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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Charlotte Hadfield

Families banned from 'paradise' beauty spot loved by generations

Families are fighting to save a caravan park from closure after being banned from staying there for over a year.

Described as a “piece of paradise” on Formby’s coastline, Freshfield Caravan Park has welcomed generations of families since it first opened on Victoria Road in the early 1980s. Sixty people and their families currently have static caravans at the holiday caravan park, who lease the land from the National Trust.

But since March 2022, no one has been allowed to access the site to stay overnight except for two wardens, following a ruling made by Natural England.

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