CENTER Parcs has confirmed when its newest holiday park is opening in the UK.
Called Center Parcs Scottish Borders, works will finally start in spring 2026.
But you’ll have to wait a while to visit, with a planned opening date of summer 2029.
The resort – between the towns of Hawik and Selkirk in the south of Scotland – is the newest Center Parcs in the UK for more than a decade.
Inside the park will be a central village with 700 lodges and apartments.
The Village Centre will have all of the shops and restaurants.
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And the family-favourite waterpark, Subtropical Swimming Paradise, will also be part of the resort, along with the Aqua Sana Forest Spa.
They are also planting their first forest, to create a new woodland around the park.
Two lochs will also be created, which will host the water sports and activities.
New nature trails, flower meadows and wetlands will be part of the Nature and Heritage Centre.
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It is expected to cost £450milllion to build, and eventually attract as many as 350,000 people a year.
Center Parcs’ CEO Colin McKinlay, CEO of Center Parcs, said they were “thrilled” to have planning permission for the new park.
He added: “This village will be truly unique. The scale of the site, the setting and the ability to plant and shape a brand-new forest give us the chance to take a bold step forward in both design and sustainability.”
He said it will also attract a new market, including both Scotland and the North of England.
Mr McKinlay explained: “We’re also pleased to confirm that the new village will be named Center Parcs Scottish Borders. We explored a range of options, but this was the name we kept returning to.
“Put simply, we want the village to be an anchor destination that draws visitors to this wonderful region – and we believe this name will help do exactly that.”
While it is the newest Center Parcs resort in the UK, the most recent one opened in Ireland‘s Longford Forest in 2019.
However the most recent one in the UK was Woburn Forest which opened in 2014.
And the newest Center Parcs currently to Scotland is Whinfell Forest, in Cumbria, which opened in 1997.
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