Cofton

Gold at the British Travel Awards takes Devon holiday park past 100th major award win

South Devon’s multi award-winning holiday park, Cofton Holidays, has picked up its 100th major award since it started welcoming guests to its heavenly corner of Devon 48 years ago, following Gold at the British Travel Awards (BTA), the UK’s largest consumer-voted travel awards.

The biggest award win in Cofton Holidays’ history tops a record year of results, which includes double success at the 2022 Western Morning News Business Awards in both the Tourism & Hospitality Resilience category, and the Environmental and Sustainability category, Gold at the Food Drink Devon Awards,...

Cofton Holidays closes to customers in line with Government advice

Following the Prime Minister’s call for all pubs, clubs and restaurants to close, and in the light of additional guidance that people should be staying in their primary home wherever possible - observing social distancing - Cofton Holidays, located near Dawlish, has taken the decision to close its doors to members of the public and any non-essential staff for the foreseeable future.

All future guests have been informed of the holiday park’s closure. Guests with holidays already booked are being given the opportunity to rebook at a later date of their choice, when the restrictions...

South Devon’s Cofton Holidays named Best Holiday Park at national camping and glamping awards

Having successfully fought off fierce competition from some of the country’s top holiday parks, Devon's multi award-winning Cofton Holidays has been named Best Holiday Park at the 2019 Campsites.co.uk Camping and Glamping Awards.

Now in its third year, the Campsites.co.uk Camping and Glamping Awards celebrates the cream of the crop across ten categories. Winners were selected from across the country coming from as far North as Outer Hebrides in Scotland, right down to Carbis Bay in Cornwall.

The news comes after Cofton’s family-run business, which is located near Dawlish,...

Cofton Holidays shortlisted in FIVE categories at the Visit Devon Tourism Awards 2019

Cofton Holidays, the multi award-winning holiday park near Dawlish, South Devon, has been shortlisted in no-less than five categories in Devon’s most prestigious hospitality and tourism awards.

The family-run business is through to the final rounds of the Visit Devon Tourism Awards 2019, having been shortlisted for: Holiday Park of the Year; Self Catering Accommodation of the Year; Ethical, Responsible and Sustainable Tourism business of the year; Dog Friendly Business of the Year, and Café and Tea Room of the Year.

Now in its 10th year, the Visit Devon Awards saw a record...

 Cofton Holidays, has crowned Jason Morgan from Guildford, Surrey as winner of Cofton Cup IV – The Fishing Competition.

Prestigious Cofton Cup IV Fishing Competition won with 109Ib haul

South Devon’s highly regarded coarse fishing destination, Cofton Holidays, has crowned Jason Morgan from Guildford, Surrey as winner of Cofton Cup IV – The Fishing Competition.

The multi award-winning holiday park, which is the current holder of the South West Tourism Excellence Awards Holiday Park of the Year title, hosted the competition on its Mamhead Match Lake over 5 days of intensive fishing. The field was narrowed down from 40 in the opening rounds to 15 in the final, with the remainder battling it out for the Plate competition.

Competing against 14 other experienced...

Cofton Holidays shortlisted for six prestigious industry awards

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 10/11/2018 - 3:48pm

Cofton Holidays, the multi award-winning holiday park near Dawlish, South Devon, has been shortlisted in six categories across two major hospitality and tourism awards.

The family-run business is through to the final rounds of the Visit Devon Tourism Awards 2018 and the Herald Express South Devon Tourism and Hospitality Awards 2018.

This year’s Visit Devon Tourism Awards saw a record 164 entries, which is now in its 9th year. Shortlisted in the Responsible Ethical and Sustainable Tourism, and Holiday Park and Village of the Year categories, Cofton Holidays will now proceed...

62.06lbs net wins top spot in the second Cofton Cup Fishing Competition

After a highly successful inaugural Fishing Festival in March 2018, fishing fever returned to Cofton again this September for the second instalment of the highly sought after Cofton Cup! The award-winning South Devon holiday park hosted its second competitive match on its Mamhead Match Lake, from 18th – 20th September. Battling it out against a number of experienced anglers, Andy Everill from Newcastle-under-Lyme, came out on top in Thursday’s grand final with a winning total of 62.06 lbs from peg 25, scooping the Cofton Cup and £500. Andy nudged ahead of runner-up Phil Denslow, from...

Cofton American Car show

Event Date: 
29/06/2018 - 10:00am to 01/07/2018 - 9:00pm
Venue: 
Cofton Holiday Park, Dawlish EX6 8RP

The South West’s largest gathering of American classics, hot rods and muscle cars – including Mustangs, Cadillacs, Chevrolets, Pontiacs, Buicks, Jeeps and a host of other American vehicles – returns to Cofton from 29 June to 01 July for a weekend of competition, V8s, a mega-car cruise, music, food, fun and entertainment.

Now in its fifth year, this annual celebration of iconic American cars and vehicles is set to kick off on the evening of Friday 29 June with a party in the marquee, live Rock ‘n’ Roll, Country and Western, and Rockabilly performed by Western Rock.

On...

Cofton Holidays to host free fitness weekend marking launch of £20,000 indoor cycling studio

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Thu, 02/15/2018 - 1:28pm

Multi-award winning Cofton Holidays is hosting a free fitness and wellbeing weekend packed full of activities for individuals and the family from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th February. The event will take place at Ashburn Springs Spa and Leisure featuring its gym and fitness studios.

The event will showcase a range of free 25-minute fitness classes with taster sessions throughout the weekend. Classes will take place in the Fitness Studio, Indoor Cycling Studio, The Warren Retreat, the Indoor Pool and outside.

Suitable for all fitness levels, the weekend gives...

Cofton Country Holidays opens new fitness studio

Authored by Gill Vosper
Posted: Wed, 01/13/2016 - 7:45am

Devon’s favourite multi-award-winning holiday park, Cofton Country Holidays near Dawlish Warren, is celebrating the opening of its brand new on-site fitness studio with a host of special offers and a range of new classes to help locals get lean in 2016.

Following two months of work and an investment of over £20,000 in the new fitness studio, Cofton is all set to welcome guests to a variety of classes for all abilities including spinning, high intensity interval training, Zumba, pilates, yoga, thighs, bums and tums, and kettlebells.

Early bird sessions start from 06.00am...