Outdoor accommodation specialist Pitchup.com reveals top family and child-free destinations
17 December 2018: Parents planning a UK holiday in 2019 can be assured of finding like-minded holidaymakers, thanks to new research by outdoor accommodation specialist Pitchup.com. Analysing bookings made over a year1, Pitchup.com unveils the UK destinations most likely to be booked by adult-only groups, as well as those travelling with children.
“One of the reasons staying in the outdoors – whether it be pitching a tent or sleeping in a glamping pod – is so popular is the opportunity to mix with holidaymakers who share similar interests, from wine tasting to introducing the kids to farm life,“ says Dan Yates, founder of Pitchup.com.
“Family-friendly sites can help create life-long friendships as children bond at campfires, fishing lakes and swimming pools with others their age. Knowing in advance which areas are popular with families who have similar aged children or where travellers enjoying a child-free break prefer to head can help holidaymakers in their travel planning.”
Continues Yates: “The top five areas in each of the children’s categories boast some fabulous family-friendly accommodation including farm stays – such as Church Farm in Hertfordshire and Wheems Organic Farm Bothy and Campsite in the Orkney Islands – through to wonderful activities like the play area and swimming pool at Riverside Holiday Park in Southport. The areas most popular with adult-only parties offer a range of accommodation in off-the-beaten-track or memorable locations such as Callanish Camping in the Hebrides.”
Pitchup.com’s lists of top destinations for family fun or family-free holidays are below:
| Rank | Travelling with school-age children |
Travelling with preschool-age children |
Travelling with children of any age |
Travelling with Adults-only |
| 1 | Orkney Islands (50%) | Hertfordshire (7.4%) | Bedfordshire (100%) | Jersey (100%) |
| 2 | Merseyside (47.4%) | Flintshire (6.1%) | Merseyside (63.6%) | Hebrides (91.5%) |
| 3 | Moray (43.5%) | Conwy (5.3%) | West Midlands (60.0%) | Isle of Anglesey (91.5%) |
| 4 | Isle of Wight (43.1%) | East Yorkshire (5.2%) | Co. Down (60.0%) | Guernsey (85.7%) |
| 5 | South Yorkshire (42.6%) | Lanarkshire (5.1%) | South Yorkshire (59.4%) | Leicestershire (77.6%) |
Visit www.pitchup.com to discover a site for your next family fun or family-free holiday.
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