The Franks family at Oakdown Touring and Holiday Park in East Devon are celebrating after scooping the top spot of the England and Overall AA Best Campsite of the Year for 2015.
The park near Branscombe was ranked ahead of 900 others listed in the AA guide.
The award is the latest in a long list of accolades for Oakdown, which has retained David Bellamy's Conservation Gold Award for 17 consecutive years and a five-pennant rating from the AA Camping and Caravan Park Scheme.
This year's AA inspection saw the campsite's overall points score increase to 94 per cent, while the café received its first five stars for hygiene, having been improved with new facilities which now enable guests to cook or buy hot food.
Other popular facilities for visitors include a golf course, play areas, games room and deluxe centrally-heated shower amenities.
Inspector Colin Church remarked that the whole site was 'very worthy' of its existing 5 pennants and awarded an increase in points, to 94 per cent, citing the park's exemplary cleaning standards and new green signage as particular highlights.
Alastair Franks, whose family has been running the site for over 40 years, said: "We are so happy and excited to be named the best campsite for 2015 by the AA. We are continually striving to better our park and offer high quality amenities. To receive this level of recognition for our work is fantastic."
He added: "We knew we had done well when we received an increase in points but none of us were expecting to be named best site. It is a testament to the hard work of our family and all of our staff who help make Oakdown what it is. We've had another really busy year this year and we're looking forward to see what 2015 will bring."
Since the 1990s the Franks family have been implementing the newest technology in renewable energy. At the park, Victorian reed beds naturally drain and dispose of grey water and solar photovoltaic panels produce over 10,000kw of electricity a year while low-level lighting guides campers along the paths at night in order to minimise light pollution.
