Work will start within weeks on a new multimillion-pound holiday park in Northumberland, breathing life into a former opencast coal mining site.
Park Holidays UK first unveiled plans for Widdrington Lakes Holiday Park last year, when it applied for planning permission to transform a section of the former Steadsburn opencast coal mining site into a holiday destination to join its sister site at Amble, The Links. The company secured full planning permission for up to 275 static caravan pitches and 200 all-weather pitches for tourers and tents, while also gaining outline planning permission for 475 more bases for holiday homes and a cafe.
Its plans were made possible when it acquired the 300-plus acre site last year from Callaly Leisure, driving plans to add to its existing portfolio of more than 40 sites across the UK. The construction of Widdrington Lakes will be carried out in phases, with the first phase starting soon, before construction of the facilities overlooking the two lakes at the site starts in autumn, ahead of a planned opening to first guests next year.
