Darwin Forest Country Park

Darwin Forest Country Park
Industry Holiday Resort
Headquarters 53°10′58.41″N 1°33′5″W / 53.1828917°N 1.55139°W / 53.1828917; -1.55139Coordinates: 53°10′58.41″N 1°33′5″W / 53.1828917°N 1.55139°W / 53.1828917; -1.55139, Darley Moor, England
Number of locations
 2
Parent Pinelodge Holidays Limited
Website Darwin Forest Country Park

Darwin Forest Country Park is a 44-acre (18 ha) holiday resort in Derbyshire, England, operated by Pinelodge Holidays Limited.[1][2][3] The resort contains a large number of Scandinavian Redwood lodges produced by Pinelog (an independent holiday home manufacturer), a swimming pool and gym, a pub, an onsite convenience store (Woodland Store) and the Little Monkey's children's play centre. Nearby in Ashbourne is the smaller sister resort Sandybrook Country Park.[4]

An older lodge at the Park
The on-site gym: Evolution

The resort is located off the B5057 on Darley Moor, near Darley Dale, in the Derbyshire Dales and is 5 mi (8 km) south-east from Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall.[5] The country park has received the David Bellamy Gold Award[6] and the Hoseasons 'Best lodge park in Britain' accolade.[7]

One of the newer lodges at the park

References

  1. ↑ Size @ totaltravel.co.uk Retrieved July 2009
  2. ↑ Middleton, Christopher (8 February 2002). "The Peak District: A forest of artful lodgers". The Daily Telegraph (London).
  3. ↑ countrycottagesonline.net
  4. ↑ thisisderbyshire.co.uk
  5. ↑ Location @ K9directory.co.uk Retrieved July 2009
  6. ↑ Award @ Information-Britain.co.uk Retrieved July 2009
  7. ↑ "Darwin Forest Country Park". Retrieved 24 April 2012.


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