2024 Monthly Open and Closed CL List

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  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,636 ✭
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    edited May 8 #32

    Johnny57,  re Maddie's post above you can remove Weavers Meadow, Saxmundham from your list of Non-EHU sites.

  • Johnny57
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    edited May 8 #33

    Removed it yesterday cool 

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited May 8 #34

    It does at least explain why it was £22pn!!laughing

  • CLMaddie
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    edited June 21 #35

    Hi All

    The please see below a list of sites which opened and closed in May 2024.

    I have listed them by County, Listing town then CL site. Sites with a * next to the CL name were previous sites that closed and have now decided to reopen as a CL.

     

    Sites opened in May:

     

    Sites closed in May:

    • Cambridgeshire - Wisbech - Alderforth Farm
    • Ceredigion - Lampeter - Maesypwll Top oaks
    • Cheshire - Nantwich - Creag Mhor
    • Cheshire - Sandbach - Roughwood Farm
    • Devon - Great Torrington - Welcombe Farm
    • Dumfries & Galloway - Kirkbean - John Paul Jones Cottage
    • Dumfries & Galloway - Sandhead - Mid Float Farm
    • East Sussex - Battle - Kinica
    • Lancashire - Blackpool - Old Mill House
    • Lincolnshire - Alford - East Paddock Wolds View
    • Lincolnshire - Spalding - Corner Cottage
    • Norfolk - Great Yarmouth - Bremar Pony Stud
    • Pembrokeshire - Fishguard - Newton Cross
    • Shropshire - Church Stretton - Gilberries Hall Farm
    • Somerset - Bridgwater - Spitgrove Farm
    • Surrey - Guildford - Hoe Farm


    Thanks

    Maddie

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited June 23 #36

    Thanks for the update, Maddie. Not a rosey picture with twice as many closures as new CLs opening!!

     

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited June 23 #37

    Johnny, lots of work for you updating this month with 6 new off-grid CLs and the loss of 4 too!

  • Johnny57
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    edited June 24 #38

    Good to see a nett gain of 2 off-grid cls for a change.

    Overall not looking great. It use to say on CAMC website CL page over 2200 CLs now says 2100 and appears to be 2146 currently! so at the above decline less than 2100 in 6 months cry

  • eurortraveller
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    edited June 24 #39

    Inevitably the number of CLs will dwindle as motorhomes continue to replace caravans. For the most part they are the wrong sort of site, in the wrong location, without the facility to fill water tanks easily and dump waste, and are only open to members of one particular Club. None of that will appeal to modern motorhomers. So CLs will have to adapt, or die.

  • CLMaddie
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    edited July 19 #40

    Hi All

    The please see below a list of sites which opened and closed in June 2024.

    I have listed them by County, Listing town then CL site. Sites with a * next to the CL name were previous sites that closed and have now decided to reopen as a CL.

     

    Sites opened in June:

    Cornwall - St Austell - Mid Cornwall Camping

    Sites closed in June:

    • Anglesey - Benllech - Llwydiarth Esgob
    • Bedfordshire - Bedford - Church Hills
    • Berkshire - Wokingham - Bluebell Farm
    • Bristol - Bristol - Old Mills CL
    • Cornwall - Bodmin - Lidcutt Farm
    • Cornwall - Penzance - 2 Poniou Lane
    • Cornwall - St Austell - Frenton Farm
    • Cumbria - Penrith - Brambling Howe Farm
    • Denbighshire - Ruthin - Bathafarn Hall
    • Derbyshire - Ashbourne - Roston Inn
    • Devon - Bovey Tracey - Langaller Farm
    • Devon - Chulmleigh - Valley View Farm
    • Devon - Combe Martin - West Seven Ash Farm
    • Devon - Yelverton - Sortridge Farm
    • Gwynedd - Tywyn - Bodilan Fach Farm
    • Hampshire - Fareham - Greenbarn
    • Isle of Wight - Yarmouth - Eddies Farm
    • Kent - Deal - Cottington Lakes
    • Kent - Folkestone - Milestone Lodge
    • Kent - Maidstone - Neverend Farm Barns
    • Lancashire - Ormskirk - Hey By Bonds
    • Lancashire - Preston - Red Rocks Fishery
    • Leicestershire - Hinckley - Dadlington House Farm
    • Lincolnshire - Skegness - Manor Bungalow
    • Norfolk - Diss - The Fighting Cocks
    • Norfolk - King's Lynn - Clear View
    • North Yorkshire – Northallerton - The Crosby Village Inn
    • Oxfordshire - Thame - Little Acre
    • Pembrokeshire - Narberth - Brynbanc Farm
    • Powys - Machynlleth - Bryndyfi
    • Powys - Welshpool - Glandir
    • Somerset - Ilchester - Tuckers Batch
    • Somerset - Wells - Thysilldo Farm
    • Warwickshire - Stratford-upon-Avon - Goldicote Caravan Park

    Thanks

    Maddie

  • Freddy55
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    edited July 19 #41

    A concerning trend.

  • Hja
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    edited July 19 #42

    It is indeed. It would nice to see the analysis we used to get for closure reasons. I wonder if some are now independent sites with more pitches.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited July 19 #43

    You can of course check for yourself, Hja, by looking on line at the site names.

    It is certainly a worrying trend, as is the high price being asked by some for non-EHU pitches.

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited July 20 #44

    This is indeed grim reading for CL users like ourselves. Hoping a few will still be on the camping circuit under a different guise. 

  • Wherenext
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    edited July 22 #45

    Hi John

    2 of the recent new CLs are serviced or  enhanced 

    Shamrock - Malton, North Yorkshire

    Field of Dreams - Beccles, Suffolk

    I think there is only 1 to be deleted but my eyes started to glaze over after a while due to the number of leavers.

    Daddlington House Farm - Hinckley, Leicestershire (827 in S.D.)

    Cheers.

  • Johnny57
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    edited July 22 #46

    Updated 

  • CholseyGrange
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    edited July 23 #47

    It is interesting to note that of the 87 sites (by my count) that have closed this year, only 3 were members of the CL Owners Group.

    The CL Owners Group is a self-support group for CL owners that is free to join for any CAMC Certificated Location.  It currently has 576 members and they benefit from an occasional newsletter, access to advice and support from fellow CL Owners, an active Facebook Group and (during the winter months) a series of monthly Zoom (online) calls where we discuss issues such as marketing, photography, booking systems etc.

    If you - as members - come across a CL that you feel might benefit from (free) support then do please encourage the owners to take a look at the Owners Group website and apply to join.

    https://www.clsiteowners.co.uk/

     

     

     

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited July 26 #48

    Hja, I have gone through the list of closed CLs and there are few that appear to now be open as independent sites. 

    Bathafan, Ruthin; Roston Inn, Ashbourne; Cottington Lakes, Deal have their own websites and it looks as if they are still operating. Manor Bungalow, Skegness also has a web site but it is difficult to decide if they are still running a caravan site. 

    Neverend Farm Barns may now just be Holiday Cabins as there is a planning application from 2022 for them.

    Maddie, The Crosby Village Inn, Nothallerton, N Yorks, is still showing as being open on it's CC web page!!

  • CLMaddie
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    edited August 20 #49

    Hi All

    The please see below a list of sites which opened and closed in July 2024.

    I have listed them by County, Listing town then CL site. 

    Sites with a * next to the CL name were previous sites that closed and have now decided to reopen as a CL.

     

    Sites opened in July:

     

    Sites closed in July:

    • Cheshire - Chester - Sandy Lane Farm
    • Derbyshire - Buxton - Westwood Field
    • Devon - Exeter - Huntisbeare
    • Devon - Tavistock - Meadwell Farm
    • Dumfries & Galloway - Lockerbie - Whinneyknowe
    • East Sussex - Seaford - The Stables
    • Gwynedd - Aberdaron - Solfach
    • Lincolnshire - Horncastle - Glebe Farmhouse
    • Lincolnshire - Louth - Kents Farm
    • North Yorkshire - Pickering - Fox and Rabbit Holiday Cottages and Motorhome CL
    • North Yorkshire - Richmond - Deepdale
    • North Yorkshire - Whitby - Eskdalegate Farm
    • Nottinghamshire - Nottingham - Swingate Farm
    • Pembrokeshire - Letterston - The Harp Inn
    • Pembrokeshire - Milford Haven - Upper Bushford
    • Powys - Welshpool - Tyn-y-Pant
    • Rutland - Oakham - Greetham House Farm
    • Shropshire - Newport - Edgmond Park
    • Somerset - Williton - Holcombe Water
    • South Yorkshire - Sheffield - Bradway Grange

     

    Thanks

    Maddie

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited August 19 #50

    Maddie, just checking around the Fox and Rabbit closure. I think this is just the MH CL, the F&R Inn CL, is still open? 

    Also, there is a Fox and Rabbit Farm Cert Site (C&CC) right next door. So options still in area.

  • Wherenext
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    edited August 21 #51

    Hi Johnny

    6 new serviced or enhanced CLs to add to the list and 3 to be deleted.

    NEW -

    Ffridd Uchaf, Conwy

    Twitchen Farm, Devon

    Fron Deg, Pwhelli

    Old Park House Farm, Bedale

    The Malt Shovel, Lichfield

    Somersby, Huddersfield

    To be Deleted -

    Fox & Rabbit, Pickering (1738 in SD)

    Deepdale, Richmond (1749)

    Eskdalegate Farm, Whitby (1788)

    Thanks for keeping up to date.

     

     

  • Johnny57
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    edited August 21 #52

    Thanks for the list.

    Updated

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited August 21 #53

    Someone's been busy!wink 

  • Wherenext
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    edited August 21 #54

    Saved from further gardening exploits!wink

    Good to see the new CL at Huddersfield. There's not really an easy off the M62 site if heading for the Humber area. 

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited August 27 #55

    Maddie, when I try the link to the "new" Valley End" site the page for Old Barn Farm comes up. Has the latter been renamed or is there another site in the area? Also neither of the Castle Head and Nurstead Hill Farm appear in the current Site Directory so had they closed over 18 moths ago or are they in fact new sites?

    Edit, I see that at the bottom of the  Old Barn Farm web page there is a photo link to the new Valley End site, so it is the link in your post that is wrong. Hope this make sense.

     

  • KjellNN
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    edited October 1 #56

    I don’t know that Bathafarn is now operating as an independant site, their own website still talks about it as a     CAMC  CL.

    We stayed there quite a few years back, it was not a great site at that time…..all grass, some very long, poor CDP, access road quite narrow.

  • Wherenext
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    edited October 17 #57

    Any sign of August and September yet Maddie?

  • CLMaddie
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    edited October 22 #58

    Hi All

    The please see below a list of sites which opened and closed in August and September 2024.

    I have listed them by County, Listing town then CL site. Sites with a * next to the CL name were previous sites that closed and have now decided to reopen as a CL.

     

    Sites opened in August and September:

    Anglesey - Holyhead - Hilltop Holidays

     

    Sites closed in August and September:

    • Cornwall - Bude - Burn Farm
    • East Sussex - Wadhurst - Stone Crouch Cottage
    • Gloucestershire - Coleford - The Firs
    • Hampshire - Southampton - Forest Lodge
    • Kent - Sandwich - Stonelees Golf Centre
    • Lancashire - Clitheroe - Pendle Hill Hideaway
    • Norfolk - Stalham - Heather House Farm
    • Powys - Builth Wells - Pencaerhelem
    • Powys - Rhayader - Lower Nantserth
    • Suffolk - Haverhill - Slate Hall
    • Suffolk - Beccles - Lowlands CL
    • West Midlands - Solihull - Brookhouse Farm
    • Wiltshire - Highworth - Field Rise


    Thanks

    Maddie

  • Wherenext
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    edited October 22 #59

    Thanks Maddie.

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