Any ideas for 1-2 hr dog walks from club sites ?
The walk from Sandringham club site to the café & back is the sort of ideal walk. Also enjoy the walk from Treamble Valley club site to Holywell bay & back. Walk doesn’t have to have a refreshment stop but it's always welcome.
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There are some lovely walks round the woods from the Stamford Site. Refreshments at the cafe.
We also did some lovely circular walks from Dulverton, drink at the pub near the site at the end of the walk.
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From Cirencester walk through to the park, turn left and keep going past the polo ground up to Sapperton where you can reward yourself with a well earned pint before walking back roughly the same way. (You can't do this if you have a dog though as they're not allowed up past the polo ground unfortunately.)
From Moreton in Marsh turn left out of the site, left again before the village and left again to double back past the site on the Monarch's Way up to Batsford arboretum. Start back the same way but look out for a footpath on the left which leads onto a quiet lane back to the village. Any number of opportunities for refreshments there!
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From Strid Wood Caravan Club site, you can walk along the River Wharfe on one side, seeing the Strid itself, down to the Cavendish Pavilion Cafe, then cross the river and walk back on the other side. It's not a tarmac footpath, more of a scramble in some places, but a very very nice walk with a lovely cup of tea and cakes, or more substantial meals, at the Cavendish Pavilion.
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I think most Club Sites will have some walks direct from site. Bolton Abbey offers very scenic walks, with cafes. Godrevy for coastal walks with cafes nearby. North York Moors to Falling Foss Cafe. Marazion Site into Goldsithney, Marazion itself or down to Rellabus. St Agnes site into St Agnes or down to Chapel Porth cafe and beach.
No idea if you want flat, a bit hilly, a lot hilly. Footpath or roads, woodlands or open Moors. OS maps are your friend!
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There's a £10 charge for parking in the village car park, but not for the walk - or there wasn't last time we were there. We avoid the parking fee by having a drink in the Devonshire Arms car park, and then walking along by the Abbey and then to the Cavendish Pavilion and the Strid, then back again!
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CC's Clumber Park site offers good 1-2hr walks and a cafe at the N/T centre.
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We found a marvellous (free) parking spot up on the little road to Embsay, overlooking one of the Barden reservoirs and did a great circular walk from there - at the cafe next to the caravan site they had a sign saying "please note that if you are walking to the stride you need to purchase a £10 ticket for access". I decided that, since it was all on a public footpath I'd risk pressing on anyway and didn't get challenged, although we spoke to some locals who said the'd bought a season ticket because folk were occasionally checked. Lovely walk on a baking hot day!
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From H. Bridge site turn left out of entrance, down to Mytholmroyd, join the canal walk which takes you into Hebden Bridge, lovely walk with plenty of places to get refreshments once you are there....
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Thanks everyone for the ideas from which I have taken notes for future use & will continue to do so should more appear here. We tend to stick to flat & undulating rather than hilly & we also walk from National Trust car parks. We hope to be in the Yorkshire area in Autumn so Bolton Abbey & the river walk will be on our list. Nice to see photos Moulesy. For anyone interested we had a nice walk when staying at Cirencester club site where we parked in Kemble village & using OS map walked to the source of the river Thames & back. Thanks again for the info.
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If you want a really long walk why not stop at the Poolsbrook site?
The Trans Pennine trail is within yards of the site and the 370 miles of trail should keep you occupied for a few days and the bonus of being fitter by the time you've completed it.
Or just amble a few miles in either direction - it's up to you.
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The walk we did was an AA walk called "river & woodland at Bolton Abbey" - it's a good walk for half a day plus coffee/lunch stops, with few stiles, all easily managed. But do watch out for parking charges unless you're walking direct from the site!
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The SouthWest coast path stretches 630 miles. Is that long enough for the dogs?
It's accessible from Club sites at Plymouth Sound, Looe, Merrose Farm, Godrevy, St Agnes, Trewethett farm, Damage Barton. and others I might have forgotten.
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Just to add, the SW coast path starts at Minehead and if you've got strong legs you can start the steep ascent from there to Selworthy Beacon. In the opposite direction is a flat coastal path to Blue Anchor Bay and Dunster Beach. All do-able from the Minehead site, plus walks to Dunster and save your legs trips back on the steam train.
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You could, of course, do Ben Eighe directly from the Kinlochewe site, but it might take you a bit more than 2 hrs.
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There are oodles of sites that provide what you're looking for.
Southport - use the beach to walk as far as you want
Wirral CP - The Wirral Way (old railway line) passes right in front of site. Walk to West Kirby (north about 3 miles) or Neston (south about 5 miles).
Grange over Sands - You can walk into Grange on the quiet road outside the site, maybe then up onto Cartmel Fell
Low Manesty or whatever its called these days, right by Derwentwater
River Breamish has a nice walk around a local nature reserve and further if required
Coniston is also by the lake and you can walk into the small town alongside it.
Kendal - straight from site and over the river into good dog walking areas
Chatsworth. The estate is on your doorstep and you could well do at least half a dozen different walks without getting into the car
Tewkesbury - Right by town and there are walks over the meadows.
Freshwater East and the Pembrokeshire coast path, ditto St.Davids
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You don't have to stay on Chatsworth estate to have a walk. It's quite easy to leave the estate and head towards Edensor/Bakewell or Rowsley or over the A619 to Nelsons Monument etc. Sure your dog would have to be on a lead on the estate but we've managed well with a dog before.
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