Tour Proposal
Tour Highlights
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Safe and Secure High Quality Holiday Park Accommodation
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Located opposite Brean Sands Beach
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Established Rugby Festival
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Next door to ‘Brean Theme Park’ and ‘Brean Splash Waterpark’
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Fantastic Evening Entertainment
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Watch Premiership Rugby at Bristol Bears
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Full Financial Protection
Location & Dates
The West Country Challenge 2027
Dates
EASTER SCHOOL HOLIDAYS Friday 2nd April – Monday 5th April 2027
Age Group
Minis (U7-U12) & Juniors (U13-U15)
Accomodation Venues
Unity Holiday Park, Somerset Beachside Holiday Park, Somerset
Rugby Venues
Yatton Rugby Club
Your Accommodation
Unity Holiday Park is one of the most famous and well known holiday parks in Somerset and is a very high standard compared to other parks in the area. With it’s breath taking seaside location and boasting a 7 mile award winning beach of golden sand literally on your doorstep, it is the perfect location for your end of season rugby tour.
In addition it’s easily accessible location with a host of popular activities on your doorstep such as the thrill seeking ‘Brean Theme Park’ this will make the perfect location for your West Country Challenge rugby tour.
Your Accommodation
The Unity resort has one of the highest quality of static caravans available and they will provide you with all the home comforts to ensure you have an enjoyable break.
There are a wide range of different options available to suit your needs and include all the essentials you need for a truly relaxing stay.
Your Accommodation
As well as the caravans the site also has a large area for camping and touring vans. So if you want to bring your own you can!
This could be a great way to not only experience this fantastic weekend with access to all the amenities of the complex but also help keep the costs down for your members.
Excursions
Activities at the Park
Whilst for many playing rugby is the highlight of your tour, it is also a fantastic opportunity to enjoy unique activities together with your team mates and Unity Holiday Park offer a variety of these that you can pre-book for your group to enjoy such as the Ten Pin Bowling Alley and the Pump Track for BMX and Scooters to name a few. In addition Burleigh Travel can help arrange exclusive discounts to the nearby Theme Park, Splash Waterpark and other nearby attractions.
(Contact us for details)
Holiday Park Itinerary
The Entertainment
The evening entertainment programme has always proved very popular with our groups where you will be able to enjoy the varied acts provided by the holiday park in RJ’s which are included in your tour costs.
The venue also offers arcades and a number of indoor activities which the children love and the onsite bar is always alive with laughter and rugby stories!
If you don’t fancy cooking you can always use one of the many on site restaurants and take aways including Indian, Chinese, Fish and Chips, Pizza or traditional pub grub in the Tavern.
Visit Brean Sands Beach
While there is plenty do to at your Holiday Park Accommodation another reason for touring to Brean is to enjoy this wonderful award winning beach location literally across the road from the holiday park.
A day at the beach is a great way to enjoy some group time together without breaking the bank. Simply enjoy a light training session on the sand, compete in an inter club touch rugby competition and cool off in the sea.
There is plenty of room on this 7 mile stretch to ensure a great time whatever you do
Excursions
The whole family will enjoy Brean Splash Waterpark. With a 25 metre, 6 lane, heated indoor swimming pool, and additional shallow baby pool. As well as a splash zone fun pool and slides, including indoor Rainbow Rings & Disco Waterslides. Choose your tune and sound effects whilst you ride the disco slide, warning flashing lights!
You’ll be spoilt for choice on whether to swim or play!
(additional cost applies)
Excursions
Within a 100 metres from the sand dunes and next to your holiday park accommodation! A visit to the Brean Theme Park will be another highlight of the tour for all the family.
It has over 40 attractions including indoor and outdoor Roller Coasters, the Wild Water Log Flume, Dodgems, Crazy Boats, Wipe Out, the JetSpin, Waveswinger, and the UK’s best Ghost Train – Terror Castle! There really is something for all ages and all adrenaline levels.
(additional cost applies)
Juniors - Saturday 3rd April
Minis - Sunday 4th April
West Country Challenge 3rd & 4th April
For over 30 years, Burleigh Travel have been arranging for teams to participate in festivals that combine a great mix of local and touring teams, resulting in some of the largest and most established festivals.
Yatton Rugby Club, located in a village to the south of Bristol and with links to Bristol Bears who visited the club with Ellis Genge this summer for the Bears Community Foundation Player Development Camp, will host the event. The festival will take place for juniors on Saturday 3rd April & for minis on Sunday 4th April. The festival will be run in accordance with England Rugby regulations which will ensure your teams will play as much rugby as is permitted for your age group.
At the Festival you will be joined by other touring teams as well as the hosts and other local clubs to make for an enjoyable and memorable experience at this friendly club with excellent facilities.
Previous Winners - West Country Challenge
Previous Winners - West Country Challenge
Financial Protection
Burleigh Travel has always had consumer protection in place to make good any money paid to us in the event of the financial collapse or failure of an airline, hotel or any other provider. This pledge has been honoured since the foundation of Burleigh Travel in 1998 and no client has suffered financial loss from such a failure.
Total Payment Protection (topp) Policy cover:
For non-flight packages, in compliance with The Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018, an insurance policy has been arranged with Travel & General Insurance Services Limited (T&G) to protect customers’ prepayments in the unlikely event of our financial failure and paid in respect of non-flight packages sold by the Policyholder as principal to the contract.
Please be aware, this protection will not be available if you arrange your own tour or if you book through a company not offering this type of cover.
Key Booking Points
When considering who to book your tour with, always ask for evidence of the following key points.
- Financial Protection
Burleigh Travel has always had consumer protection in place to make good any money paid to us in the event of the financial collapse or failure of an airline, hotel or any other provider and this pledge has been honoured since the foundation of Burleigh Travel in 1998 and no client has suffered financial loss from such a failure. How this is done is clearly displayed on our website so it is very important that you can see a clear statement on any other operators website on how they are protecting your money.
- How Long Has The Company Been Trading?
An important consideration when deciding on who to book with, is how established the company is. Burleigh Travel was established in 1998 and have therefore been arranging rugby tours for almost 30 years and as such we are one of the longest standing providers and market leaders for mini and junior rugby tours. Don’t be fooled by new companies claiming they have many years experience in arranging tours; check when they were actually established, as every year there are several new companies set up and then disappear or offer sub-standard events so always check out their background and the customer feedback of their products.
A very quick way to check whether the company you are planning to book with are well-established, is to check on the Companies House website where you can search for the company by name. In the Overview section, you can then check when they were established, if they have any overdue accounts warnings or strike off actions against them, and also the termination of appointments.
- Customer Trustpilot & Google Reviews
We pride ourselves on the excellent feedback we have received from previous clubs like yourselves and currently have over 250 five star Trustpilot reviews which can be found here and over 130 five star Google reviews here. We feel these clubs are very reflective of your own group and consequently should help install confidence in the service you will receive from Burleigh Travel.
We would urge you to be very cautious of booking with anyone who does not have a similar amount of recent five-star reviews on these two key sites or if they do not even have a Trustpilot or Google review site registered.
- RFU Approval
Last season all our UK Festivals were approved by the RFU and have been fully risk assessed, this is not the case with many other rugby festivals so please check with the county where the event is being held to see if permission was granted last season and if it’s likely to be granted again before making a booking.
Creating Memories
Burleigh Travel are very proud of the tours we have provided for more than 30 years. We have heard so many stories over the years of team building, new friendships developing and life long memories being made.
Many players, coaches and parents have missed out on the touring experience in recent times, but we hope you choose to join us at the West Country Challenge to create these memories for your team!
Don't just take our word for it...
★★★★★
“We've just come back from our U16s final mini & junior tour to the Gent Festival, and what an experience! The service was outstanding from beginning to end. Burleigh Travel were easy to reach and always approachable, clear and detailed communication throughout, a fantastic hotel, a reliable and comfortable coach, plus brilliant prize opportunities to support the tour. Would absolutely recommend.”
Machen RFC U16s
GENT FESTIVAL
★★★★★
“Good morning, I just wanted to email and express my thanks on behalf of our team, for the wonderful experience we had at the weekend. The tour was seamless from start to finish, from the travel to the accommodation and the communication I have received throughout from your company, has been outstanding. I will be recommending Burleigh for definite.”
Emily - Barnstaple RFC U14
HILVERSUM FESTIVAL
★★★★★
“Our U15 team had a great tour at the West Country Challenge. The host club as well as the team from Burleigh Travel were very welcoming and professional. The accommodation was fantastic and there was so much for the boys to do in their down time which was great. It was fantastic value for money as well and I would not hesitate to recommend Burleigh Travel to anyone who wanted to go on a first-rate rugby tour.”
Ayr RFC U15's
WEST COUNTRY CHALLENGE
★★★★★
“Harlow travelled to the Rugby for Heroes Festival for their first ever tour and had an amazing time. The tour was a huge success, and this was mainly due to the team at Burleigh. From the beginning of the process to the weekend itself, the staff at Burleigh were brilliant. They ensured that all my questions were answered and were on hand at the event for any help that we may need. We already booked next season's tour before we had even been on this one!”
Harlow RFC U10's
RUGBY FOR HEROES
★★★★★
“This is the second year running we have taken our minis section on tour, this year to Weymouth with 190 people. And a massive thank you to Burleigh for your professionalism, understanding and help organising our weekend. A tour that will be remembered for years to come!”
High Wycombe RFC Minis
JURASSIC COAST
★★★★★
“Hi Chris, first off, I would like to say a huge thank you to you and your team. Our dads and lads had the most amazing weekend and said they couldn't fault the organisation of the whole weekend, the activities, food, accommodation, rugby festival and not to mention the evening entertainment!”
Fullerians RFC U8's
BOURNEMOUTH FESTIVAL