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Our Green Initiatives & Sustainable Holidays

Helping to protect green spaces on our parks & beyond in the New Forest & Dorset

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A man smiles while sitting at a table with a woman and a young boy. The boy holds a piece of food, looking playfully at the woman. Brightly colored dishes are spread across the table.
A man smiles while sitting at a table with a woman and a young boy. The boy holds a piece of food, looking playfully at the woman. Brightly colored dishes are spread across the table.
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Striving to be Greener!

In support of the Great Big Green Week and beyond!

Here at Shorefield Holidays we are mindful of our impact on the environment and strive to 'be green' where possible, without compromising on luxury. We believe that being green is important all year round. We have a detailed Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, encouraging a range of socio-environmental responsibilities as a business.

How we are delivering? Discover just some or our efforts to reduce our impact and go green as an organisation below:

  • Energy efficiency

  • Sustainability

  • Corporate Social Responsibility

Sustainability At Our Parks

We have a number of 'green' initiatives across our holiday parks to help minimise our environmental impact and to prevent unnecessary pollution.

Throughout The Great Big Green Week, our teams will be holding a number of litter picks and beach cleans across our parks. We're even a Gold David Bellamy Conservation Award winner for all that we do to help wildlife and the environment. Just some of the 'green' things we do to include:

All general waste from the bins at our parks is sorted, ensuring any of it is recycled where necessary

Biomass boiler heats our swimming pool at Shorefield Country Park, using locally sourced woodchip for fuel

All street lights and caravan lights are LED

Leaving the grass uncut in certain areas to provide for bees and other pollinators

Our hanging flower baskets are on an irrigation system to reduce water waste

Garden waste and food waste from our parks is composted

Fencing materials and timber is always FSC accredited

We are switching company vehicles to electric cars, with a vision to swap over 10% of vehicles each year

Our lawnmowers have mulching decks to reduce waste

Where essential tree works are carried out, we reuse the chippings on our gardens

EV chargers installed across our parks

We support employees with remote working where possible - reducing emissions from commuting

Solar panels at our head office contribute to renewable energy and reduced emissions

We support The Great Big Green Week with litter picks, beach cleans and by creating new wildflower areas on park

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Big Green Week
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Three people are gardening outside a house. One person is smiling while holding a rake, another is using a hoe, and the third is standing with a trowel. Bright sunlight and greenery surround them.

We Think Before We Print

We're aiming to reduce the amount we print. One such way we've done so is by no longer printing our welcome booklet and instead have all our arrival information and useful local information available on our app! By not printing our welcome booklets we're saving an estimated 208,000 pages per year, which equates to roughly 15 trees each year! This doesn't even include our entertainment programmes or food menus, which we print less of and instead have displayed on our digital signal, online and on our apps!

We're also committed to paperless offices, using digital documents wherever possible. Where we do need to print, all our external print suppliers use FSC recognised suppliers for their paper! FSC products are recognised as being environmentally responsible, protecting sacred sites and trees as well as concentrating on sustainability.

We've stopped printing our welcome booklet and instead have an app with useful information - saving around 208,000 pages each year!

We're committed to paperless offices, moving to digital documents and electronic signature software

Our external printing contractors use FSC recognised suppliers and fully recyclable paper

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Our Park Apps
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A hand holding a stylus is poised above a touchscreen tablet displaying a document ready for signature.

Locally Sourced Products

We support local suppliers, reducing our carbon footprint. We are proud members of the New Forest Marque. At Shorefield Country Park, our fantastic range of fresh meat in our on-site store and restaurants is proudly supplied by New Forest Butchers and Meadowbank. We also feature a range of ingredients and products within our bars and restaurants and we also stock a range of fantastic locally produced goodies and gifts in our on-site Country Stores, so be sure to check out what's available and pick up some of the finest New Forest and Dorset treats.

Did you know? Locally sourced produce not only helps support local organisations and businesses, but it helps reduce carbon emissions due to less transportation.

We're proud members of the New Forest Marque

Free-range eggs sourced from Fluffets Farm in Fordingbridge

Locally sourced products and produce in our Country Stores

Hampers featuring New Forest produce available

A delicious cheeseburger with a juicy beef patty, melted cheese, sliced tomatoes, and greens on a toasted bun, alongside a cup of crispy French fries. Tongs are holding the cheeseburger, ready to serve.
Locally Sourced Produce
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A man smiles while sitting at a table with a woman and a young boy. The boy holds a piece of food, looking playfully at the woman. Brightly colored dishes are spread across the table.

Reduce Reuse Recycle

Our IT department recycle their old equipment with Stone Group, who are currently the only UK IT recycler with 0% landfill certification. We do this to reduce waste, lower our carbon footprint and help aid the environment as the more you recycle the more trees are planted by Stone Group partner the National Forest. Stone Group also refurbishes our old equipment to give it a new lease of life and a new home.

Trees planted for recycled equipment

172 trees planted by The National Forest so far

65 devices recycled by Shorefield Holidays so far

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Reducing Our Impact
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A close-up of a black circuit board featuring a green microchip with a recycling symbol. The board is detailed with numerous small components and connections.

How Can You Help?

Small changes you make can have an impact.

Whether you're staying at our parks or simply want to try and make a few changes to be 'more green' at home, here are a few ideas to get you started:

We encourage guests to minimise car use whilst on holiday, such as by using the fantastic New Forest Tour bus in summer or walking to nearby beaches

Try having 'meat free' meals, even just for one day of the week! Animal-based foods tend to have a larger carbon footprint than plant-based foods

Collect rainwater for watering plants in your garden

Buy local - saving emissions and helping to support your local community

Turn off the tap whilst brushing your teeth to save water

Explore our 'Wildlife Walk' at Shorefield Country Park and learn about the local wildlife

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The New Forest Tour Bus
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A family stands together in a lush green forest, looking up in awe. The woman on the left points towards something in the trees while a boy with a smile stands beside her. A man and a teenage girl gaze upward, sharing the moment.