National Memorial

It's THE most unfriendly 'dog friendly' place we've ever been to!!! Would never go back!

Kings Orchard Marina is about the closest CL

peedee

If you don’t mind being 14 miles away you could look at the reviews of Forestside Farm at Marchington and drive to the memorial site from there.

DSB lives near by .... I'm sure he'll be able to recommend somewhere.

It's a bit of a trek  (about 20 miles or so if I remember correctly) but we visited when staying at a lovely CL called Fieldhead Farm just outside Uttoxeter. No problems with access, huge west facing pitches and little noise other than the cows in the field opposite. (Added benefit was the full English breakfast and tour of JCB HQ just down the road from the site. )

ED - that's interesting.  I was aware that dogs could only go in the designated areas - not the memorials - but didn't appreciate it was that bad - thanks for the tip.

Peedee - looked at that one, thanks.  It was one of the ones that 'didn't excite me'!

Eurortraveller - thanks I'll have a look at that.  Distance without the van on the back isn't an issue.

Not knowing that Mutts were not allowed through the main doors I approached them to be pounced on to be told I wasn't allowed through and was directed to to another access point. There I was preached to by an obviously retired Gunner type to be told where & how I was to proceed through the site and he was determined he was going to finish his lecture. At the memorial itself, we split up so that EmilysMum could go up to the actual memorial .... it's at the top of a hill with steps & pathways to the top. I started to wander along one of the paths at the bottom with Molly - she doesn't like us to be split up - I was barked at telling me I couldn't go to the top with the dog, I said I'd no intension of going up, but was barked at again to tell me that yesterday a dog had poo'd up there. What that had to do with me I've not a clue. I told him in no uncertain terms where to go. Far too many ex Sgt Major types knocking about that would like to think they can talk to Joe Public like they used to when on a parade ground. I left that behind 30-odd years ago.

RichardandRos......take a look at this CL, not too far away, and at least one of the reviews mentions the National Arboretum. We stayed back in 2015, and it’s somewhere we would definitely use again. My review following our visit is still there, page 2, although things might have changed a little. They had two pitching areas, one the CL proper, the second, which we preferred is a rally field with some HS. You might need to check about rallies. But it was great for dogs, wildlife, and we didn’t find the narrow Lane anything too bad.

https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/certificated-locations/england/staffordshire/rugeley/blythe-house-farm

PS. Lichfield Cathedral is well worth a visit. It’s why we chose this area👍

Moulesy - from what I can gather it's no longer a CL but a glamping pod site that specialises in Hen parties!! Methinks that's not exactly what we're looking for - but thanks anyway

 Well that's a great pity because we thought it was one of the nicest CLs we'd used, though it was probably 4 or 5 years ago now.