Congratulations to the CL of the Year Avon Bank

CholseyGrange
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edited November 2018 in Certificated Locations #1

The CL of the year awards have been announced and Avon Bank Meadow is the winner. This CL is very reasonably priced at £10 and now being a winner will probably be booked up quickly for 2018, set, as it is alongside the Wyre Piddle river in Worcestershire, providing EHU, hardstanding, dog walking, WiFi and laundry facilities. It's open all year round too.

In second place is Poole Farm, a very popular CL that has featured on the TV series 'back to the country' and is located near Launceston in Cornwall.  Louise Holmes also runs a very nice B&B and receives many accolades.  The site is open all year with RHU, hardstanding, dog walks, WC, Shower, Laundry and WiFi. Louise charges £19 which is a very fair price and gets a lot of repeat customers.

Third place also goes to a previous winner; Keal Lodge in Lincolnshire which is adults only and charges £20/night.  You get hardstanding, EHU, WiFi and dog walking, but no WC/Shower.  If you are looking to store your caravan in the area they also offer storage and there's a small touring site adjacent to the CL in case the CL itself is full or you are touring with friends who aren't members.

All the CL's have good photos of their sites on the Club website.  The two runners-up also have an informative website.  With the interest generated by this competition, they may now need to consider adding an online booking facility as some other CL's have.

 

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  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,636 ✭
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    edited November 2018 #2

    Congratulations to Avon Bank CL. Good to see a grand CL at a great price tops the list. We enjoyed our stay there a couple of years ago.

  • harryb
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    edited November 2018 #3

    I have tried to book onto this site before on a couple of occasions and found it full. That was long before this award, so it is well known now. 

    It is alongside the river Avon and we called in two years ago for a look. It was a little off putting having the public walk past on an open riverside footpath/roadway

    Also looking at the site reports they do take rallies on an adjoining field which you are not made aware of.

  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,636 ✭
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    edited November 2018 #4

    They certainly do take rallies, harryb, although the time we were there we managed to get there after the majority of vans had left. There's no footpath between the site and the river, just the road into the buildings at the end of the quay. There's a track behind the site to a commercial caravan site, well away from the CL, and to the rugby club, and is grand for walking into Pershore.

  • Kennine
    Kennine Forum Participant Posts: 3,472
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    edited November 2018 #5

    Well done to that CL.Good to see CL's at last getting proper recognition..----- Cl's offer a refreshing change to the boring "" Car park with Toilets "" environment found on the CMC's network of campsites.

      Just shows what individual small privately run camping places can achieve.------.Long may they continue.  smile

    K smile

  • greylag
    greylag Forum Participant Posts: 584
    edited November 2018 #6

    Stayed at Avon bank, cracking site at £10......next one £19, final one £20...makes one wonder about value for money.  I know which one I would try for next outing.

  • nelliethehooker
    nelliethehooker Club Member Posts: 13,636 ✭
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    edited November 2018 #7

    You and me too, greylag

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