Center Parcs reveals plans for new £400million holiday resort in the UK – with 700 lodges and indoor waterpark

CENTER Parcs has confirmed plans for a caller vacation parkland successful the UK - the seventh of it's kind.

The caller edifice volition beryllium the archetypal to unfastened successful Scotland, being built connected the Scottish borders 3 miles northbound of Hawick.

The edifice would screen astir 400 acres, with some writer and woodland.

Inside the vacation parkland volition beryllium 700 lodges, on with some indoor and outdoor activities that families tin book.

This includes its Aqua Sana Forest Spa and celebrated indoor h2o park, the Subtropical Swimming Paradise.

Shops, bars and restaurants volition besides beryllium on-site.

The task volition outgo betwixt £350million and £400million, with astir 1,200 jobs created.

A readying exertion volition beryllium submitted aboriginal 2025.

Colin McKinlay, Chief Executive Officer of Center Parcs, said it was a "tremendously breathtaking project".

He added: "Throughout our history, we person demonstrated that a Center Parcs colony provides important economical benefits locally, regionally and nationally.

“Many Scottish families already sojourn Center Parcs villages successful England, and this colony volition connection the accidental for radical to bask their holidays person to home, which successful crook volition payment the section economy.

"This tract gives america the accidental to instrumentality a bold, caller attack and make a woodland ourselves, delivering important biodiversity nett summation and planting thousands of caller trees."

He added that they were astatine the "early stages of the proposal" still, truthful nary authoritative opening day has been confirmed.

The archetypal Center Parcs opened successful Europe, with it's archetypal vacation colony successful the Netherlands successful the 1960s.

The UK is presently location to 5 Center Parcs resorts, arsenic good arsenic 1 successful Ireland.

The archetypal to unfastened was Sherwood Forest colony successful Nottinghamshire successful 1987, followed by Elveden Forest successful 1989.

Center Parcs Longleat opened successful 1994, celebrating it's 30th day this twelvemonth with two caller attractions - a caller Adventure Golf people and extended Leisure Bowl facility.

Whinfell Forest successful Cumbria opened successful 1997, which is the largest Center Parcs resort.

The newest to unfastened is Woburn Forest successful Bedfordshire which opened successful 2014.

In 2019, Longford Forest besides opened successful Ireland.

Plans for a Center Parcs successful Crawley were antecedently enactment guardant though this was aboriginal scrapped.

More than 2million tourists sojourn the resorts each year.

There are tons of Center Parcs resorts successful Europe too, with immoderate families heading overseas and redeeming money.

One mum revealed the European edifice which was astir £1,000 cheaper to sojourn successful the UK fractional term.

And a caller Center Parcs Nordborg is opening successful Denmark next year, the archetypal of its kind.