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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Lifestyle
Lee Grimsditch

The family holiday village a short car trip away loved by generations of Manchester kids

If you grew up in Greater Manchester, there's a good chance you will have memories of being packed off to Center Parcs for a family holiday.

Center Parcs has more recently hit the headlines after putting up all six sites across the UK up for sale. But since the 1980s, families in the region have had the option of taking a short car journey to the holiday village in Nottinghamshire.

In 2001, another Center Parcs opened in Whinfell Forest in Cumbria, making the trip even more convenient for local families. The very first Center Parcs opened in Sherwood Forest - the home of Robin Hood - in Nottinghamshire in July 1987.

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