Ivey's Blog

Shortlisted for South West Tourism Awards

04 December 2015:Park Awards
South West Tourism Awards

Mother Ivey’s Bay Holiday Park has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Holiday Park & Holiday Village of the Year category at the 2015/16’s South West Tourism Excellence Awards.  As one of only two parks shortlisted in this category, the team are delighted.  The... Read more

Four Industry Awards for Living Wage Champion Holiday Park

13 November 2015:Park Awards
Mother Iveys Bay holiday Park

A Cornish holiday park which champions responsible business practices has led the celebrations at this year’s Cornwall Tourism Awards. Mother Ivey’s Bay Holiday Park, south of Padstow, picked up Gold awards for Access & Inclusivity and Holiday Park & Village as well as the prestigious... Read more

Living Wage Business Networking Event

04 November 2015:Postcards from the Park
The Team with Living Wage

It’s National Living Wage Week & to celebrate, we and our good friends at Kerdene are hosting a business networking event with a difference – and it’s not just for the Tourism Industry! At Mother Ivey’s Bay we seek ‘best practice’ in all areas of... Read more

Park Director challenges Council leader

02 November 2015:In The News
Padstow Holiday Park shortlisted for Living Wage Awards

Park Director, Patrick Langmaid, recently took the opportunity to publicly challenge Cornwall Council’s leader John Pollard over the Council’s refusal to become Living Wage Foundation accredited. Listen to the discussion on Monday’s BBC Radio Cornwall Laurence Reed show.

An Eerie Evening Approaches

31 October 2015:Postcards from the Park
pumpkin 9

It’s Halloween at Mother Ivey’s Bay and the park has an eerie air about it. Positively putrid pumpkins have appeared all over and, as night falls, spooky apparitions of caped and fanged creatures are set to roam the fields and roadways, weaving between caravans in the search... Read more

Our Spooky History

25 October 2015:Postcards from the Park

According to local legend, a wealthy family incurred the wrath of local white witch ‘Mother Ivey’ over their refusal to help starving local villagers. The family from Harlyn Bay ran a highly lucrative pilchard processing business where pilchards were caught, salted and packed into barrels, then shipped to Italy. ‘Profit... Read more