Top Customer Service Award for Kelling's Warden Nick Johnson
We are pleased to report that Our Warden Nick Johnson scooped the Customer Care Award in the 2012 EDP Tourism in Norfolk Awards.

Kelling Heath Retains Green Tourism Business Scheme Gold Award
Businesses are graded against a rigorous set of criteria, including energy and water efficiency, waste management, biodiversity and many more. Assessors were particularly impressed with the Kelling Heath’s biodiesel processor which converts the waste cooking oil from their kitchens into fuel for the Parks vehicles. The range of great nature‐based activities for adults and children also attracted praise as well as the use of solar power to provide hot water for the toilet blocks.

Kelling Heath Retains David Bellamy Gold Conservation Award for 2012/13

2012 CPRE Norfolk Award
Kelling Heath has been given a special award in recognition of the work it does to educate visitors through its trails and Acorn Events - all of which are designed to teach children and families about the natural environment. The Campaign for the Protection of Rural England gives awards to projects which make a significant contribution to the protection and enhancement of the beauty, tranquillity and diversity of the English countryside.
Judges commented that "Kelling Heath has a beautifully maintained natural landscape which provides a chance for people from urban areas to relate to nature on holiday."

2012 Alan Rogers Best Country Campsite - Runner up
Kelling Heath Holiday Park has been voted one of the best country campsites in Europe. Named as runner up in the Country Award category, the park was commended for its dedication to protecting and maintaining the natural beauty of the woodland and rare open heathland. It was also praised for the excellent range of amenities and activities on offer to visitors. The park was chosen for the honour ahead of more than 2,500 others by a panel of independent judges. The views of professional inspectors who provide reviews for the Alan Rogers Guides were taken into account as well as comments from readers.

2011 EDP Tourism in Norfolk Awards - Sustainable Award
Kelling Heath Holiday Park has again been recognised for its green credentials, triumphing in the Sustainable Tourism category at this year’s EDP Tourism Awards. Recognising that the park puts sustainability at the heart of its operation and profitability the judges, including Archant Anglia Business Editor Paul Hill, said: “The environmental ethos throughout the company is endorsed by customers and staff alike, but has been implemented on the strength of cost-saving and economic benefits, resulting in true sustainability rather than superficial “tokenism."

Kelling Heath Retains David Bellamy Gold Conservation Award for 2011
Rufus Bellamy, British Holiday and Home Parks Association environmental advisor and one of the judges, added: "Blue Sky Leisure is a real pioneer when it comes to sustainable tourism. They are also leaders when it comes to welcoming wildlife onto their sites. They do everything they can to make sure that the parks are bursting with biodiversity."

Regional Enjoy England Excellence Awards 2010
Kelling Heath scooped three awards in the regional finals and now goes forward to the national awards to be announced in 2011. The winning categories were

Caravan Park / Holiday Village of the Year
Sustainable Tourism
Tourism Experience of the Year for the Star Party

Enjoy England Five Star Holiday Park - Touring Park & Camping Park

Enjoy England Rose Award Park 2010

The David Bellamy Gold Conservation Award
David Bellamy Gold Conservation Award 2010 - In making the award David Bellamy quoted: "WOW - you continue to lead the way and are one of our top parks yet again. Well done indeed to all the team for going beyond the call of duty." ... "You show the rest of the industry just what is possible."

Green Tourism Business Scheme Gold Award
The Green Tourism Business Scheme is the national sustainable tourism certification scheme for the UK and is widely regarded as one of the most important environmental accreditation schemes across the tourism sector. It aims to ensure that the UK remains at the forefront of sustainable tourism by rewarding organisations across the country that make a conscious contribution.

Calor Gas - Best Holiday Park in Britain 1998 and Best of the Best in England 2000 Award
Calor Gas "Best Park in Britain" 1998. For development of the environmental aspects of park design & management and "Best of the Best" Holiday Park in England in the special millennium awards for past winners

Safeway Excellence in England Award for Tourism 2002 Gold Winner

Safeway Excellence in England Awards for Tourism 2002 - Holiday Park of the Year.
The awards highlight and celebrate the quality of the very best of tourism businesses in England.

East of England Tourist Board - Regional Holiday Park of the year 2001

1998 Silver Award - The England for Excellence Awards

The England for Excellence Awards.
The Green Award for Tourism & Environmental Management. The judging panel praised Kelling Heath for having: - "A well managed approach to integrating environmental issues into a successful and enjoyable holiday".

Practical Caravan Top Touring Parks Winner 2003 and 98. Best in region 1999/2001

Practical Caravan overall winner Top Touring Park 2003 & 1998.
"The successful cultivation of a friendly community park which also offers the required amount of privacy. Add to this 250 acres of heathland and it's location close to the coastline, not to mention first class facilities, and you know visitors will return year after year".

The Norfolk Branch of the Council for the Protection of Rural England. A special award recognising Kelling Heath as "a quite exceptional place set in 250 acres of woodland where heathland is being restored".

British Airways Tourism for Tomorrow
British Airways Tourism for Tomorrow Winner 1999The United Kingdom Winner in the British Airways Tourism for Tomorrow awards. The holiday park joined a marine park in Tanzania, a five-star resort on a remote Fijian Island and a Hungarian village in going through to the global finals. A total of 115 projects from 41 countries were considered for these prestigious awards which recognise an environmentally and culturally sensitive approach to tourism.

BCE Award
Business Commitment to the Environment Awards 2003/3
The BCE Awards are Britain's oldest and most consistent means of recognising and encouraging environmental best practice with business. Judges said Kelling Heath was " A fantastic, well thought out and sustainable Holiday Park, - an example to the rest of the industry".