A holiday park near Swindon has been awarded top marks following an inspection from Visit England, the country’s official tourist board.

Hoburne Cotswold achieved a five-star rating after being assessed across 76 different categories.

These included cleanliness, quality of accommodation and restaurants, staff friendliness and helpfulness, and the standard of onsite facilities.

To achieve the five-star rating, the park had to score more than 87 percent.

Jim Forward, CEO of Hoburne Group, said: "It’s a real coup for the park to be recognised by Visit England, who are among the most important names in the tourism business.

"It’s especially pleasing because all their assessors are hospitality trade professionals.

"Obviously, it’s great from a company perspective in that we hope it will give holidaymakers the confidence to spend their precious money and time with us.

"Even more important than that is the recognition it gives for all the people who work here and who put so much effort into making stays at Hoburne parks truly memorable.

"They are the real heroes here, and I can’t thank them enough for making it possible for us to win these fabulous grades."

All of Hoburne’s parks across the south of England that were assessed for this year’s gradings achieved either four or five stars.

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