I’m emailing you with some very special news… On Wednesday night, at the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2026, ‘Stanley Villa Farm Fishing & Camping’ was officially crowned ‘Camping, Glamping & Holiday Park of the Year’! Even typing that still feels surreal. Standing in that room, hearing our name announced, and walking up to collect the award was […]
I hope you’re doing well! After a week of getting back into routine, Christmas already feels like a distant memory, but I hope you had a lovely festive break. We had a magical family trip to Austria over Christmas and were lucky enough to enjoy a proper white Christmas; the kids absolutely loved it. Back […]
I hope you’re doing well! Hope you’re well… I wanted to share some exciting updates about what’s happening here at Stanley Villa Farm… We’re moving forward with the build of 5 NEW Family-sized Pods: 1 x Woods View Pod with Hot Tub (this will be our 3rd in that area). 2 x Pods near the car parking […]
 Hope you’re well… We have some very exciting news to share… 🎉 Stanley Villa Farm Fishing & Camping is officially a FINALIST in the Camping, Glamping & Holiday Park Award at the *Lancashire Tourism Awards! It’s a huge honour to be recognised among the very best tourism businesses in Lancashire — and it’s all thanks to our amazing guests, loyal supporters, […]
We’ve been granted Planning Permission for 3 lodges! It is a good victory for the site, and I am pleased… but it’s been a real slog… Regular readers will know that it’s very rare I’ll complain about anything… But I can’t bite my tongue on this one… But, it’s a start… and it’s the long game we’re playing. My feeling […]
I hope you’re well. Not long to go now… Only 11 days until Christmas!! Do you have all of your Christmas shopping done? A big well done if so! I’ve still got a few bits to get… Things for the kids are going to have to be suitcase sized… …as it’s only 8 days until […]
I hope you’re well. It’s been over a month since my last blog… As regular readers will know, I’ve been away on my holidays… 3 weeks in the beautiful county of South Africa! It’s the first time I’ve ever been away over Christmas, but won’t be the last. The main downside, apart from missing family, was […]
I hope you’re well. Just a short one today to let you know about a new Valentine’s offer we’ve just launched… It’s a simple one… A One Night Stay in a Pod…Â & A Couples Luxury Package, which includes; Firewood Package Rose shaped fairy lights in your Pod Rose petals on the bed, A Belgian chocolate […]
I hope you’re well and had a nice week… We have a booked up site this weekend, and the weather may just be on our side… The reason for the email today is to update you with our 2024 Pricing… In a crazy world where evrything seems to be going up, we’re bucking the trend and have actually decreased the prices… […]
I hope you’re well and had a nice week… Did you see in the news the story about the Willy Wonka experience in Glasgow earlier this week!? If not, it was a vastly oversold experience based on Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Which we just happen to be reading at bedtimes, for the 5th time now! The adverts showed amazing […]
