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

young thomas replied on 02/01/2022 20:08

Posted on 02/01/2022 19:54 by JVB66

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

Posted on 02/01/2022 20:08

That is how CCC works, but not CAMC as posted above from the rally webpage.

"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."

JVB66 replied on 02/01/2022 20:12

Posted on 02/01/2022 20:08 by young thomas

That is how CCC works, but not CAMC as posted above from the rally webpage.

"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."

Posted on 02/01/2022 20:12

See brues post alsosurprised

young thomas replied on 02/01/2022 20:32

Posted on 02/01/2022 20:07 by brue

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.

Posted on 02/01/2022 20:32

We went to WRC last time it was there...and many times before.

If what I posted from the website re Centres/rallies has changed, then the club needs to update it.

actually, the odd THS site sometimes gets pretty close to being a 'best camp site'...

Tinwheeler replied on 03/01/2022 13:11

Posted on 03/01/2022 12:58 by peedee

You can alway check out >Best of British< Some affiliated sites appear on their list but none of the club sites as far as I am aware

peedee

Posted on 03/01/2022 13:11

BoB is a collection of commercial sites. Whether jointly owned as a business or simply grouped together, I don’t know. There’s no way they’d list club owned sites. 


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Tammygirl replied on 03/01/2022 13:53

Posted on 03/01/2022 13:53

Thank you all for your posts, it's been good reading through what makes a good site for some. Lots of variety is what we like, the site that JimE mentioned is on our list to visit, almost made last year. 

A nice friendly thread as well smile

Good to bring rallies into it as its a topic that isn't often discussed on here. We've not done rallies as I shy away from 'organised'  events.

THS is something we might consider at some stage. They would be good for filling in gaps in a tour maybe. We don't get many up here.

Like some others we are hoping to get back to Europe this year where we will visit some of our favourite sites and introduce our friends to them.

Happy touring wherever it takes you. 

peedee replied on 03/01/2022 15:44

Posted on 03/01/2022 15:44

The first site I ever went to was one ot the Best of British sites (Lincoln Park Farm) At the time there were less than 6 sites listed (!989/90). I guess site quality must have improved because there are many more members now.

TG Rallies can be as organised as you like, themes are many and varied and you can always do your own thing. Some of the best holidays I have had have been the "organised" holiday rallies.

peedee

young thomas replied on 03/01/2022 16:52

Posted on 03/01/2022 16:52

"THS is something we might consider at some stage. They would be good for filling in gaps in a tour maybe. We don't get many up here."

TG, there's generally nothing 'organised' about the THS calendar...just treat it as a temporary site, which is what it is.

Although they don't generally require booking, as Brue mentions, a few are so popular that it has to be...Ive just booked one to tag onto an already organised mini tour....I think it might be the one that Brue was alluding to...

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