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Holiday village company Center Parcs has announced its plans to build its first site in Scotland, which will be located near the town of Hawick in the Scottish Borders. It is estimated that the new resort would represent a £350 million investment and could potentially create up to 1,200 jobs. The company currently has six locations across the United Kingdom and Ireland that attract millions of visitors each year. The Scottish site is still in the planning stages, with a proposal for 700 lodges likely to be submitted in 2025.
The new Center Parcs location in Scotland is set to offer a range of indoor and outdoor activities, including an indoor water park. CEO Colin McKinlay said that the new site would have a significant impact on tourism and leisure in the Scottish Borders: “Center Parcs is an exceptionally popular destination for families in the UK and Ireland and there is robust demand to support a seventh village. Throughout our history, we have demonstrated that a Center Parcs village provides significant economic benefits locally, regionally and nationally.”
The new site will be located on land to the east of the A7 between Hawick and Selkirk, which is owned by the Buccleuch Group. The company’s executive chairman, Benny Higgins, also praised the project, saying that it would have an “outstandingly positive impact” on tourism and leisure in the area. McKinlay also noted that the new site would bring Center Parcs offerings closer to Scottish families who already visited their sites in England.
Center Parcs, originally a Dutch company that began operations in the UK in 1987, now has six locations across the UK and Ireland. The resorts are known for their range of on-site activities and facilities and are particularly popular with families. The Scottish site will be the company’s first new location in several years, after announcing the cancellation of a proposed site near Oldhouse Warren in West Sussex last year
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