CAMpRA and the National Trust

 Never used their CL’s.  Non-members have to pay to park at Stourhead but not at Kingston Lacey and then pay entrance fee to gardens/property.  No idea how much.  Both car parks coped well with motorhomes when we were there. 

Both the CAMC website and the 'sites' app currently have Stourhead @ £21 and KL @ £20, NT linked pages have Stourhead at £30 and KL at £22 for next year.

It's a "from" price unfortunately and rockets upwards by date on closer inspection.

We're NTS members so enjoy the same benefits.

When you arrive at the booking page, the prices I quoted were the minimum...one night, one person.

Now this is really odd....

for the remainder of 2021, Changing the number of occupants makes no difference, so it's a straight nightly charge..KL is £20.

however, from 2021, not only does the pitch price rise to £22 but this is now for a pitch and one adult....2 adults makes it £30.

£8 for extra adults, £4 for children over 5.

2 adults, 2 children £38 a night for a CL!

It would appear that Kingston Lacy sometimes have minimum stays of 2 nights. Currently the price for next week is £20/night with no minimum stay. 

Checking for the prices for next April, the fee seems to be  £22 including 1 adult, additional adults at £8 each. 

Dogs seem to be charged at £1.50 per night each with a maximum of 2.

If the price includes entry like Stourhead, I don’t suppose they will have any problem filling it, with non NT members. The cost of a day family ticket is £45. Therefore, even if it is a minimum two nights on certain dates, the cost of the site would only be £15.50 a night for a family of four.

Not going to encourage them to join the NT though.

Yes, it's £22 with one adult...but increases by £8 for every extra adult (hence the £30 for the std two adult night) plus another £4 for every child.

'normally' CLs just have a rate for the van on the pitch...

this looks like a real rip off considering the lack of any sort of facilities, other than those already afforded by your NT membership or non-members 'pay extra on the day'...

this gets even better...

at Stourhead...not only do you have to pay for all adults and children on the pitch but ALSO your dogs! £1.50 each, maximum of 2.

so, our single night for mum, dad, two kids and two dogs... now £49 for the pitch.

anyone who knows Stourhead will be aware that is nothing more than a tiny row of 'aire-type' parking at the rear of the car park....just the sort of simple overnight stopping that's been discussed in some earlier threads...parking that most who've used this type before would expect to cost around £12-£15 tops...not £49!

Again a family of four is £45 entry. So if a non NT member the price isn’t bad.

"If the price includes entry like Stourhead...." you reckon, Steve?...

doesnt do a lot for existing members who, in fairness, might feel they're entitled to a discount on the pitch over non members, rather than non members getting free entry.....

sorry, pricing structure totally skewed...

It will be interesting to see how much use these CLs get and what the future policy will be for motorhome overnight parking????

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