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Birmingham Post
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Tom Pegden

Center Parcs closes sites due to storm damage

UK holiday village giant Center Parcs has closed some of its sites due to storm damage.

The woodland village operator said it had temporarily closed its sites at Elveden, in Suffolk, Longleat in Wiltshire, and Woburn Forest in Bedfordshire, warning guests not to travel this week.

It said the latest storm which hit over the weekend had slowed the clean-up process for the Center Parcs team following Storm Eunice on Friday.

In a statement the business, which is headquartered in north Notts, said: "We understand that this will be disappointing news for those guests who were due to arrive tomorrow but keeping everyone as safe as possible and maintaining our standards is always our priority.

"We do not take the decision to close our villages lightly and we hope our guests will understand why we feel it is necessary to take this course of action."

Center Parcs expects to reopen the Elveden, Longleat and Woburn Forest villages to guests arriving on Friday, February 25.

Guests who were due to arrive at Elveden, Longleat and Woburn Forest on Monday will have received a text and email. Any impacted guests can now either change the date of their break or take a full refund.

Center Parcs said: "Our team have been busy tidying up the forest following Storm Eunice.

"Guests should be aware that Met Office continue to have weather warnings in place... as always, our priority is to keep our guests and staff as safe as possible and we’ll be closely monitoring the weather and future forecasts.

"Guests should still expect some weather-related disruption such as the possible cancellation of outdoor activities and the presence of some forest debris caused by the high winds.

"The village team will keep guests on village informed via signage and our in-lodge TV communication channel.

"We will of course issue refunds for any missed activities and directly contact any guests impacted."

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