UPWOOD Park is pleasantly situated close to the Yorkshire Dales National Park and one mile from the Brontë village of Haworth and the Worth Valley Steam Railway. With panoramic views over the beautiful surrounding countryside, the park has a Gold David Bellamy Conservation Award and a 4-Star Tourist Board rating.

The park is licensed for residential homes, touring caravans, tents, motorcaravans and static holiday caravans. Seasonal pitches and storage are available for tourers.

Facilities include electric hook-ups, a shop, sanitary block, and a children’s indoor play area. For those who cannot leave the office or just want to keep in touch, there is WiFi on site, which can be accessed from the comfort of your caravan or at the bar and playzone areas. Other on-site facilities include a friendly bar with live music on Saturdays, and great drinks offers. Food is served until late.

The park is gently sloping in nature, with tarmac roads and occasional speed bumps giving access to most areas. All specific pitches have parking next to the units, which are mostly on grass.

Public transport is available from the park entrance on a regular daily basis to all the surrounding towns and villages. The historic market town of Skipton is
12 miles away, and Bradford and Leeds are both within three-quarters of an hour.

Skipton is an attractive market town serving a large rural area. It is situated in the Aire gap separating the Craven limestone Dales to the north, the gritstone moors to the south, and the pastoral Ribble Valley to the west.

Just outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park boundary, Skipton prides itself on being ‘The Gateway to the Dales’. Its name comes from the Saxon word for sheep – ‘sheep town’. The arrival of the Leeds-Liverpool canal in 1770 brought industrial growth to the town, with cloth making becoming a major activity. Nowadays, Skipton is a major commercial and shopping centre, with its colourful market being held four days a week, and a variety of interesting pubs and eateries to tempt the visitor.

Within a short distance of Skipton are the many attractions and the scenic delights of the Yorkshire Dales, including a variety of delightful walks.

The village of Haworth is situated on the eastern slope of the Pennines and located close to the River Worth. The Brontës arrived at Haworth from Thornton in 1820 with a procession of seven carts and one covered wagon leading up the Main Street (then known as Kirkgate) and finishing at Haworth Parsonage.

The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway was built in 1867, connecting Haworth to Keighley. The line was closed in the 1960s, with every effort being made to re-open it as a preserved railway. Today, the line has working steam trains at weekends and daily during the summer.


INFO

Upwood Park, Blackmoor Road, Oxenhope, Haworth, West Yorkshire BD22 9SS. Tel: 01535 644242. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.upwoodpark.co.uk

• Open all year
• For sale – A selection of new and used residential units and holiday caravans are for sale and hire. Contact the park for details


This review was published in our annual Residential Parks Guide 2009 distributed with the September 2009 issue of Park & Holiday Homes magazine. To order our latest issue please click here.


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