Suggested location for a new site

Oldgirl and Staffy
Oldgirl and Staffy Forum Participant Posts: 414
edited January 2016 in UK Campsites & Touring #1

We recently travel between the ferry ports and West Wales and find there is a lack of good sites along the M4 without travelling several miles off route.  Tredegar Park is the only real option.   I wonder if the Club would look at the possibility of another site near Avebury / Malmesbury / Hungerford?     This is a part of the country we would love to explore on our travels and I am sure there are many members who feel the same..

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  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,657 ✭✭✭
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    edited January 2016 #2

    Bit off topic but the C&CC have a Forestry Site at Marlborough - Postern Hill, and there are a couple of CLs near Malmesbury, if you do want to explore that area.

    There has been a long running post conerning places where CT members have suggested site, but I can't find it. Perhaps one of the mods could asist.

  • Oldgirl and Staffy
    Oldgirl and Staffy Forum Participant Posts: 414
    edited January 2016 #3

    Bit off topic but the C&CC have a Forestry Site at Marlborough - Postern Hill, and there are a couple of CLs near Malmesbury, if you do want to explore that area.

    There has been a long running post conerning places where CT members have suggested site, but I can't find it. Perhaps one of the mods could asist.

    ...  I found details of the other Club's site at Postern Hill Forestry.    I have to say that as we are dog owners and there has been such publicity about a new mystery disease affecting dogs in forestry and woodland areas in the late summer and autumn I
    have avoided it for that reason.

  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,657 ✭✭✭
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    edited January 2016 #4

    We've stopped there a couple of times in the past, and also walked our dog in there in October this year, when staying on a CL the other side of Marlborough, and he's not suffered in any way.

  • Wildwood
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    edited January 2016 #5

    The pressure on sites is so high that new sites almost anywhere would help. From where we are the Loch Lomond area would be useful. The C&CC have two plus a Camping in the Forrest all doing well so the need is there.

    Our daughter lives near Newport so we have used Tredegar Park. There are not even commercial sites in the area so not sure the demand is there, if I am wrong then it is an opportunity though.

  • Oldgirl and Staffy
    Oldgirl and Staffy Forum Participant Posts: 414
    edited January 2016 #6

    I think you are right Wildwood. There is so much demand a few new sites would be very welcome wherever they are situated.

     

  • WanderingHans
    WanderingHans Forum Participant Posts: 134
    edited January 2016 #7

    A Loch Lomond or Trossachs site (other than the ones at Killin) would be brilliant.  Our nearest site is Strathclyde Park and we've never quite fancied it due to it's proximity to busy roads.  The CC&C have four sites within half an hour of us.  Unfortunately
    they all close in the winter and can be extremely expensive when they are open.

  • Oldgirl and Staffy
    Oldgirl and Staffy Forum Participant Posts: 414
    edited January 2016 #8

    I see that Morris Leisure have opened a new site at Llanberis in North Wales.  I wonder if this site will be affiliated to the Club as are their other sites at Riverside, Bettws and Stanmore Park?

  • Wherenext
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    edited January 2016 #9

    I've mentioned it before but it bears repeating. There is NO CC site along the North Wales coast and not a single one in Essex with a lone one, at Lowestoft, in Suffolk. Thank goodness for CL's.

  • Charlie brown
    Charlie brown Forum Participant Posts: 11
    edited June 2016 #10

    Hi all

    We like the Northumberland area, and would love a club site in Seahouses, there are a couple of five van sites, but a proper club site would be great . Do other members agree or am I the only person who likes Seahouses.

  • Cornersteady
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    edited June 2016 #11

    I agree, love Seahouses, especailly the fish and chips resturants. It used to be our favourite day out. Good coast line and lots to do north and south.

  • Fisherman
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    edited June 2016 #12

    From the volume of Caravans & MH travelling from North West Wales towards Bala last Saturday a site on the Llyn Peninsular would be popular.The club would have to buy an existing site as planning would be a problem in that part of Wales for a greenfield
    site.

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited June 2016 #13

    Berwick site is only half hour from Seahouses, or you can do a lovely scenic drive. Plenty of good CLs and private sites as well in between. Hadrians Wall area of Northumberland has no Club Site. We use CLs or Hexham Racecourse. Hexham, along with other
    Racecourse sites used to be affiliated to Club a long time ago, there are still a few racecourse sites, but not as many.

  • eurortraveller
    eurortraveller Club Member Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2016 #14

    We recently travel between the ferry ports and West Wales and find there is a lack of good sites along the M4 without travelling several miles off route.  Tredegar Park is the only real option.   I wonder if the Club would look at the possibility of another
    site near Avebury / Malmesbury / Hungerford?     This is a part of the country we would love to explore on our travels and I am sure there are many members who feel the same..

    Must it be another Club site? Picadilly Caravan Park at Lacock near Chippenham is pretty good.   Is that the area you want? 

  • moulesy
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    edited June 2016 #15

    We recently travel between the ferry ports and West Wales and find there is a lack of good sites along the M4 without travelling several miles off route.  Tredegar Park is the only real option.   I wonder if the Club would look at the possibility of another
    site near Avebury / Malmesbury / Hungerford?     This is a part of the country we would love to explore on our travels and I am sure there are many members who feel the same..

    Must it be another Club site? Picadilly Caravan Park at Lacock near Chippenham is pretty good.   Is that the area you want? 

    Even closer would be Plough Lane, Chippenham or Burton Hill at Malmesbury.

    Or for a CL, Thatado farm just north of Royal Wootton Bassett. Happy

  • Kennine
    Kennine Forum Participant Posts: 3,472
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    edited June 2016 #16

    Most definitely at Argartan nr Arrocher. On Loch Long, a few minutes drive to Loch Lomond in one direction and  20 mins drive to Inverary in the other. Great area for walking, --- the Arrocher Alps are within easy reach..

    In fact the CC had a great site there for years but there is now an Hotel where once there were happy caravanners. Still plenty of room for another campsite though.

    K

     

  • IainM1970
    IainM1970 Forum Participant Posts: 170
    edited June 2016 #17

    Most definitely at Argartan nr Arrocher. On Loch Long, a few minutes drive to Loch Lomond in one direction and  20 mins drive to Inverary in the other. Great area for walking, --- the Arrocher Alps are within easy reach..

    In fact the CC had a great site there for years but there is now an Hotel where once there were happy caravanners. Still plenty of room for another campsite though.

    K

     

     

    Remember it well.

    Along with House of the Binns near Linlithgow and Gosford Gardens they were big losses to the Scottish network.

  • IanH
    IanH Forum Participant Posts: 4,708
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    edited June 2016 #18

    Agree that sites are needed in Essex........trouble is the CC are concentrating on selling sites at the moment.......and refuse to provide any explanation of why they are doing this.

  • black caviar
    black caviar Forum Participant Posts: 242
    edited June 2016 #19

    there is a campsite in the centre of seahouses its a caravan park that has about 20 touring pitches ,we stayed there one august bank holiday (it was the most expensive site we have ever stayed on) but you did have use of swimming pool i cant remember the
    name but its the centre of seahouses cheers mrs bc:)

  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,657 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2016 #20

    Most definitely at Argartan nr Arrocher. On Loch Long, a few minutes drive to Loch Lomond in one direction and  20 mins drive to Inverary in the other. Great area for walking, --- the Arrocher Alps are within easy reach..

    In fact the CC had a great site there for years but there is now an Hotel where once there were happy caravanners. Still plenty of room for another campsite though.

    K

     

    There was also both a C&CC site, which is now closed too, and Forest site which may be open still but I'm not sure. Any ideas, K? The only down side of the CC's site was the dreaded wee beasties, millions of them, and the amount of ticks in the forest which
    the dog picked up. 

  • Kennine
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    edited June 2016 #21

    Most definitely at Argartan nr Arrocher. On Loch Long, a few minutes drive to Loch Lomond in one direction and  20 mins drive to Inverary in the other. Great area for walking, --- the Arrocher Alps are within easy reach..

    In fact the CC had a great site there for years but there is now an Hotel where once there were happy caravanners. Still plenty of room for another campsite though.

    K

     

    There was also both a C&CC site, which is now closed too, and Forest site which may be open still but I'm not sure. Any ideas, K? The only down side of the CC's site was the dreaded wee beasties, millions of them, and the amount of ticks in the forest which the dog picked up. 

    Write your comments here...Double posting glitch again see below

    Most definitely at Argartan nr Arrocher. On Loch Long, a few minutes drive to Loch Lomond in one direction and  20 mins drive to Inverary in the other. Great area for walking, --- the Arrocher Alps are within easy reach..

    In fact the CC had a great site there for years but there is now an Hotel where once there were happy caravanners. Still plenty of room for another campsite though.

    K

     

    There was also both a C&CC site, which is now closed too, and Forest site which may be open still but I'm not sure. Any ideas, K? The only down side of the CC's site was the dreaded wee beasties, millions of them, and the amount of ticks in the forest which the dog picked up. y

    Write your comments here...The forest site is static site with posh log cabins and outside hot tubs.  We've stayed there a couple of times.

    The midges are no worse than those on Skye. Ticks are found everywhere there are sheep or deer.

    K

     

     

     

  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,657 ✭✭✭
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    edited June 2016 #22

    Thanks, K.

    The midges are no worse than those on Skye. 

    Not saying a lot then!!Laughing

    Ticks are found everywhere there are sheep or deer.

    Of course I appreciate that K, but the last time we were there I removed 50 of them off our Springer in just one day!! Never had that many on a dog before or since!!

  • skodaman
    skodaman Forum Participant Posts: 141
    edited June 2016 #23

    perhaps the club should look to open another site in or near london as it is roumored that the crystal palace site is to be lost to housing in the near future,we have looked the local commercial estate agents and found 2or 3 sites for sale but unfortunatly
    they appear to be in the yorkshire dales and northumberland .but it shows that there are sites for sale around the uk

  • Wildwood
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    edited June 2016 #24

    perhaps the club should look to open another site in or near london as it is roumored that the crystal palace site is to be lost to housing in the near future,we have looked the local commercial estate agents and found 2or 3 sites for sale but unfortunatly
    they appear to be in the yorkshire dales and northumberland .but it shows that there are sites for sale around the uk

    I think the current cost of land in London will prevent a new site there. The costs are now so high that it would be difficult to see how an affordable site could be opened.