Official opening of Haven Skegness

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Guests were given a tour of the new Haven holiday park in Skegness. The park has received an £11m makeover since the purchase of the former Richmond Holiday Park last year.

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00:00 [Music]

00:08 We've been invited to the Haven Park in Skagness

00:11 to see the changes since it was the Richmond Park.

00:15 Let's go and explore.

00:16 [Music]

00:28 I'm Luke Cullen, the General Manager of Haven Skagness.

00:32 Now Luke, we've just had a tour of the new Haven facilities

00:36 and for anyone that's been on the Richmond over the years

00:40 it's changed massively hasn't it?

00:43 Yeah, absolutely. I was here last year when Haven acquired the park

00:48 and I've seen first-hand the change in that 12 months.

00:52 It's been absolutely fantastic. We've been able to

00:55 transform the facilities that we offer, the activities that are on offer to our

00:59 guests including things like bungee trampolines,

01:03 the new activities like Nerf. The big thing for me is the difference in the feel and

01:07 the look of the park. We've been able to retain the family

01:10 feel but you just look around today it's absolutely fantastic. The venues look

01:14 first class.

01:16 Councillor Steve Cutt, you've just been on a tour of the site. What do you think?

01:21 It's amazing what they've done here. It really is. You can see where they've

01:24 spent the money and they've spent it really well.

01:26 The park is now really inviting, really clean, really friendly looking.

01:31 So yeah, credit to Haven. They've done a fantastic job and

01:35 you know they are saying this is now the number one park in Skagness and

01:38 they may well be true. It really is something that you should be very, very

01:42 proud of.

01:42 Do we need more investment like this?

01:45 Yeah, this is significant investment. Don't get me wrong. They have

01:47 spent a lot of money here but you can tell they've done that

01:50 and it's difficult. I know times are difficult for everybody but

01:53 I do believe that if people can afford to make that investment

01:57 they'll reap the benefits just like Haven are doing now.

02:00 We've caught up with the Cato family from Bradford-on-Haven.

02:04 What do you think to the park?

02:06 Oh, the park is very clean. It's very organised. It's very nice.

02:12 All the entertainment is right here where we need it. All in one place.

02:16 They pride themselves on being good value. Have you found that?

02:20 Yes, it is rent of average value.

02:25 Michael, your family's had caravans on this site for some years

02:30 haven't they? What do you think to the changes?

02:33 Much better. It's great. It's great especially for we've got two young children

02:38 and there's endless stuff for them to do. It's much better. It needed a bit of

02:42 modernising. We like the old site but it did need a

02:45 change and what they've done here has been excellent.

02:48 It's much better, we're very happy with it.

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