Committed to reducing our Carbon Footprint

Our Green Policy

Working to reduce our Carbon Footprint

Our business is reliant on visitors coming to enjoy the stunning Somerset countryside and we feel that it is our responsibility to do everything that we can to help repair the planet and reduce our carbon footprint, which is why we are proud to announce that West Country Parks has partnered with zero carbon specialist, Energy Oasis. Through our partnership, we have committed to a three-phase plan that will see our business use less fossil fuels whist providing future energy security across our holiday parks. It is important to us that, as a business, we act now to help preserve the natural world for future generations to enjoy.

To date, we have completed solar panel installations at four of our holiday parks, which will see our business save a combined 58.50 tonnes of carbon per year - that's the equivalent of planting 2,690 trees every single year!

The work in developing our business is an ongoing process and details of the further phases of our plan will emerge as we continue to maintain our responsibility towards energy usage.

Read our Green Goals for 2025.

Local Food and Drink

We endeavor to procure locally grown or produced food and drink food options at our clubhouses wherever possible. Enjoy the true taste of Somerset happy in the knowledge that your purchase is helping the local economy.

Our local suppliers include the award winning Buxton Butchers, Arthur David, Marshfield Farm Ice Cream and Thatchers Cider.

Waste Management

Waste management is closely monitored at all of our parks. To date, our waste management partner has achieved a target of 0% of waste to landfill on every single one of our parks.

Additionally;

All recyclable waste is segregated at the transfer stations where possible.
Combustion gases are cleaned before they are released into the atmosphere.
There are no direct discharges to groundwater from the facility.

David Bellamy Blooming Marvelous Pledge for Nature

We are proud to announce that Riverside Holiday Village has taken the David Bellamy Blooming Marvellous Pledge for Nature.

The Pledge for Nature focuses 100% on wildlife and demonstrates our commitment to improving existing habitats for wildlife, creating new wildlife habitats and features where possible, managing greenspace in as environmentally friendly a way as possible, involving everyone in wildlife conservation and engaging with local conservation bodies and projects.

It is our intention to take The Pledge for Nature across all of our holiday parks - we look forward to updating you of our progress!

Green Tourism Grading

Our popular Riverside Holiday Village is thrilled to have been awarded a Green Tourism 'Silver' Award.

This award certification programme recognises the commitment of tourism businesses, like ourselves, who are actively working to become more sustainable.

Several of the park’s initiatives were highlighted including; excellent examples of how to put across our green story and projects, a strong commitment to promoting and facilitating sustainable travel options for visitors, great examples of best practice reflecting our commitment to lowering our carbon output and an outstanding knowledge of the local area and how to enjoy it responsibly.

Plastic Free Champion

Launched by Surfers Against Sewage and supported by Cleaner Coastlines and Plastic Free Weston-super-Mare, the Plastic Free Communities campaign works to support businesses (like ourselves) who are committed to removing avoidable single-use plastics.

To achieve the Silver Plastic Free Champion Award, we have removed some of the worst offending single-use plastic items from our business and participated in the Surfers Against Sewage Million Mile Clean.

Our 'Green' News

West Country Parks join the North Somerset Bat Survey

By Kim Boyd • May 29, 2025

For 6 nights in September, we will be deploying two ultrasonic bat detectors at Riverside Holiday Village near Weston-super-Mare to collect data on the activities of any bat species around our holiday park.

West Country Parks Second Million Mile Clean

By Kim Boyd • May 27, 2025

This April, we completed our first Million Mile Clean, collecting 11 sacks of litter over 2 miles. And this September, we're doing it all over again, but this time, we're adding in an extra mile! Providing a clean and attractive destination for our visitors to enjoy not only benefits our business, it also positively impacts our local community and the wider environment. Which is why we have committed to join Surfers Against Sewage Million Mile Clean for the second time. Now the biggest initiative of its kind in the UK, the Million Mile Clean is an annual event, mobilising 1,000,000 million volunteers to clean over 10,000,000 miles of UK landscape between 2021 - 2030. It’s reported that more than 2 million pieces of litter are dropped in the UK every day at a cost of £1 billion to the taxpayer. So, we are asking visitors and the local community to get pro-active and join us at Riverside Holiday Village near Weston-super-Mare on Thursday 11th September from 10.00am - 1.00pm for an organised 3 mile ‘litter pick’ along Bridgwater Road (Uphill Beach - Hospital Roundabout - Hobbs Boat Inn). ‘Clean Kits’ will be provided; we’re just asking for 3 hours of your time to help clean up this public space.

Riverside Holiday Village acheive the Silver Plastic Free Champion Award

By Kim Boyd • May 19, 2025

We are thrilled to share that Riverside Holiday Village has been awarded the Silver Plastic Free Champion Award by Surfers Against Sewage!