Monthly CL Opened List

Hi Nellie

The Harp Inn should be under the listing town Letterston and the amendments will be made to the website shortly. Thank you for highlighting this error. 

Thanks

Maddie

Cheers, Maddie. Hope that the new CLs are getting visitors already.

Hi All

Please see below the sites opened and closed in August. 

These are listed as County - Listing Town - CL site

 CL SITES OPENED IN AUGUST

• Gwynedd - Pwllheli - Tyn Coed
• Hampshire - Winchester - Yew Tree Cottage
• Kent  - Ashford -  Little Davlis Farm
• Leicestershire - Melton Mowbray - Hill Top Farm Shop
• Norfolk - Loddon - Lowland CL
• Nottinghamshire - Nottingham - Shelt Hill Farm & Fishery
• Shropshire - Newport - Edgmond Park
• Shropshire - Shrewsbury - Sunnyside Caravan Park
• Somerset - Street - Metcalfe House

CL SITES CLOSED IN AUGUST

• County Durham - Bishop Auckland - Old Cartherthorne Farm
• Essex - Basildon - Whitehall Farm
• Herefordshire - Hereford - Ty Ar Y Maen
• Lincolnshire - Louth - The Grove
• North Yorkshire - Ripon - Ivy Bank House
• North Yorkshire - Pickering - Chester Villa
• North Yorkshire - Stokesley - Four Wynds
• Suffolk - Bury St Edmonds - Suffolk Academy
• Suffolk - Framlingham - Red House Farm
• Worcestershire - Upton upon Severn - The Willows

Thanks

Maddie

Thanks for the list Maddie. 

It would appear that at least one of them has the wrong/misleading information on the CC's web listing......Metcalfe House is showing to be priced from £12 when it should read £15 pn. This has been confirmed by the site onwer in an e-mail to myself.

I find it strange that many of the new CLs are starting their pricing at the same price...£15 pn. Is this following a directive from HO? 

Hi Nellie,

Thank you for bringing the price at Metcalfe House to my attention I shall get this looked into. 

We have no influence over what the CL sites charge per night. We recommend not pricing themselves over that of their local competition but the CL owner has final say as it is their own business.

The CL Owner also needs to take into consideration the costs of running CLs, which are increasing. Some of the costs cited by owners are PL Insurance, electric testing and upkeep of bollards, water testing (if not on mains), repairing site damage, Club membership, service and petrol for mower, waste collection services, annual septic tank emptying all against limited income from 5 pitches and, in most cases, great value pricing per night.

Thanks

Maddie

Nellie,

I think you will find it says 'from £12.00' for Metcalfe House because it says if you stay 4 nights or more it's £13.00 per night.

Maddie,

That is a great explanation of some of the costs involved in running a CL...thank you.  One major one which you've missed off however is the tax man....we do have to pay tax on the income from our CLs.

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Nicola, I sent an e-mail to the site owner pointing out that although it was saying a price from £12 pn it was inferring a discount of £13 pn if one stayed 4 nights or more, as one would think that the longer one stopped the less one might expect to pay not more. This is the reply I received....

"Thanks for advising us. Unfortunately, it has been published incorrectly. It should state from £15 a night and from £13 a night for 4 or more nights!"

So I was correct in stating that the information published on the CC's CL web site was incorrect.

Hi Maddie, I've just been going through the list of updates for September, and there appears to be a couple of anomolies.

New CLs.....Lowland CL, Lodden, Norfolk is not coming up at all in the search either by clicking on the link in your post or by going to Lodden in the web search facility.

Closed Cls....Red House Farm, Framlington, Suffolk is still coming up as open in the web search

Nelliethehooker I managed to get Lowland CL 45 The Street, Beccles, Gillingham, Norfolk, NR34 0LH, up on CAMC website
https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/certificated-locations/england/norfolk/loddon/Lowlands-CL/

Agree this one still comes up - Closed Cls....Red House Farm, Marlborough Lane, Saxtead, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 9RD is still coming up as open in the web search

Thanks Johnny, I have found it now. Funny that last night it wasn't coming up. Red House had been closed for a while and then reopened but although Maddie says it is closed as you say it's still showing as open...another strange one.