to Bournemouth Pier where we spoke to lots of festival goers and also managed to catch a lot of the impressive aviation displays. Unfortunately, due to the cloudy and windy weather on Friday some planes scheduled to fly were cancelled but that didn't affect the crowds, there was still a beach full of people waiting to catch a glimpse of their favourite aircraft's. 

The Air Festival was a great success for us and it was great to meet so many people as well as hand out plenty of Shorefield Holidays beach balls.

For more photos of the 2014 Bournemouth Air Festival, take a look at our Facebook page.

New Forest Tour Day 2014

We've been very lucky with the weather lately, the sun has been shining non-stop here and it's been great for getting out and about. The lovely weather has arrived just in time to welcome the New Forest Tour Bus back for its 2014 season; kicking off on the 28th June the open top bus returned to cover its three routes across the New Forest calling at various towns, villages and attractions throughout the forest.

Our itinerary for the day

Shorefield Country Park and Lytton Lawn Touring Park are on the blue route for the second year running after the new coastal route was added in 2013. We had great success with the New Forest Tour last year and many of our guests took advantage of the opportunity to explore the New Forest without having to take the car.

The first bus we caught, the red route from Lyndhurst

To publicise the return of the New Forest Tour, a social media day was organised by the New Forest National Park Authority and we were lucky enough to be invited along with several other business' that are located on the three routes. So, on a beautiful Wednesday morning we all assembled at Lyndhurst ready to catch the first bus on the red route to Burley, which is well known for its history of witchcraft. We stopped in Burley for an hour, giving us time to properly explore the village with its vast array of speciality shops including New Forest Cider, Burley Fudge Shop, gift shops and much more. There were also plenty of New Forest ponies wondering about, some had even taken up residence in the pub car park, probably waiting for a drink to cool down.  

New Forest ponies waiting for the pub to open

After a stroll around Burley, we hopped on the blue route which visits some lovely coastal locations including Keyhaven, Barton-on-Sea, Milford-on-Sea and of course Lymington, which is where we got off to take a look around. Lymington is not only fantastic for shopping but it also has a wonderful cobbled street leading down to Lymington Quay. There are boat trips that leave from the Quay ranging from short river trips to longer cruises to the Needles, you can also catch the ferry to the Isle of Wight from here.

Lymington Quay

Once we'd explored Lymington we hopped on the New Forest Tour once again, this time it was the green route, which takes you to some fantastic attractions such as Exbury Gardens and Beaulieu Motor Museum. It also stops at the popular village of Brockenhurst, a great place to spot ponies roaming free amongst the village. The green route also took us back to Lyndhurst, where we concluded our day out on the New Forest Tour.

Beaulieu

I had a great day on the tour and got to see so many sights and attractions throughout the forest, a highlight was seeing plenty of New Forest ponies and foals wondering through the forest. I can highly recommend a trip on the New Forest Tour, a great way to see the beautiful New Forest in all its glory. Take a look at some of our photos from the New Forest Tour day on our Facebook page.

A great time had by all on the New Forest Tour

The New Forest Tour runs every day until the 14th September and tickets can be purchased on-board or from the New Forest Tour website, where you'll receive 10% off your ticket price when you book online. WI