Tewkesbury Abbey

Canenriot
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edited March 2017 in UK Campsites & Touring #1

Good news, the site is going to be redeveloped next year. I belive there will be 50 hardstandings and some service pitches plus new toilet blocks. A welco.e improvement which is long overdue.

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  • Canenriot
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    edited March 2017 #2

    Duplicate post , sorry 

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited March 2017 #3

    That is good news. We've been dubious about using it at times in soggy conditions 

  • Canenriot
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    edited March 2017 #4

    You are right to be dubious , it is quite soft ground at the moment , we stopped here earlier in the week and it wasnt the best. Normally we wouldnt stop here till the ground was firm but circumstances dictated we had to do. On saying that its a lovely site and its location is ideal for motorhomers .

  • Randomcamper
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    edited March 2017 #5

    We used this site once as a stop-over on the journey south to Devon/Cornwall but never returned because of the soggy wet grass.....

    Given its close proximity to the M5 I predict the site will become very popular now........

  • brue
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    edited March 2017 #6

    How will the hard standings stand up to flood water as the site is in a water meadow? The only buildings that are safe from flooding just now are the raised reception and facility block. I wonder what the insurance premiums will be?! undecided

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited March 2017 #7

    Brue

    I was also wondering about the flooding and how it will affect the hardstandings. I imagine the Club site design team have considered that. I assume it doesn't flood every year? Having said that the C&CC site at St Neots must be in a similar situation flooding wise and they have hardstandings which seem to survive perfectly well.

    David

  • brue
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    edited March 2017 #8

    Yes, I suppose York is similar too but Tewkesbury is in a very low lying spot and must be wetter than most. Hope it works!

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited March 2017 #9

    If the HS are of water permeable material they will simply drain into the soil underneath.

  • PITCHTOCLOSE
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    edited April 2017 #10

    They will still flood👍

  • Pippah45
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    edited April 2017 #11

    There is a brilliant permeable Tarmac that is used on outdoor menages for horses.  Water goes through that like a sieve but the edges would have to be carefully designed for use as pitches.  I wonder if St. Neots does flood?  I suspect the water there is managed or the town would flood?  

  • N1805
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    edited April 2017 #12

    It will be somewhere we will stay when this is complete & am sure it will most likely become a much more popular site due to its location to the historic town & motorway.  I guess designers/planners will have taken the possible flooding into account for the buildings/layout & materials etc to be used. 

  • IanH
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    edited April 2017 #13

    As with York Rowntree, the site will still flood whatever they make the hard-standings from

    At York they have to clean all the gravel after each flood (as it gets full of silt) and pressure wash all the roads etc. Costs a fortune, apparently and I guess they will have to do the same here.

    But this cannot be helped and it's worth it for sites in good locations.

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