Updates from the site

We have some exciting news to share… Our Bell Tents went back up yesterday and are almost ready for guests again! 🏕️ We just need to fit the stoves and move the furniture back in. The official opening date is Friday, 27th March – just in time for Easter. Speaking of Easter… It’s coming around […]

What a week this has been… finally, we’ve been blessed with some good weather! ☀️I’d almost forgotten what that orange ball in the sky looked like. Straight to it this week… We’d love you to join us for some fun on the farm this Easter… and to sweeten the deal, we’re including a FREE Easter […]

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… & A Couples Luxury Package, which includes; Firewood Package Rose shaped fairy lights in your Pod Rose petals on the bed, A Belgian chocolate […]