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Center Parcs Plans To Open First-Ever Holiday Village In Scotland, Featuring Restaurants, Spa, Swimming Pool & More

The holiday village in Scotland will be constructed on the Scottish border.

by Vrinda Arora
Center Parcs Plans To Open First-Ever Holiday Village In Scotland, Featuring Restaurants, Spa, Swimming Pool & More

The holidays are a time to have fun with family and friends and to make memories. When the holidays are celebrated as a full-fledged festival, they become much more enjoyable. This is how the holiday season will be for the people of Scotland. Located in the Scottish Borders, Center Parcs has declared its plan to open its first vacation town or holiday village in Scotland.

Plans for Scotland’s Vacation Town by Center Parcs

Center Parcs has launched a £350–400 million ( ₹62 crore approx.) village south of Edinburgh and north of Hawick, with the goal of highlighting its prime position, creating jobs, and boosting the local economy in Scotland. In order to create new woods and provide a substantial net increase in biodiversity on the property, Center Parcs intends to carry out a comprehensive afforestation program. At the moment, the location is mostly open grassland with a few wooded places.

As with its current six vacation villages in England and Ireland, Center Parcs intends to apply for planning permission to build a new village with about 700 lodges. There will be stores, bars, restaurants, an Aqua Sana Forest Spa, the famous Subtropical Swimming Paradise indoor water park, and both indoor and outdoor activities at the location.

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Reason For Constructing A Holiday Village In Scotland

Center Parcs plans to submit a planning application in 2025 for a village project, which will create 750-800 regional jobs during construction, with local contractors used where possible. Once the holiday village becomes operational, an estimated 1,200 permanent, non-seasonal jobs are expected to be produced.

Colin McKinlay, CEO of Center Parcs, stated that the new village in Scotland will provide significant economic benefits to the local, regional, and national economies. Many Scottish families already visit Center Parcs villages in England, offering a closer holiday experience for locals, as reported by Daily Mail.

Further, Colin McKinlay mentioned that their organisation’s primary objective is sustainability, which has helped to greatly increase the biodiversity of each town by transforming commercial woodlands in the UK and Ireland into diverse flora and fauna. Through this effort, Center Parcs are able to establish a woodland, which will result in thousands of new trees and a net gain in biodiversity.

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So, are you excited to visit this holiday village in Scotland after its construction?

Cover Image Credit: Center Parcs Website

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First Published: November 07, 2024 11:48 AM