Pisces Country Park and Acorn Holiday Park in Welney see a surge in bookings as people choose to escape to the country

Two holiday parks in Welney have seen a surge in bookings over the summer and attracted the attention of keen anglers.

Pisces Country Park and Acorn Holiday Park, situated on a 20-acre site featuring landscaped lawns, shrubs and wooded areas, have four abundantly-stocked fishing lakes. Both parks are part of the Starglade Group which also operates Stonham Barns Park in Suffolk.

Established in the 1940s as a tench fishery, Pisces Country Park has three lakes heavily stocked with carp, pike, tench, roach and bream. It has won the David Bellamy Conservation Gold Awards for countryside achievement and been recommended by some of the country’s most famous anglers including Bob Nudd MBE and Matt Hayes for fishing.

The parks were acquired by their current owners in 2019 and 2020 and since then significant investment has been made in the facilities there.

The holiday home accommodation is being updated with many new units being added to replace older stock, improvements are being made to the park’s infrastructures and specialist conservation work is being continued to enhance the grounds and lakes.

Speaking on behalf of the two sites, Paul Stanton said: "There is no doubt that the pandemic has changed the way people live their lives. It has focused everyone’s mind into the here and now and there is a huge revival of people getting out into the countryside to enjoy the simpler things in life.

"Fishing is one of the UK’s largest participation sports and it is great for mindfulness and health. Getting out into nature is clearly what people want, to live a more fulfilled life, so we are seeing more visitors than usual and more people wanting to invest in a holiday home so that they have somewhere to go at the weekends.

"There is no doubt that the UK offers people what they want in terms of relaxation and everything is here on offer, without the stress of overseas travel. I can only see this trend continuing as we go through winter and prepare for the spring and summer of 2021."

Luxury furnished holiday lodges are available to rent at Acorn Holiday Park and to buy at Pisces Country Park. Prices at Acorn Holiday Park start from £50 per night including fishing and at Pisces from £34,995 for a fully furnished luxury holiday home. All accommodation is situated beside a lake.

For more information, call 0800 048 5326 or visit www.holidayparkhomes.co.uk