Park Info
What many people have come to know over the years and many great memories as Thornwick & Sea Farm Holiday Centre was originally two individual parks. Although adjacent to each other they were separately owned. They joined in 1989 to create what is now Thornwick & Sea Farm, possibly one of the largest Parks on the East Coast that remains under the control of the original founding families that started back in 1963.
How times have changed since then...
Times have definitely changed, though the things that are important remain the same. Thornwick has a great family atmosphere, which brings people back year after year. Thornwick is constantly trying to improve the holiday experience for both the family and the individual who just wants to get away from it all!
Over the past 10 years there has been extensive re-development in the site such as new roads, concrete pitches, parking bays, fishing lake, country park, touring area layout including a play area and internet sites. All these changes help us improve our site and grow but the most important result for us is that it enhances your holidays and experience as an owner!
David Bellamy Award
For the past seven years the BH&HPA’s David Bellamy Conservation Awards have celebrated and inspired an amazing variety of conservation projects in camping, caravan and holiday home parks across the UK. Originally achieving Silver status in 2000 we were re-awarded Silver in 2005. It is reviewed every five years. The David Bellamy award comes in three classifications Gold, Silver and Bronze.
To achieve Silver is a great testament to the attitudes and policies of the owners, managing director and Groundstaff on the site.
Flamborough is home to a wide array of wildlife and it is our mission to encourage and nurture environments through development and management of the land in and around the park.
Flamborough
Flamborough and Flamborough Head has a fascinating history going way back to the Iron Age and before. Surrounded by sea on three sides and defended by a massive earth rampart to the other. Flamborough was always a special place - and it still is.
Year's ago, Flamborough was a fishing village, boosting a large fleet of 'cobles', the local boat designed for the sometimes treacherous seas around the Head.
This boat operated from the two natural harbours, the North and the South Landings with each having it's own Lifeboat. The original fishermen were said to have descended from the Vikings, indeed many of the old Flamborians still speak a dialect peppered with words of Norse origin.
Fishing was a hard life and involved all the family with women and children mending lines and nets, "skiening" and baiting, or tending the donkeys used to bring the catch up from the beaches. Some of the men used to gather gull eggs, a practice now illegal. Called 'climmers', a man would be lowered over the cliff edge to gather eggs for food or to be sold to collectors. Being excellent sailors and used to the seas around the the Head, their was also a flourishing smuggling operation which included the couple Robin Lythe and Mary Annerley, who feature in R.D. Blackmore's book of the same name.
Today's visitor can enjoy the splendid cliff top walks all around the Headland. The Iron Age rampart is now part of Dane's Dyke, a wooded country park with a beach and long leafy walks. St. Oswald's Church is open most days and the two Lighthouses can be viewed by appointment. Close to the village centre is the ruin of an old Norman Keep, now protected by cows and sheep instead of guards!
Flamborough now, thanks to the Heritage Coast status and sensitive management, offers the visitor a wealth of activities. Cliff top walks with spectacular views of the seabird nesting colonies at Breil Newk, Newcombe and Butchers Shop (all local names for cliff sections), the caves and beaches at the two landings and the others at Danes Dyke and Selwicks Bay at the Lighthouse plus the bays at Thornwick itself. The Lighthouse golf course is a gem and well worth a visit.
Local websites, well worth the visit...
www.telinco.co.uk/robsonS/
- Flamborough Lifeboat Website. Very informative, with local weather updates!
www.flamboroughheadgolfclub.co.uk
A gem of a course - can be a bit windy, but a warm welcome awaits
www.bridlington.net
Up to date information about what's happening in the town!
Come and stay at Flamborough...explore and enjoy!
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