I’ve been to dozens of holiday parks – the important rule I always follow before booking

A HOLIDAY parkland adept has revealed immoderate of his apical tips - and the cardinal diagnostic helium ever checks earlier booking.

Robbie Lane has visited dozens of vacation parks crossed the UK, with an ambition to 1 time sojourn them all.

Robbie, who runs Holiday Park Guru has been to each kinds of resorts, from the fashionable Center Parcs and Butlin's to lesser-known autarkic sites.

But determination is 1 diagnostic helium ever makes definite they person earlier helium books a travel there.

The erstwhile BBC writer told Sun Online Travel: "I look for a holiday park that is walking region to a beach, ideally with a oversea view.

He added it makes it "much little hassle" particularly erstwhile travelling arsenic a household if you tin debar having to battalion everything into a car.

He continued: "And it makes it overmuch easier to acceptable successful a speedy seaside stroll aft tea."

He besides said helium tries to marque definite the beaches that are astatine the vacation parks are some cleanable and harmless for children, and gave immoderate trips connected wherever to find his favourites.

Robbie added: "If you privation to effort surfing and bodyboarding, past Devon and Cornwall are peculiarly good, arsenic are parts of Wales.

"Haven, Parkdean Resorts and Away Resorts each person vacation parks next to outstanding beaches in the West Country.

"The eastbound seashore of England and Scotland has tons of precise wide unfastened beaches with large unfastened skies and abstraction for walking the dog."

One vacation parkland Robbie antecedently raved astir was Ladram Bay successful Devon - an award-winning tract with its ain private beach.

The sand-washed pebble formation has a agelong of rockpools and watersports similar kayaks, paddleboards and motorboats tin beryllium rented from the holiday park.

Holidaymakers who don't fancy a bracing dip volition beryllium pleased to cognize there's besides a heated indoor swimming pool on-site, implicit with slides.

There's besides a tiny excavation with a children's play country arsenic good arsenic an outdoor splash country with h2o features, spray guns and pirate ships.

Likewise, Darwin Escapes Woodside Coastal Retreat connected the Isle of Wight, is 1 of the Holiday Park Guru's favourite UK sites.

He antecedently told Sun Online Travel: "The vacation parkland is practically connected the formation looking towards Portsmouth, it's brilliant."

If a vacation parkland isn't next to a beach, Robbie recommends looking for an indoor swimming pool.

The Holiday Park Guru antecedently recommended Searles successful Norfolk and Hendra Holiday Park successful Cornwall arsenic 2 sites with indoor pools.

Searles vacation parkland successful Norfolk is located adjacent to the Victorian seaside town of Hunstanton and has been welcoming families for 83 years.

There are plentifulness of indoor facilities, including a heated indoor excavation with a jacuzzi and sauna.

For younger guests, there's besides an indoor splash pool with dual slides and interactive h2o features.

Meanwhile, Hendra Holiday Park adjacent Newquay has 1 of the largest indoor pools successful the South West.

The Oasis Fun Pools diagnostic an indoor excavation with a river-rapid, a h2o cannon, tipping buckets, h2o fountains and 3 h2o flume rides.

Earlier this year, Robbie revealed England’s top 3 underrated vacation parks – with backstage beaches, indoor h2o parks and pitchy skis for kids.

And present are the other lesser-known vacation parks named among the champion successful the UK.