Disabled access to towns

st6596
st6596 Forum Participant Posts: 7
edited July 2022 in UK Campsites & Touring #1

We have just been to Warwick Racecourse and the walk into the town was only 5 minutes from the site, due to the wife's mobility issues we are looking for similar sites within approx 100 miles of Leicester, the walk to the town/shops must be very short, no more than say 1/2 a mile and we cannot use public transport, can anyone suggest sites please?  Many thanks

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  • Tinwheeler
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    edited July 2022 #2

    Have you seen the replies you got to your post in 'UK Sites where no car is needed'? There are a few suggestions.

  • JVB66
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    edited July 2022 #3

    Have you and your OH considered getting an Electric mobility scooter,? When my OH started having mobility problems ,it made so much of a diference 

  • st6596
    st6596 Forum Participant Posts: 7
    edited July 2022 #4

    I am new to this discussion thing, how do I find "MY previous posts/discussions" please there must be a way I only found this one again after looking down the list of recent activity.

    My OH has a scooter but we are always worried if its driven a mile or so to the town and then used around the town for a few hours the battery wont get us back to the site

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited July 2022 #5

    Your previous posts and reviews can be accessed in your profile (see Useful Info). A short cut is to tap/click on your avatar👍🏻

  • st6596
    st6596 Forum Participant Posts: 7
    edited July 2022 #6

     Many thanks Tinwheeler, I love the shortcut and I learned something new now :)

     

  • st6596
    st6596 Forum Participant Posts: 7
    edited July 2022 #7

    Many thanks for the info Tinwheeler, I learned something new today laughing

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited July 2022 #8

    You’re welcome.

    The other thing you’ve learned is to have patience with this snail speed forum😁🐌

  • eurortraveller
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    edited July 2022 #9

    Small towns in the Cotswolds are easy enough. Broadway and Morton in Marsh from Club sites, Burford from independent Wysdom Touring Park and Lechlade from independent Bridge House.

  • redface
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    edited July 2022 #10

    If your wife's scooter is small enough to carry in the M/H then why not travel into town with the M/H, park in a disabled slot (presumption being that you have a blue disc) and the scooters range is then largely irrelevant.  Of course I am ignorant of the rules re the Blue Disc and don't know whether or not it is vehicle specific.

    Good luck in  your searches.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited July 2022 #11

    Here is the link to the discussion mentioned by TW in the first response to your OP, st6596.

    https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/clubtogether/discussions/site-touring/uk-sites-touring/uk-sites-where-no-car-is-needed/

     

  • JVB66
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    edited July 2022 #12

    Unless you have a battery that is on its last legs? It should have enough power,does the scooter not have a display of the power in the batt?

  • eurortraveller
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    edited July 2022 #13

    Car into town, blue badge in front window, and park on double yellows became our lifestyle a couple of years ago. Thank goodness we never fell for the hype  about motorhomes - they are for active people.

  • JVB66
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    edited July 2022 #14

    We have parked our PVC on double yellows with the blue badge in the front window

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited July 2022 #15

    Getting back on track, I suggested in the other thread that st6596 might consider joining C&CC. Their site in St Neots, Cambridgeshire is near a great park and the town and I think would fit the bill. 

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