Non electric pitches not on site plans
Hello, I'm hopeful of getting away soon and was looking at a few sites in the west midlands area for a two or three days stop over.
Whilst looking at the Chapel Lane and also the Malvern Hills sites, I noticed that they were both offering non electric pitches, which I have never noticed before. Looking at the site plans there no mention of these pitches and there is no mention of them in the websites offers page.
The way it looks is that some normal grass with electric pitches have been set aside for non electric use?
Malvern is giving a £4.80 discount whilst Chapel Lane is £4.60, on the grass with electric price.
In the summer I am quite happy to not have electric, so these pitches would appeal to me. I haven't seen any mention of this on the website or any CT discussions. Are there any other club sites doing the same or are these the only ones ?
Mike
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I've seen these before but they are usually tucked away, miles from the office and in the dingiest part of a site...
Whereas at New England Bay, say, the non electric pitches are the best location, on the front row ( best location judging by how most people seem to want a front row spot here). They are also marked on the site plan, but confusingly the tent pitches at the rear of the site are also shown in brown.
The club needs to borrow my boss for a week or two, she loves a good colour coded map or spreadsheet, she would soon have this all sorted out.......
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For anyone coming south west instead Harford Bridge Touring Park on the edge of Tavistock has 33 grass pitches right on the bank of the river Tavy - a lovely spot, though salmon cruising by are rarer than in days gone by.
Half of those riverside pitches have electric hookups and half don’t - and there’s a price difference of £4.50 at most times of year. They are well marked on a good site map.
Love Tavistock too.
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Chapel Lane doesn't appear to have non electric, there are no green tick boxes by that type of pitch.
Steamer Quay used to be all non ehu. Altnaharra has several non ehu. They are around if they are marked on the details page with a green tick box.
Lots of CLs offer non ehu at very competitive prices.
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Here`s the current list of sites offering non electric pitches
https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/uk-holidays/useful-information/types-of-pitch/non-electric-economy-pitch-discounts/2 -
Have made that link live MM, useful to see.
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This is what I wondered about. I've used non electric pitches on CMC sites previously and know they can be iffy.
I've never seen them available on these two sites but then you can go to the booking page and see them as an option.
Knowing that the website in general is rubbish, if this is an error, it's a pretty big one.
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I've seen these before but they are usually tucked away, miles from the office and in the dingiest part of a site...
we were at Black Knowl last year and I decided to seek it (there is only one there) out....not a good pitch, right under a tree...
That`s because if they were in a prime area of sites they would be normal pitch prices also these pitches will have been identified as usable space but not prime positions possibly not within an EHU either
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Thanks for highlighting this from the magazine. This is what I have seen on the booking pages for the sites I mentioned in the OP.
Even though those sites don't seem to have non electric pitches according to the available information.
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this seems like huge investment to crack a small nut, however I'm sure it's more for sharing out the electric usage fairly among those that use it (meters) rather than offering a simple 'non EHU' option across the estate...which would have been nice
It should also give the Club better financial control. It should not have to guess what it's electricity bill will be. A win for both the Club and members.
peedee
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I'm sure the club would know what their bills will be
Currently the Club sets its pitch prices in advance of electricity consumption. They have to guess at what usage will be. OK it is an educated guess probably based on historic data but nevertheless its a guess. They have been caught out before and made losses due to price rises and increases in consumption. There is less chance of that happening with members paying for what they use.
peedee
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Just comparing a CL price with Malvern site, looking for non electric. It seems it would allow me to book such a pitch, but obviously not on the list and no such non electric pitches on the site plan. Certainly wouldnt want to book such a pitch without knowing where abouts on the site it was.
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