DT1 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Please can you recommend town centre campsites or sites that have good public transport access and are close to towns/cities. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 here is one to get you going......welcome to the forum by the way! it does help to be more precise and least vague with a question :-D http://en.camping.info/russia/central-federal-district/moscow-camp-mayak-23755 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 DT1 - 2012-01-21 3:14 PM Please can you recommend town centre campsites or sites that have good public transport access and are close to towns/cities. Thanks. Hi DT1 and welcome. You really do need to be a bit more explicit with this lot on here ! Are you talking U.K. or the continent ? Or both ? Cheers. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT1 Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Thanks for the advice. To be more precise I was looking for ideas across the Midlands and Northern England. We've previously found a number of good sites across Europe but not found (or looked for though) any in the UK. This year we're planning to have a few long weekend town centre breaks in the UK (but i don't want the hassle of having to find parking spaces after we've settled on the site etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takeaflight Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hi DTI Warwick and stratford - upon - Avon race course, easy walk into town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 York Caravan Club site. However, it is a bit "hunt-the-thimble". Are you really saying you will only visit places with campsites nearby? Are you prepared to take public transport to get in? Or do you have certain places you wish to visit? If you say where you actually want to go, I think you'll be surprised what folk come up with. Otherwise, its a bit like shooting blindfold - what you hit is purely a matter of chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmold Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Burrs Country Park, Caravan Club site, twenty-five minute walk into Bury. Wolverley, Camping and Caravanning Club site, 25/30 minute walk into Kidderminster along canal. Salisbury (not Midland or North) Camping and Caravanning Club site, twenty minute walk into city along river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWO Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hi There is a campsite within 1/2 mile of Lichfield city centre. Think it is called Cathedral grange (should be easy to Google). It is not tied to either of the Clubs so membership isn't a problem, and they have space to take RV's if you have a big bus. Any use? HWO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupert123 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 As already suggested York CC site is in a great place but is closed for renovations at the moment. Bristol CC site is good for a couple of days, within walking distance of SS Great Britain, Avon Gorge and the town. Cardiff have a municipal site a few minutes from the centre in Sofia Gardens. Edinburgh CC site has a bus to centre of town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Not really the midlands, but a nice place anyway, the Camping & Caravanning Club site in Cambridge has a park and ride into town, just down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1footinthegrave Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Wythall, Birmingham. may mean a taxi up to the Maypole though to catch West Midlands buses, CC site if memory serves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike B. Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 There's also Bath Marina Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT1 Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 thanks for your suggestions. Good ideas for me to investigate further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Jones Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Welcome, DT! As one of the resident cheapskates on here, I noticed last year that one of the car parks in Alnwick (it doesn't get much more "northern England" than that!) has 5 spaces dedicated for motorhomes. We'd already booked into a CS, so didn't try overnighting, but none of the signs actually forbid it. The open-top tour bus stops right by the car park, and the castle and gardens are just round the corner (as is the town centre). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Welcome from me too and support for the Bath Marine site - very close to the buses into the city at very regular intervals. In my experience Bristol is very difficult to book as it is usually full. In the West Midlands there are both CC and C&CC sites next to one another at Hanley Swan. Buses stop just outside (about every half-hour) and allow visits to Worcester, Malvern and Upton-on-Severn. With changes you can get to Tewkesbury, Ledbury and Hereford as well as further afield. For some reason one of the clubs lists their site under the Cotswolds which is not correct. Just remembered there is a good one just outside Shrewsbury right by the bus terminus. Think this is a private site, expensive but good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicka Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Camper UK Leisure site for Lincoln http://www.outandaboutlive.co.uk/campsite-finder/UnitedKingdom/EastofEngland/Lincolnshire/Lincoln/CamperUKLeisurePark.p2943.html Ferry Meadows Caravan Club site for Peterborough. (walk or Nene Valley Railway) Thorntons Holt for Nottingham (3.5 miles public transport) http://www.thorntons-holt.co.uk/ Weir Meadows for Evesham (2 minutes walk over bridge to town centre) Mill House Caravan & Camp Site - for Worcester (3 miles) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeti Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 In Chester there is the Little Roodee,Not quite a campsite but somewhere to stop for a few nights http://www.chestertourist.com/littleroodee.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeti Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 In Chester there is the Little Roodee,Not quite a campsite but somewhere to stop for a few nights http://www.chestertourist.com/littleroodee.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brians dad Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 My favourite campsite is the CC site at Totnes - deepest Devon I know - but one of the most picturesque and interesting towns in the country. Just over the bridge from the site. Only problem, no hookups and dated toilets, because the local council who own the site may want to sell it for housing at some time. Get there whilst you can - or if anyone has influence with South Hams district council, try to persuade them that this is a valuable tourist asset, which brings money to the local economy. Not least, from us, Seven Stars pub - fantastic food! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 You might try this one: http://www.broadmeadow.info/INDEX.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Momma Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 As well as checking out the CC & CCC websites, which will indicate not only how far they are from the nearest town but also whether public transport is available (and don't forget to check out the CL's/CS's), you should also consider going on to the Tourist Information sites for areas you are interested in (UK & Europe), they have a tab on the website for "Accommodation" where they obviously list Hotels, B&B's etc but also Campsites. Sometimes just use Google and type in campsite near ........... ?, this can throw up some good suggestions I have a large twin axle Motorhome, far too large to take off site for day jaunts once at a location. We have always managed either by Walking/Cycling or using Public Transport whether in this country or Europe. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith T Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 If you are in Caravan Club Bristol, Baltic Wharf... easy walk to city centre, or bus, or water taxi, excleent, but always diffifuclt to get in! Birmingham, Wythall, occasional bus outside site , but more buses by walking about 20 mins to roundabout nearby and catching a different route. London ,Abbey Wood, good train service to Charing Cross, or Crystal Palace, bus no 3 outside site to Oxford street and west end. Bath, Marina near P&R, or walk along river/cana inot City Centre I'm sure there are many others, We tend to look through Tourist Office websites, and they will tell you what sites are nearby, and usually website details, and you can then e-mail the sites to ask about location/public transport, or of course do your own research in the internet. I very often print out bus/train timetables before leaving home, and also research fares, and it is sometimes better value to get a weekly 'rover' ticket or similar. Hope this is of some help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Canterbury has overnight parking for campervans at New Dover Road Park & Ride, (see City Council website for details,) & there is an Camping & Caravan Site just a couple of miles outside the city on a direct bus route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicka Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 The "Racecourse" Caravan sites are usually in walking distance to their town & many are affiliated to the Caravan Club. Also each usually have bus service to larger towns / cities nearby. e.g. Warwick = 6minute walk to town & bus/train links to Coventry, Leamington, Stratford, etc.. Warwick Thirsk Great Yarmouth Fakenham Hexham Market Rasen Uttoxeter Redcar Folkestone Exeter Newmarket Cartmel (Cumbria) There may be others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero boy Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 ........and, of course, Tewkesbury - right in the centre of town, lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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