What are your favourite places to visit in the UK? Share with Parkdean Resorts

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From the idyllic Cotswolds and beautiful Lake District to the breathtaking wilderness of the Scottish Highlands and picturesque scenery of Cornwall, we all have a favourite place to visit in the UK. Be it a city break, a camping trip or an indulgent retreat by the seaside, the UK has many holiday destinations we love visiting with our loved ones.

With that in mind, Parkdean Resorts want to hear about your and your family’s favourite places to visit in the UK.

Here’s what they have to say: "We are the UK’s largest Holiday Park operator with 67 locations in some of the most stunning coastal, countryside and lakeside locations, from the impressive Scottish Highlands to the sunny South Coast.

After over three months of lockdown, we are so excited to re-open our holiday parks this summer and show just how much the UK has to over for a family staycation, allowing you to enjoy these wide open spaces and time with your family.

Choose from a huge range of caravans and lodges, including extra wide accommodation, perfect for families and packed with everything for a stress-free holiday. Dog friendly options mean you can bring the whole family too! For a touch of adventure, you’ll find a variety of pitches whether you’re camping in a tent, or pitching up a touring caravan or motorhome.

For your peace of mind, we have made commitments to protecting our holidaymakers, people and local communities for a safe stay, whilst also introducing a booking guarantee, giving you the confidence to book a much deserved holiday.“

What are your family favourite places to visit in the UK and why? How often do you go there and do you have a favourite time of the year to visit? What makes this place so special to you and your family - a memory you hold dear, or you simply love everything about it? Which UK destination is next on your go-to list or have always wanted to visit in?

Whatever your and your family’s favourite place to visit in the UK is, share on the thread below and you’ll be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £200 voucher for the store of their choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck!
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Lyme Regis in Dorset, it's just lovely there and the Jurassic coast is stunning.

We loved going to Morecambe as children, lots to do, and a quintessential seaside town - deckchairs, ice creams and amusements !

Dh and I love Edinburgh. It is absolutely beautiful any time of year and there is loads to see and do.

We've enjoyed visiting Woolacombe (huge beach and great body-boarding), Bude (sea swimming pool), the New Forest (ponies liven up the walks), Northumberland (good beaches with no litter in sight, and less busy than the SW), caves in the Yorkshire Dales, Jurassic Coast (fossil hunting), the Lake District and Dumfries and Galloway.

We've had some lovely holidays inthe Lake District- my favourite thing is going on a boat on Coniston and having an ice cream overlooking the lake.

Cornwall: sun, sea, fields and sky. When were there we don't want for anything.

We love Cornwall and Devon, both have great beaches and lots for families to do, Cornwall shades it though because it is more dog friendly.

Our family favourite is Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. I use to go every year when growing up. It reminds me of being a child and it holds such simple and fun memories of my childhood with my parents and grandparents.

I would love to take my family to Cornwall. It's looks picture postcard amazing!

Lots of happy childhood memories of summer holidays in Devon and Cornwall but if I could go anywhere right now it would be the Lake District. Specifically Keswick & Derwent Water - I do miss the mountains!

We are lucky enough to live on the Jurassic coast. The scenery is amazing, Charmouth beach is lovely, Lyme Regis always feels like you’re on holiday, Sidmouth is also a busy seaside destination with a few shops etc and great walks, Exmouth has sandy beaches as far as the eye can see as does Weymouth, Portland is a mix of military, industry, posh yachts and beautiful views, Lulworth and Durdle Door are beautiful. Then we’ve got Dartmoor a short drive away. So we can holiday from home on days off.
We love north Cornwall for short breaks but are looking at the New Forest for our next one. Further afield I do love Scotland but don’t fancy driving all that way with a toddler or flying/ going by train with the cost of a hire vehicle at the other end.

My favourite holiday was in Torquay. We stayed in a yurt in a wood. Campfires, trips to the toilet in our wellies, cutting wood for the log burner. We all loved it!
As well as the surroundings, the actual town and seaside is beautiful.
The kids still talk about it now and even love reminiscing about the lunch we stopped for in a beefeater on the way!

Dorset...gorgeous countryside and coastline.

We have a few favourites in our family! We love Scarborough if we want a lovely beach! Our recent holidays have been spent up at Berwick upon Tweed and in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales near Settle!

The Isle of Wight. We don't have a car and the Isle is so easy to get to by public transport. We would go there because it was ideal for when our daughter was small. We went to Sandown in the east twice, in a caravan, within growling distance of the tigers at the zoo. The beach at Sandown is sandy, and we had great times there. It also has a pier and a dinosaur museum which was cool. In Shanklin is tons to do for the kids including crazy golf! We'd take the train or bus to Ventnor, Carisbrooke castle and Osborne House. Bracing Roman Villa was awesome too.

About three years ago we stayed in a lovely beachside fishing cottage just outside Yarmouth, and explored that side of the island. It's less crowded that side. We bussed it down to the Needles and Black Gang Chine. It was beautiful and oddly stuck in the 1950s, but charmingly so. We made sand sculptures. We also went to a farm and fed the lambs, and had a day out at Amazon world.

I love the Isle of Wight, so much to do with the kids and lovely scenery, and the food is lovely too! I would always go back.

(I promise I am not working for the IOW tourist board. I just really like going there )

Argyll! So beautiful and the people have always been so welcoming.

We actually used to go to Parkdean (or Weststar back then) holidays when we were younger in Dorset and Cornwall but my favourite place to go on holiday is Devon! Good distance from where we live and has lovely medieval towns, national parks, sandy beaches, quaint villages and lovely harbour towns!

St Ives, St David's and Lyme Regis are all special to our family. Beautiful beaches, lovely independent eateries and little streets to potter in.

Rhossili bay in Wales is stunning, I have lots of family memories of holidays to Scotland and spending a day in the mountains walking through the heather with hardly anyone around. We live quite rurally now though so also like a city break - would love to go back to Edinburgh one day.

Penzance and St Ives in Cornwall. Beautiful walks, friendly pubs and lovely beaches

We love Bath and Bristol for City Breaks. Once visited Leeds too and that would be great for a city break. For beaches Devon and Cornwall are just stunning - especially slightly out of season when quieter. And for countryside Lincolnshire, Shropshire, and Wiltshire are all great places to visit. Missing our travels this year.

We love the west coast of Scotland, and the islands. Arran, Mull, Islay are all so beautiful and lots to do.

Too many places to list really but we visit Bristol a lot as family there and there's so much to see and do we still haven't done it all

Pembroke in West Wales is our family favourite. Fabulous clean sandy beaches with lovely coastal walks. It's great for children and adults with so much to see and do. The shops and restaurants are great and family friendly.

Whitby, we try and get there every summer, unfortunately not this year due to Covid but hopefully next year. Friendly locals, dog friendly cafes and child friendly pretty much everywhere. We usually book a cottage for a week and have stayed in several areas of Whitby, all great. Have lovely memories of taking my old dog for walks along the cinder path. Prefer to go in summer but have also been in Oct holidays and pleasantly surprised with weather. Would like to visit Harrogate for a stay some time.

Scarborough;we love it up there;we often stay at Clayton bay,we've been there several times,in October,May,July and August so in different weathers.

We love the beaches up that way and the easy access to places like Whitby,Filey,Bridlington etc