It’s a stunning spot for a new village (Picture: Center Parcs) The village, which is expected to cost between £350 and £400 million, will be able to accommodate 3,500 guests at a time.

There are currently five Center Parcs in the UK: Whinfell Forest, Sherwood Forest, Longleat Forest, Elveden Forest, Woburn Forest. There’s also one village in Ireland: Longford Forest.

The Scottish village will be modelled on Center Parcs’ six existing villages across England and Ireland. It will include a wide variety of indoor and outdoor activities, retail outlets, bars ...

More recently, Woburn Forest in Bedfordshire opened in 2014 followed by Longford Forest in 2019. Center Parcs also discussed opening a site in Crawley; however, the plans were later scrapped.

A detailed masterplan of the proposed holiday village was shown for the first time on Wednesday during a public consultation meeting in Denholm. The map features a central indoor water park and ...

Center Parcs - Hand Drawn Masterplan - March 2025 (Image: Center Parcs) Following today’s consultation, the masterplan will continue to evolve based on public feedback before a final version is ...

Center Parcs’ plans to open its first holiday village in Scotland have taken "a major step forward", with the submission of a Proposal of Application Notice (PoAN) to Scottish Borders Council.

Center Parcs has also received other accolades this year, including its Aqua Sana Forest Spa being crowned Employer of the Year at the Professional Beauty UK Awards and Longford Forest being named ...

The holiday park operator scooped the gold award for Best Company for UK Family Holidays and the silver award for Best Company for UK Short Breaks at the British Travel Awards 2024. The awards ...

The park has a 17,000sq m lake at its heart, and features 625 lodges, a 75 bedroom hotel, an outdoor activity centre, an Aqua Sana spa and the largest of Center Parcs’ Subtropical Swimming Paradises.