The UK holiday parks ‘like Center Parcs without the crowds’ – and breaks are half the price

EVERY household dreams of a Center Parcs trip, but if you;'re looking for a much wallet-friendly version, there's a lesser-known vacation parkland concatenation wherever breaks outgo a fraction of the price.

Landal GreenParks has hundreds of vacation villages crossed Europe, with sites successful the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Austria and the Czech Republic.

After opening its archetypal UK-based vacation parkland successful 2017, determination are present 22 Landal GreenParks resorts successful the country.

Scotland is location to 4 sites, including Whitekirk Hill successful East Lothian and Brunston successful Dumfries and Galloway, and there's 1 successful South Wales called Dylan Coastal Resort.

The remaining 17 resorts are dispersed crossed English counties similar Cornwall, the Lake District, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Yorkshire and Northumberland.

From lakeside lodges and wood escapes to seaside sites and wellness retreats, it looks similar determination mightiness beryllium a Landal GreenParks to suit each Brit.

Gwel an Mor, Portreath, Cornwall

Located conscionable a four-minute thrust from Portreath successful Redruth, Cornwall, Gwel an Mor is location to a scope of family-friendly activities similar an archery scope and tennis court.

There's besides an indoor brushed play that's dispersed crossed 3 floors arsenic good arsenic climbing walls astatine Base Camp.

Sensory playpark with wheelchair access

Despite being little than a 10-minute thrust from Portreath Beach, there's besides an indoor heated swimming pool with h2o walkers and a blistery tub.

For thing a small much relaxing, there's besides a well-being spa and a two-acre sportfishing lake.

Gwel an Mor besides has a Terrace Bar and Restaurant arsenic good arsenic the Tipsy Turtle Bar that overlooks the Portreath coastline.

Alternatively, there's the site's Wild Kitchen wherever guests tin dine al fresco with their ain backstage chef.

There are a scope of on-site accommodation options similar holiday lodges that are susceptible of sleeping up to six people.

Sun Online Travel person recovered week-long breaks successful the Easter Holidays from £1,109 for a six-person lodge.

Meanwhile, seven-night breaks astatine Center Parcs Sherwood Forest commencement from £2,498 successful the Easter Holidays.

Rockingham Forest, Northamptonshire

Set wrong 200 quadrate miles of past woodland, Landal GreenPark's Rockingham Forest tract has woodland trails.

There's besides a children's play country with swings, a climbing frame, a passageway and a zip line.

Other family-friendly attractions see a elephantine outdoor chess set, French boules, a fairy way and hopscotch.

An on-site store sells mundane essentials arsenic good arsenic caller breadstuff and pastries, portion a covered BBQ country gives holidaymakers the abstraction to get a barbeque going adjacent erstwhile it's raining.

Sun Online Travel person recovered week-long breaks successful a four-person lodge starting from £689.

This is £1,809 cheaper than a seven-night interruption astatine Center Parcs Sherwood Forest.

Dylan Coastal Resort, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Located wrong the 'cosy capital' of the UK, the Dylan Coastal Resort offers a somewhat much relaxing enactment acknowledgment to its on-site spa.

Milk Wood House offers a scope of treatments similar a herbal steam sauna, a Roman bath and an indoor infinity pool.

For families with kids, determination are besides Children's enactment packs, a tennis tribunal and beginner-friendly yoga sessions.

There's besides the Milk Wood Bar & Kitchen that's location to 3 outdoor terraces overlooking the Taf Estuary an a wood-fired pizza oven.

The sandy beach, which has yet much views overlooking the Taf Estuary, has occurrence pits wherever holidaymakers tin roast marshmallows.

Week-long breaks successful a four-person lodge during the Easter Holidays outgo £1,359.

Despite being pricier than the different 2 sites, it's inactive implicit £1,000 cheaper compared to a enactment astatine Center Parcs Sherwood Forest.

Piperdam, Dundee, Scotland

Set wrong 650 acres of Scottish countryside, Landal's Piperdam tract successful Dundee is perfect for families who emotion the large outdoors.

On-site activities see tennis, archery, golf, brainsick carts, an Indoor segway, a Nerf Challenge and axe-throwing.

For younger guests, there's an indoor brushed play, bug hunting, pottery coating and a superhero/fairy academy.

There's besides an indoor swimming excavation with h2o walks, and the tract is conscionable a stone's propulsion from Piperdam Loch and Piperdam Forest.

Guests tin dine astatine the Room with a View edifice and Little Piper's Cafe earlier stopping for a portion astatine Howie's Bar.

Sun Online Travel person recovered four-person lodges starting from £1,059 successful the Easter Holidays.

Travel writer Catherine Lofthouse has tried respective Center Parcs-alternative vacation parks successful the UK, here's what she thought.

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