Campsites near canals

I think the "30%" off simply reflects that non members have to pay an extra pitch fee, just like non members on CAMC sites. It's a "discount" but not a saving as such.

Having said that I can certainly recommend the C&CC - we've used quite a few of their sites over the years - the pitches aren't always as big as most club pitches, but the sites themselves and facilities have been hugely improved recently. 

Edit - not far from you, possibly, take a trip out to the site at Polstead to see what you could expect.

Two Cheshire C Ls,  Swanley House near Nantwich is a very spacious lawned site with the Llangollen Canal within about 1/4 mile by road and visible from the site. Cheshire Oaks at Stoak Grange is adjacent to the Shropshire Union Canal and from there you can cycle to the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port or into Chester itself as mentioned in the reviews.

It's a rather vague (deliberately so?) way of describing the discount, I agree.  As others have said, the 30% discount is the difference between what a member pays as opposed to a non-member, so that's the starting point for site fees for members.  Then, if you're lucky (??) enough to be over 60 there is an additional discount of 25% (sorry, I thought it was 30%, which I quoted in my original post).  So adding the 2 together isn't the true discount, although that's the way the C&CC would probably like it to read to entice more members.  But that's the cynic in me 

There's a new CL called The Willows near Nantwich too which has H/S & EHU and is not far from the Shropshire Union Canal.There's also a commercial site adjacent, here's the link.

 http://www.willowstouringpark.co.uk/index.html

Here's another CL in roughly the same area Greenacres at Norbury, Whitchurch.

http://greenacresleisure.co.uk/

Thanks again for all your valuable information  and suggestions on both subjects, campsites by canals and the pros and cons of joining the C+CC. Perhaps they should have been separate threads but anyway it seemed to have worked out.

So having considered your responses, I will join the C+CC, whilst obviously staying in the C+MC. Also I now have a very good long list of lovely “camps by canals” to visit, I am so excited. We might bump into each other one day, not literally I hope, otherwise one of us could end up in the Canal !

Just remembered that the CL, Tristrams Farm near Ormskirk (number 844 in SD) is close to the Leeds-Liverpool canal. We keep meaning to stay there. Must get around to it.

This site is near the Leeds Liverpool not too far from Skipton.

It's a private site with a toilet block and hard-standings >>

      http://www.lowergreenhillcaravanpark.com/

The club site at Chester Fairoaks is close to the canal and the canal museum. Not tried the towpath, but if you are interested the wardens should be able to help.

The C&CC site at Wolverley near Kidderminster is just over the road from a canal with a pub at its side and the lock to watch the boats go through. Plenty of tow path for walking and cycling.

Interesting to see this thread re-emerge. We stayed at Wolverley C&CC just a week ago on the journey north. It has the benefit, for us, of allowing us to miss the worst of the M5/M6 nightmare. The pub next door is OK for a drink watching the canal but I wouldn't recommend the food too highly! 

There is another pub in the village though, the Queens Head just near the very prominent church.