Cirencester Park access road
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We once towed our van through China Clay territory near St Austell. Anything to avoid hold ups at Goss Moor. Those were the days.......🤣
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No that is not the case for me as many sites that I have used do not have such. One issue for me is that this site generates foot traffic and the access is needlessly poor. That needless is, for me , the issue. If CMC don't care about safety of pedestrians, cyclists, buggy pushers, mobility scooters at this location then I don't care to use the site.
I consider myself competent but, in this matter, I cannot say the same of CMC
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Has anybody thought about getting their OH to get out at entrance to road and walk some 50 or so yds in front doing a bit of traffic management, afterall we nearly all have mobile phones so 2 way comms is possible, so much fuss over a road you would probably only take your caravan down twice in any one visit, MH might be slightly different and if you travel solo could be a problem, but most solo travellers seem to have smaller units anyway
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We may never know the saga of how we got here with this position regarding the access road. My understanding is that the campsite is on land owned by the Bathurst Estate. The land the old and the new access roads are on is owner by Cirencester College so they seem to call the shots. The new access road is not good for pedestrians but in fairness neither is the road from the site towards Cirencester Park. Perhaps the Club and the Bathurst Estate could come to an agreement to put a gate in the corner of the site near the first cattle grid to aid walkers going to the Park? Before going to the site last Sunday I had a look at my old dash cam footage and it is easy to forget how bad the old road was. My suggestion to the Club would be to have a discussion with the College about converting the old access road into footpath/cycleway with access at each end which would overcome the concerns about pedestrians getting caught up with traffic, not only from the club site but also the cricket/tennis clubs. I think it would also be an advantage to College students as well?
David
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Agree to some extent re the pitches. There are a lot of narrow ones and some with undesirable slopes. The area known as millionaires row is fine, as is the huge grass area and all the new service pitches,
Just crossed Cirencester of my list of sites, can just see all those smug faces of those on millionaires row looking down on the peasants on the grass pitches with cars parked on the A frame ,
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Rufs - it's not the vans on the grass that have to park cars across the front of the van, it's a lot of the older HS pitches. The grass pitches are great, in fact away from peak season they oftend just open alternate pitches and you have masses of space!
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It is one of the best club sites for dogs - not only a huge enclosed off lead area (behind the grass pitches) but access to the open space leading up to the monument adjacent to the site (but sheep often around) and a short walk through to the park itself where dogs are also allowed off lead.
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From my reading of the planning documents, the college wanted to isolate the college from the comming and goings of CC, golf and cricket club members, including foot traffic. It would be nice if the old road could be opened as a pedestrian route for everyone. However, even if they just opened it up for students, it would remove them from a large section of road and make it easier to navigate at certain times.
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No....bends are not a problem......narrow is not a problem.........potholes not a problem (though not desirable!).........you should see some of the roads in Norway we have travelled........it's the rocks. Just not worth risking the van getting damaged.
We have been on quite a few sites down narrow lanes in UK too, but those lanes do not usually also serve a college, a cricket club, a tennis club, and many pedestrians, as well as a large caravan site.
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From OH comments whilst reading CAMC Facebook pages and the site reviews it seems many of the comments on here about the real problems starting when the cricket club and tennis club want access at the same time as caravans arriving or leaving has come to pass in the last week.
Should be even more interesting when college returns next month!
Reading the recent site reviews they are not all negative but some say they will not be returning until the road is improved further.
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Hi
I worked at Cirencester over the winter and we had no problems whatsoever with the lane. We even had a couple of 12 meter American RV's towing trailers that had no problems.
The only issue is with early arrivals and the potential to meet outfits leaving site. Arrive after the stated 13.00 time and you won't go near those rocks at all.
Also the is now a barrier in the lane for users of the tennis and cricket club, this is to stop people parking to go walking as there is a new car park at the top of the lane.
JK
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Was at Cirencester Park site last week, plenty of long T/A caravans and equally long motorhomes on site. They obviously got in without difficulty. It really is not as bad as some portray, work going on near the entrance of the lane by the College to develop a car park area.
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Apparently there was some work done to improve the situation after the original comments were posted. I saw both before and after videos on YouTube by The Trudgians. Dan posted two videos illustrating the problem, then later filmed again after the work had been done.
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We were there in August last year and it was after they had improved the improvements! Many of the large rocks had been removed and replaced with posts set slightly further back. Plus the two laybys had been extended. The sight lines are pretty good. I was interested in what JK said about the access to the Tennis and Cricket Clubs as they both generate a fair amount of traffic but having said that it didn't cause us an issue either in or out of the site.
David
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We were there after improvement work had taken place as well. Access was fine. Exit was chaos due to members trying to get on site at 1130am as people including us were trying to leave. Definitely single lane which would work fine if people abided by the rules (they are there for a reason) and didn't try and access site before stated time. I did complain to CAMC at the time.
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You don't need to complain to the Club. Just make the blighters back up. When I leave a site I have three days water so can withstand quite a siege.
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I guess there isn't a lot the club can do other than ask the owner to sort it out🤷🏻♂️
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Again, it’s out of the club's hands.
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But didn't you notice the signs saying that the verges are eco-friendly habitats for wild life? A dent in the side of your caravan is a small price to pay for a bit of virtue signalling! It appears that Cirencester College has taken over the old access road for their exclusive use. The college has also built new blocks right up to the boundary with the club site, so some pitches are right beside and overlooked by stairwells et cetera.
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There have been a number of recent reviews of Cirencester commenting on difficulties in access - at least in part due to users for other facilities.
This all must be starting to affect bookings I would have thought. It seems that there are quite a number of people who will no longer visit who have done so before. And given that you can assume not everyone who feels that this will comment on the forum you wonder where the future of the site lies.
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Evening,
I worked Cirencester in November and December last year. Admittedly traffic was slight because of lockdowns etc but we had a few RV friends stay on site in 12 meter Rv's towing trailers. Not the slightest problem with access. One of those RV's arriving met a late leaving motorhome and managed to pass eachother without issue. It's a perceived problem in my opinion.
JK
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You might consider it perceived JK and we experienced no significant problems on our visit. However, looking at the reviews there are quite a few that feature it in the negative. It’s a bit late now but surely the club should have had a bit more input at the design stage, perhaps put some money towards the project. A double width road would have been a good start. As it is, although pot hole free, in my opinion the current access is worse than the original. It’s certainly not particularly pedestrian friendly. Which might become more of an issue, if / when a charge is made for walking through the park into town.
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Take your time ,set your mirrors up right , keep a check where the side of your outfit is etc ,no problem
If you cannot do those simple things, then maybe you should consider your driving skills, and that you should not be driving the outfit you have0
