A HUGE nudist holiday camp which attracts thousands of daring tourists from abroad has gone up for sale - for a whopping £1.1 million.
Southleigh Manor naturists' holiday park is a three-acre resort, boasting 42 touring caravan and camping pitches, log cabins, a bar and restaurant and a beautiful manor house.
But Bob and Kathy Prescott, who have owned the park for 18 years, have decided to throw in the towel and retire.
They feel Southleigh, near Newquay, Cornwall, attracts "a wide spectrum of ages and interests" - but aren't sure if the new owners will want guests to bare all.
Bob, 69, said: "With my wife not being in the best of health and with the birth of our grandson, we feel it's time to enjoy our retirement and take it easy a bit more.
"My two boys live in Sussex so we can't actually get to see our grandkid at the moment.
"The plan is to retire and move back to Sussex and get in that quality time.
"It will be a wrench - we've always liked Cornwall ever since coming down here on holidays. We came here to the park 19 years ago and the people who had it were struggling.
"After a conversation we ended up buying up the place. It turned out to be a very expensive holiday but we've done well out of it."
The couple admit they are upset to leave the holiday park, which attracts tourists from across Europe.
The grandfather added: "We're the biggest naturist holiday camp in Cornwall - the other one being a members' club only.
"But that would be up to the new owners to continue as a naturist site or to become more conventional.
"We'll be sorry to go. It has been a good business but we can't go on for ever.
"We'd been looking for a change of lifestyle and we'd been naturists for a good many years by then and the opportunity just arose whilst we were on holiday.
"There's not many naturist camps in the whole country so, it's a very niche market.
"We've done a lot of improvements since we took over, we just upgraded the whole site really.
"We get an awful lot of regular customers, once they've been here they tend to come back time and time again.
"It's very much bittersweet, it’s a huge part of our lives. I will miss it tremendously.
"I'm the sort of person who doesn't like to sit still, I always like to have something to do and running Southleigh has certainly kept me well and truly busy so, we really will miss it a lot.
"We very much hope it will stay as a naturist park, we don't know who will eventually end up buying it but it would be our wish that they keep catering to naturists.
"You couldn't come to a more safer place, especially with children and the comradeship is tremendous.
"Sometimes all you get from a conventional caravan site is a good morning here people will help you, it's just a nice atmosphere to be in and it's totally non-sexual.
"It's a great leveller we get all walks of life. But it's really about the comradeship between people that visit."
Colliers International has given the park a guide price of £1.1 million.
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Amy Brooksbank, spokeswoman for the firm, said: "It is presently operated as a niche business, and therefore there is considerable scope to further develop it.
"It would perfectly suit existing holiday park operators or parties looking to enter the market."
She said a unique feature is the beautiful manor house which, in addition to providing a range of facilities for visitors, includes owners’ accommodation, including five bedrooms, and a large private enclosed garden.
In addition to the touring caravan and camping pitches, there is a games room, jacuzzi, sauna and outdoor heated swimming pool.
Planning permission has been granted for an additional two log cabins.
Amy added: "It is conveniently located close to the A39 and A30. The central Cornwall location offers an excellent base for exploring this popular tourist destination."
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