Best campsites in Britain

Tammygirl replied on 29/12/2021 19:58

Posted on 29/12/2021 19:58

Reading an article today,  "Buy my motorhome" claimed their top 3 sites in Britain were.

The C&CC Canterbury site 

The CAMC Cherry Hinton site in Cambridge

The CAMC site in Brighton

Having been to all 3 of these sites I can firmly say than not one of them would come in my top 20 British sites. What do you all think.

Should be interesting wink

brue replied on 01/01/2022 17:35

Posted on 01/01/2022 17:35

I was offering further info jvb. There are some members out there who rarely use sites and enjoy rallies. smile

cyberyacht replied on 02/01/2022 08:22

Posted on 01/01/2022 10:57 by Takethedogalong

We rather enjoyed that field on the side of the Kennet and Avon Canal CY, think we followed you there this Summer. Nice one for a dry stopover, but I suspect a challenge for a MH if wet. Scenery was glorious.

Posted on 02/01/2022 08:22

There is a bit of hardstanding area near the canal bridge. His "lad" who cut the grass has a big tractor. wink

Bakers2 replied on 02/01/2022 08:46

Posted on 01/01/2022 16:14 by KjellNN

Where do we find the lists of 2022 rallies?

Posted on 02/01/2022 08:46

Both clubs run rallies. Temporary Holiday Sites (THS) are the other club. 

By the sound of blue's search comments, it seems Google is a better finder than this club's site search! 😉

young thomas replied on 02/01/2022 09:30

Posted on 02/01/2022 09:30

Others will be able to help more with CAMC rallies (we don't do them as they require bookings)....however the THS listings for C&CC come with their magazine in a supplement called Out & About, which I think has to be opted into to receive it?...you can call the office for more details.

...but, usefully, they are all available on the Out&About app (which works a treat) and you can filter by date or area really quickly, I use it a lot and we do THS sites when we are in the uk for the summer...cheap, usually close to towns, can use solar (summer time) for power, no booking etc....

 

brue replied on 02/01/2022 12:45

Posted on 02/01/2022 12:45

BoleroBoy, I'm about to send off a non refundable deposit for a THS, so some are obviously very popular and get oversubscribed. smile

KjellNN replied on 02/01/2022 17:08

Posted on 01/01/2022 16:43 by JVB66

Look under news and events for rallies

Posted on 02/01/2022 17:08

I tried that......the list offered at present is for 2021

brue replied on 02/01/2022 19:17

Posted on 02/01/2022 19:17

If you sign up for a centre on your profile you'll get the printed list with the next (I think?) magazine otherwise you'll have to wait for the PDF to launch. The only problem is some centres send in late lists so it's sometimes better to look at individual centre rallies in the membership section.

edit I think CAMC is going to start promoting centres once more in the magazine, I wonder if this will include rallies. The C&CC "Out and About" flyer in their magazine is good if you've signed up to receive it.

young thomas replied on 02/01/2022 19:45

Posted on 02/01/2022 12:45 by brue

BoleroBoy, I'm about to send off a non refundable deposit for a THS, so some are obviously very popular and get oversubscribed. smile

Posted on 02/01/2022 19:45

Brue, yes I think there are one or two where numbers are limited but this is very much the exception.

where was this one?

here's some 'Centre' stuff from the website...

"You can only belong to one Centre at a time, but you don’t have to join your local Centre. If you have friends or family who are members of another Centre, or you like to travel to another area of the country, you can join the Centre most convenient for you.

 you can only go to CC rallies organised by 'your' centre even though you can swap centres...but why would you need to?

I want to go a rally based on location, not who organised it.

JVB66 replied on 02/01/2022 19:54

Posted on 02/01/2022 19:45 by young thomas

Brue, yes I think there are one or two where numbers are limited but this is very much the exception.

where was this one?

Also, can you only go to CC rallies organised by 'your' centre?

I want to go a rally based on location, not who organised it.

Posted on 02/01/2022 19:54

If so its changed as in the past when the kiddywinks were young ,it mastered not whether you even ,were members of any centre, you could go to a rally or holiday rally if there was room, as long as you were a member of this club

brue replied on 02/01/2022 20:07

Posted on 02/01/2022 20:07

That's right JVB, anyone can go to a rally as a CAMC member, you don't have to belong to a centre.

BB the THS we hope to go on....the CAMC has one in a similar spot but was fully booked already so I'm not going to say any more...or I may miss a place on my next attempt. wink

Last year we booked Wareham RFC but had to abandon it due to Covid. This year I'm looking at other places.

You could, if you want to go somewhere you really like offer to run a rally and get yourself to your ideal place. So far the Brues don't have the get up and go but thankfully some do! 

Apologies this is getting away from "best camp sites" but might be useful to some.

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