Welcome to Hawthorn Farm Caravan Club Site Get to know Hawthorn Farm This is an ideal site for family holidays, level and open to the sun and fresh air with excellent facilities and play equipment, and only three-quarters of a mile from a safe bathing beach. The prom at Sutton-on-Sea is traffic free, which makes it pleasant for walking and cycling, and the beach is safe for bathing, clean sand washed by each tide. There’s also bowling and tennis facilities, a paddling pool, and putting green. Inland, you ought to visit the gracious city of Lincoln and earn your excellent lunch by walking up the famous hill to the Cathedral. To get a flavour of the Wolds villages, visit Alford, a pleasant market town with a working windmill and craft centre. For walkers, the County Council has produced a good set of walks leaflets, and if you’re a birdwatcher, visit .

Things to see and do from this Club Site Local attractions • Alford Manor House • Hardys Animal Farm Reputedly the largest thatched manor house in the country, An enjoyable way to learn about the countryside and how a farm Alford Manor House was built to a traditional H plan in 1611. It is works. There are animals for the children to enjoy as well as learning a very rare example of a composite structure, featuring a wooden about the history and traditions of the countryside. frame with mud and stud walls (visible from within the house), 01754 872267 encased in brick. www.hardysanimalfarm.co.uk 01507 463073 www.alfordmanorhouse.co.uk • Natureland Seal Sanctuary The Sanctuary first opened its doors in 1965 and attracts thousands • Claythorpe Watermill Wildfowl Gardens of visitors every year, many of whom return time and time again. A beautiful 18th Century listed watermill set in the lovely Lincolnshire 01754 764345 Wolds. The mill offers an enchanting paradise of birds and animals www.skegnessnatureland.co.uk in an idyllic riverside setting, with grounds full of ornamental waterfowl, ducks, geese and swans, pure breeds of poultry, peacocks • Pier and pheasants. The Pier is one of the largest indoor family entertainment centres on 01507 450687 the East Coast. With free admission, it is open all year and has all the www.claythorpewatermill.co.uk latest amusements, video machines and a casino area. 01754 767376 www.skegnesspier.co.uk Activities • Lincoln Cathedral • Cycling This is one of the finest medieval buildings in Europe. High on its hill There is a dedicated cycle route along the seawall between overlooking the ancient city of Lincoln and dominating the skyline for Steps and (approx 8 miles round trip). Country lanes in many miles, it has a visual impact that is nothing less than startling. the area are flat and lead to outlying villages. 01522 561600 • Walking www.lincolncathedral.com There is a public footpath to the rear of the site, along a disused • Snipe Dales Country Park & Nature Reserve railway track (approx 4 miles round trip). One of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s principal reserves, Snipe Dales Please ask for a key for the gate at Reception. There are also many is an area of over 200 acres of beautiful countryside and steep sided coastal footpaths in the area. valleys on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. 01507 528398 www.lincstrust.org.uk General site information RECEPTION SERVICES Mail and messages Mail and messages are put on the board at the office. Site Shop Open at the same times as Reception. The shop sells gas, newspapers, milk, toilet chemicals, ice cream and some confectionery. Information Room Open at all times. Leaflets are available about the many attractions and places of interest that you can visit during your stay. Mobile & public telephones Pets All networks can be used on this site. Public telephone – there is a public Please keep your dog on a lead at all times on the pitching areas and telephone located to the side of the site office. Please note that this roads within the site, and clean up after them both on and off site. Dogs phone does not accept incoming calls. can be walked off-site at the rear of the site (please ask for a key for the PITCHES gate at Reception) and along the lane through the front gate. Dogs should Pitch care be walked on the roadways whilst on site. Vehicles and cycles Awning ground sheets must be lifted daily. Only one car per pitch please at all times – there is a visitors car park for extra cars. Parents are reminded that children remain their responsibility and Motor caravans therefore they should be supervised at all times, and to ensure that If your pitch is left unoccupied, please leave your motorcaravan sign on all members of their party follow the principles of road safety. display. Motor vehicles and bicycles on site should, at all times, be used with Vacating your pitch due regard to the safety and convenience of others and their speed If you wish to stay after 12 noon on your day of departure, please ask at should not exceed walking pace (5mph). No cycling is permitted on site the site office. between the hours of dusk and dawn, as determined by the Wardens. Barbecues Any one-way system signs should be observed by all vehicles and cycles. These are allowed on site, but open fires and disposable barbecues are Foot pedalled cycles, scooters and skateboards can be used, but are not not. Barbecues must be kept raised 18 inches above the grass. allowed on the communal areas and must not be ridden on footpaths. TV reception Please note that motorised mobility scooters are allowed on site, but In order to watch television on site you will need an Integrated Digital TV children’s motorised scooters or skateboards are not. (IDTV) or a digital receiver, and you may also need an aerial or satellite Security Barrier dish. For more information visit www.digitaluk.co.uk. The EHU bollards There is a security barrier onsite. The barrier is operated by a card do not have a TV socket. allowing one car access at a time. The barrier card is for your use only, Radio frequencies please refer anyone without a card to Reception. Please do not walk or BBC Lincoln: 94.9FM cycle under the barrier when raised. BBC Humberside: 95.9FM Visitors Lincs FM: 102.2FM Please ask your visitors to make themselves known at Reception when Wi-Fi arriving at the site. If you are expecting visitors after hours, please meet Wi-fi internet access is available on this site. them at Reception. Please ask the Warden for details. Rabbit holes Electric Hook-up Please be aware of rabbit holes on site. The cost of electricity is included in your pitch fee, but please help us to OUT AND ABOUT minimise our effect on the environment by considering your electricity use while on site. In 2009 The Club’s expenditure on electricity was £4 Supermarkets million and any saving can help to reduce pitch fees or invest in new sites The closest is Spar in Sutton High Street, about 1.5 miles from the site or redevelopments. and there are a Co-op and Lidl in Mablethorpe, about 4 miles away. Cinema SITE FACILITIES The Loewen in Mablethorpe, about 4 miles from the site. Please see the Site map for locations of amenity blocks. Tel: 01507 477040. Toilets and showers Swimming pool The toilet blocks are closed for cleaning between 10.30am - 12 noon. In Skegness, about 12 miles from the site. Tel: 01754 610675. There is a baby and toddler bathroom for children under 4 years old. Tourist Information Centres Keys are available from Reception. Please ensure that children are In Mablethorpe and Suttonsea front. supervised by an adult at all times. The disabled toilet and shower Public Transport facilities are located to the left of the toilet block in the undercover walk- There is a bus service 10 minutes walk away that runs to Mablethorpe through corridor. A RADAR key is required. and Skegness (with connections to other destinations). Laundry Places of Worship Prices for the use of the laundry facilities are: Washing machine £3.00, C of E, Catholic, Methodist and Jehovah’s Witnesses Churches are all in Tumble drier 70p/cycle. Washing sinks are also available. Please do not the local area. hang washing lines between trees or on the fences. No animal bedding or TELL US WHAT YOU THINK… towels or sandy towels may be cleaned in the laundry machines. If you have any comments or suggestions that could help us to improve Ball games and kites this Site, please put them in our Visitors’ Comments Book. Ball games and kite flying are not allowed on site. And if you discover a local pub or Recycling facilities restaurant or an interesting place On site. to go tell us about that too! SAFETY ON SITE Site address, Crabtree Lane, Fire Point Sutton-on-Sea, Mablethorpe LN12 2RS (to activate alarm/warning) Assembly point is located behind the site office. Telephone: 01507 441503