Cofton Holidays

Cofton Holidays charges ahead with £60,000 investment in 16 electric vehicle charging points

Multi award-winning Cofton Holidays, located near Dawlish, is bringing power to the people following a £60,000 investment in 16 car charging points for use by day visitors and guests staying on site. No other business in the South West has more electric vehicle (EV) charging points in one location.

The installation is the latest in a series of sustainable initiatives undertaken by Cofton Holidays including rewilding projects, the introduction of wildlife corridors, the installation of 144kw of solar power units on the park’s 12 new luxury lodges, and investment in an electric...

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Social distancing duck whistles introduced at Devon holiday park

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 08/16/2020 - 3:16pm

Park staff at Cofton Holidays are now providing colourful, high-pitched duck whistles to help guests staying with them to maintain social distancing while enjoying the countryside trail of South Devon.

Available to guests, the whistles are being introduced by ‘quackers’ staff at the popular holiday park in a bid to help visitors alert others to their presence. Holidaymakers can blow hard on the whistles to help them maintain a good social distance from others when exploring the surrounding countryside, particularly when the path ahead is unclear, such as in dense woodland or when...

Cofton Holidays announces progressive rewilding project

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 06/04/2020 - 3:52pm

Award-winning Cofton Holidays , specialists in delivering unforgettable eco-friendly holidays to Devon, have today announced their rewilding project due for completion in 2020. The innovative program, which started earlier this year, is a progressive approach to conversation and focuses on restoring the parks’ land to its natural, uncultivated state.

The plan developed by the local, family run business, will enable natural processes to shape the land and to create a heightened biodiverse habitat. The rewilding will improve wildlife connectivity across the site and will increase...

Cofton Holidays scoops TWO major awards for its long-standing commitment to wildlife conservation and the holiday park industry

Cofton Holidays, the multi award-winning holiday park near Dawlish, South Devon, has received two major accolades that recognise not only its sustained conservation efforts over the past two centuries, but its long-standing commitment to the tourism and hospitality industry.

The family-run business has become one of just a handful of UK businesses to be awarded the Gold David Bellamy Conservation Award for the 20th year running. This special award recognises Cofton’s sustained activity to protect wildlife and enhance the landscape of the park located amongst the rolling hills of...

Cofton Holidays closes to customers in line with Government advice

Following the Prime Minister’s call for all pubs, clubs and restaurants to close, and in the light of additional guidance that people should be staying in their primary home wherever possible - observing social distancing - Cofton Holidays, located near Dawlish, has taken the decision to close its doors to members of the public and any non-essential staff for the foreseeable future.

All future guests have been informed of the holiday park’s closure. Guests with holidays already booked are being given the opportunity to rebook at a later date of their choice, when the restrictions...

Cofton Holidays to feature on Channel 5's Rich Holiday, Poor Holiday

South Devon’s multi award-winning holiday park, Cofton Holidays, is set to hit the nation’s TV screens this March when it features in Channel 5’s Rich Holiday, Poor Holiday.

Following the success of its house-swapping documentary series, Rich House, Poor House, Channel 5’s new reality show will follow two families with very different household incomes as they swap holidays.

Episode two, due to air on Sunday 1st March at 9pm , follows wealthy Cheshire entrepreneur Jude Cisse and her family as they swap their luxury villa in Morocco for a caravan at Cofton Holidays near...

South Devon’s Cofton Holidays named Best Holiday Park at national camping and glamping awards

Having successfully fought off fierce competition from some of the country’s top holiday parks, Devon's multi award-winning Cofton Holidays has been named Best Holiday Park at the 2019 Campsites.co.uk Camping and Glamping Awards.

Now in its third year, the Campsites.co.uk Camping and Glamping Awards celebrates the cream of the crop across ten categories. Winners were selected from across the country coming from as far North as Outer Hebrides in Scotland, right down to Carbis Bay in Cornwall.

The news comes after Cofton’s family-run business, which is located near Dawlish,...

Cofton Holidays granted planning permission for luxury lodges collection

South Devon’s multi award-winning holiday park, Cofton Holidays, has received planning permission to build a collection of 12 luxury lodges, which are due to be completed in 2020.

Located near the pretty coastline at Dawlish Warren, construction work has started on the bespoke Copse Lodges collection and is set to be completed by next spring.

Built by Pathfinder Homes, based in Newton Abbot, the 12 cedar-clad lodges will be located in Cofton’s glorious 10-acre field above the popular camping area. With two and three bedroom lodges available to book now for breaks from May...

Multi award-winning Cofton Holidays, based near Dawlish Warren, has been shortlisted in the 2019 UK Pool and Spa Awards,

Dawlish swimming pool needs public support to win national Pool Award

Multi award-winning Cofton Holidays, based near Dawlish Warren, has been shortlisted in the 2019 UK Pool and Spa Awards, having achieved a 5-star rating earlier this year.

The family-run business has made it down to the last three in the Holiday Park Pool of the Year Award, part of the Public/Commercial Pool Awards category. Open to businesses across the UK, the awards celebrate the very best in the water leisure industry. The public vote is now open and Cofton is calling on fans to support it in its bid to beat pools from Butlins in Bognor Regis and Plas Coch Coastal and Country...

Cofton Holidays’ launches Christmas parties with a twist - Fine festive food, entertainment and accommodation

Cofton Holidays’ launches Christmas parties with a twist - Fine festive food, entertainment and accommodation

Dust off your dancing shoes, dig out your most striking Christmas jumper and forget the taxi home as multi award-winning holiday park, Cofton Holidays, is opening its doors to Christmas party bookings with the option of affordable overnight accommodation and access to relaxing morning-after facilities this December.

Only 15 minutes from Exeter, near the pretty coastline of Dawlish Warren, Cofton is offering something a little different, pulling out all the stops to make Christmas parties glitter and shine, without the hassle and expense of the trip home after. Surrounded by...

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