Cheap UK breaks during the October half-term – holidays from £7pp a night

FAMILIES with school-age children have one last chance at a proper staycation holiday before the Christmas season looms.

We found the cheapest breaks at kid-friendly places in October half term from £119 per stay, meaning a family of four can bag a holiday from just £7pp a night.

While the dates of school holidays and term times can vary depending on where you live, this year it is expected to start from October 17 until October 28.

However, it is always best to check with the school before booking.

For instance, schools in Leicestershire and Scotland have an early holiday structure, while the rest of England and Wales begin their breaks a week later, meaning the dates pupils return to school may differ.

Most holiday parks included give you access to indoor and outdoors swimming pools, sports, bike rentals, entertainment and on-site restaurants.

The biggest bargain we’ve found comes from Pontins, with four-night breaks costing from £119 per stay at the Brean Sands, Camber Sands, Prestatyn Sands and Southport parks.

The deal works out at just over £7 per person a night.

Haven holiday parks also has some good deals during the half-term, all under £300 per stay.

Here are the best three-night breaks deals, departing on October 21:

• Thorpe Park, Lincolnshire – from £124 per stay
• Perran Sands, Cornwall – from £165 per stay
• Thornwick Bay, Yorkshire – from £196 per stay
• Seaview, Dorset – from £196 per stay
• Lakeland, Lake District – from £209 per stay
• Cala Gran, Blackpool – from £209 per stay
• Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk – from £219 per stay

We’ve also found deals on four-night stays, departing on October 24:

• Haggerston Castle, Northumberland – from £209 per stay
• Perran Sands, Cornwall – from £249 per stay 
• Combe Haven, Sussex – from £276 per stay 
• Allhallows, Kent – from £289 per stay 
• Kiln Park, South Wales – from £265 per stay 
• Blue Dolphin, Yorkshire – from £265 per stay 
• Thorpe Park, Lincolnshire – from £299 per stay 

Park Holidays UK

• Three-night breaks departing October 21 in Essex, Scotland, Cornwall, Devon, Susses, Kent and Suffolk – from £182 per stay
• Four-night breaks departing October 24 in Scotland from £175, Cornwall from £227, Devon, Kent and Essex from £287

Away Resorts has nine holiday parks in the UK, they provide a variety of self-catering options with central heating and double glazing, so you’ll be nice and warm, while some come with private hot tubs.

• Two nights in Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight, cost from £177 per stay, while two-night in St. Ives Bay in Cornwall are available from £120 per stay.

If you’d rather spend the half term holiday in the midst of the woods, Forest Holidays has good deals on cabins, with all of them including hot tubs.

• Four-night breaks at Thorpe Forest in Norfolk, Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire or Cropton in North Yorkshire – from £281 per night

More holiday parks and renting companies offer good deals for the October half-term, including Hoseasons, Holiday Cottages and Sykes Cottages.

Here are the best deals we’ve found, departing October 24:

• 4 nights in Cornwall from £337, Peak District from £399, Wales from £399
• 4 nights in the Isle of Wight from £399, Devon from £361, Cumbria from £389
• 4 nights at Combe Martin, North Devon from £149 per stay
• 4 nights at Hemsby Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth from £209 per stay

If you’re looking for a hotel stay, Travelodge sale has loads of rooms from £8.50pp until Christmas.

Or, for a unique stay for the children, we found the best themed hotel rooms in the UK, from the Gruffalo to Octonauts, from £27pppn.

You could also go to Disneyland Paris’s 2022 Halloween & Christmas celebrations – with holidays from £154.50pppn.