Longleat Access Road
Can anyone tell me what access is like to the site at Longleat. I was down there for an awards ceremony on Friday night and was surprised to see that after leaving the main entrance to Longleat/Center Parcs, I saw a brown sign for the CC site saying it
was 2 miles away in the direction of Bath.
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It's really easy, you just need to follow the instructions on arrival and departure times. As you head towards Bath you exit the village with the garage on the right, go over a brow, down a steep bit and the turn left to the CC site is beyond the pub. The
actual locals know the system so pull over for caravans. There are 2 pinch points that the Safari visitors have to use to get round from the main house. 1 is at the entrance to the safari entrance, the second is in the farm just before the left turn to the
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Keefy, when you say exit the village and a garage heading towards Bath, I'm not sure where this is.
I was looking at the right tun from the pub at Corsley Heath, is that the wrong way?
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As you travel from Centre Parcs back to the A362 and turn left at the roundabout with the brown sign, you go through Corsley Heath, not turn at the Royal Oak, on the left. The garage I refer to is the White Horse Motor Comapny, on the right. Continue down
the hill and make a left turn into Mill Lane as brown sign posted at the White Hart pub.0 -
Gotcha!
How far is it from the A362? We've just booked to go in July before the Schools break up.
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We were there in December for the Light Show. In my site report this is what I said about access
"To Find Site:-Leave A36 onto the A362 towards Frome. At Lane End turn left at the White Hart public house. From here to the site is about two miles and is well signed. However this access road is quite narrow in places and care must be taken as passing oncoming vehicles can be difficult. For obvious reasons new arrivals should be after 1.00pm."
If you look at Google Earth you can get a good impression of the route. As with access to sites with a narrow approach you just need to take it easy and not assume someone will give way although most drivers are sensible.
David
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Thanks David, will have a read now.
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It is worth checking the last entry time to the safari pak, as the lane becomes less used after closing. We were also there in December for the Festival of Light and the last safarin entry time was 14:00.
We arrived on the Friday at around 15:00 and the journey down to the site from the A362 was empty.
We had to make a quick visit to our dealer due to a power module failure, exited the site at 08:00 with no traffic on the road. Returning at 13:30 the safari traffic was noticeable and few drivers expected to meet a unit; probably in their excitement to
get to the lions, they switched off their brains.We left site on the Sunday bang on noon and had no traffic on the lane the A362.
Make a tour of it, Longleat onto Cheddar and some spirited towing across country lanes and you'll soon get accustomed to awkward roads
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In years gone by, part of the attraction of stopping at Longleat for us was to tow in through the main gate and then passed the front door of Longleat House. Sadly no more.
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In years gone by, part of the attraction of stopping at Longleat for us was to tow in through the main gate and then passed the front door of Longleat House. Sadly no more.
Write your comments here...same here,and all the pitches seemed to be grass,freedom to wander around the park at any time, would not go there now the attraction has gone
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In years gone by, part of the attraction of stopping at Longleat for us was to tow in through the main gate and then passed the front door of Longleat House. Sadly no more.
Write your comments here...same here,and all the pitches seemed to be grass,freedom to wander around the park at any time, would not go there now the attraction has gone
I was not too bothered about towing through the main gate, although it would have been nice. My main gripe was the lack of access without a ticket. We had a week there last year and purchased a 5 day pass starting the day after our arrival, so it more or less covered us for the week and was vey good value. It was just as well we had it because as well as letting us visit the house, gardens, lions etc. It also gave us access to the park grounds. We like walking from the site, rather than using the car and that is very limited unless you go past the house, which requires a ticket. For this a first visit, it did not really matter, as we wanted to see the house lions etc. However, it would certainly put us off going back in the near future, as it would make walking very expensive. It would be interesting to know if this new policy has had any affect on bookings.
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