Lady Margaret's Park closure for refurbishment

Posted on 21/09/2021 21:08 by

I have found myself in a similar position to the writer of the original post. I too received an email today informing me that the site MIGHT be closed from November 1st.
Whilst I understand that the Caravan Club has had ideas in the pipeline to enlarge and renovate this site for sometime, I find this "last minute" decision to inform the membership totally unacceptable. It seems that planning permission has not yet been granted so the site is quite likely to stay open anyway. Surely a better decision would be to wait until AFTER permission has been granted and at that point stop taking further bookings and notify the membership.

If I recall, there was a proposal to complete these works a couple of years ago and in that case, the Club refused to accept bookings until it was known for sure whether works were to commence or not. This was in PLENTY of time for people to find alternative accommodation, which we successfully did. - A quick check at the proposed alternatives given to us show that we won't be so lucky this time.

The Club knows how pitches are in such great demand, especially at New Year when this site is always fully booked, so to expect over 100 pitches to be found at short notice elsewhere is a tall order.
The reason we choose Lady Margaret's is because of it's location so that we can meet-up with friends and family at New Year. If I wanted to be 20-odd miles away, then I'd book a site 20-odd miles away!

So, I'm left with a tough decision, do I stick with this booking in the hope that the site stays open or cancel it in the vague hope of finding somewhere else?

This is a very poor way to treat the membership who have stuck with the Club despite getting precious little for their membership fees over the last 12 months or more.
Maybe I shouldn't have been so quick to pay that £54 membership fee last week. :(