Devon’s multi award-winning Cofton Holidays which is experiencing the busiest summer in its history, has been named the UK’s Best Caravan/Campsite at the prestigious iTravel Staycation Awards 2020/21.

Having been shortlisted in more categories than any other tourism business in the UK, the team at Cofton attended the virtual Staycation Awards, held to celebrate the cream of the crop within the tourism sector.

After receiving more than 1,000 nominations and entries across 14 fiercely competitive categories, the virtual ceremony, hosted by Countryfile’s Sean Fletcher, whittled the list down to the final champions, with winners coming from as far North as Loch Lomond in Scotland, right down to Penryn in Cornwall.

Cofton is no stranger to the prestigious awards having been shortlisted in two categories at the 2019 awards; the last time they were held. This year, Cofton did it again, being shortlisted in the Dog-friendly Accommodation of the Year category as well as in the Best Caravan/Campsite category, in which it triumphed for its outstanding camping and caravanning facilities.

The panel of 23 judges praised Cofton for its strong leadership in the category, its extensive offering for campers and motorhomes, impressive facilities and its lockdown rewilding project.

Helen Scott, Director at Cofton Holidays, is thrilled with Cofton’s success: ‘2020 was a torrid time for the travel and tourism sector, but like so many we focussed on the future. Throughout lockdown we concentrated all our efforts on making improvements to the park, particularly on the camping side of the business, so that when guests returned, they could look forward to outstanding facilities.

‘We invested over £200k to bring 48 new super pitches on board for RVs and campervans. We also enhanced our beautiful landscape, rewilding large swathes of the park, introducing new shrubbery, creating wildlife corridors and enhancing biodiversity across the site for insects, birds, bats, butterflies, bees and small mammals.

“The transformation has really caught the eye of our guests. The look of delight on their faces when they arrive is reward enough for us, but being recognised as the Best Caravan/Campsite at the iTravel Staycation Awards 2020/21 comes a very close second.