Work to start on huge new Northumberland holiday park within weeks

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 …
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