Ross Park's News
Overall Winner Of The Top 100 Parks Awards
We are delighted to announce that the readers of Practical Caravan magazine have voted Ross Park as the Overall Winner in this year’s Top 100 Parks Awards, and for the second year running, the Best Pet Friendly Site. We are thrilled that our guests enjoyed their holidays at Ross Park enough to vote for us and our very grateful and sincere thanks go to all of you who gave us your support. We will not rest on our laurels and will work as hard as ever to continue to improve the facilities at Ross Park so that your holidays here will be all you wish them to be.
David Bellamy Conservation Award of Special Distinction
We are delighted that our conservation work has been recognised this autumn, through being one of a small number of parks to receive the David Bellamy Conservation Award of Special Distinction. David Bellamy describes us as "excellent Green Champions" and considers that we demonstrate truly innovative environmental work. He also praises us for our excellent management of the construction of our new storage area and how we mitigated its impact on the environment. We are extremely proud to have received such high acclaim for our efforts as the preservation of our wonderful surroundings is very important to us and is integral to any future developments at Ross Park.
Children's Hospice South West
Many thanks to all of you who have supported us in our efforts for the Children's Hospice South West Charity this year. You have helped us to raise a fantastic total, which will exceed £3000 when the Christmas card sales are added in. Special thanks go to the fundraising committee, who work so hard to ensure everyone enjoys the functions, which contribute such a lot to the total figure.
Extension of the Back Showers
Building work has started on the transformation of the old shower cubicles, situated at the back of the shower block. The spacious new rooms will be similar in style to our very popular wetroom-style showers. Careful consideration is being given to every comfort and we are looking forward to our guests being able to enjoy the smart, modern interiors. It is hoped that the external structural work will be completed before Christmas but the back showers will still be available for the festive period. Work will then begin on the inside as soon as we close in January, ready for next season.
Ross Park Arboretum
As part of our continuing conservation work, we have planted a number of trees this autumn to help reduce our carbon footprint. These trees are all native species varying from Devon Rowans to Oak and Horsechestnuts. We are also researching practical management techniques (including sourcing heritage fruit varieties) for our cherry orchard, to maximise its potential as a natural habitat and so everyone can enjoy the crops!