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Local attractions •Creswell Crags Cave Tours Welcome to A world famous archaeological site, home Visitor Centre • to Britain’s only known Ice Age cave art. A Once part of a royal hunting forest, new Visitor Centre opened in June 2009 Sherwood Forest Country Park covers 450 which provides a wide range of activities acres and incorporates some truly ancient and something for everyone of all ages. areas of native woodland where slender 01909 720378 Clumber Park birch trees grow alongside more than one www.creswell-crags.org.uk thousand veteran oaks, most of which are over 500 years old. The largest and •Mr Straws House Caravan Club Site most famous of these is the Major Oak, Step back in time at this 1920’s time- linked throughout the world to Sherwood’s capsule home of the Straw Family, legendary hero Robin Hood. experience a glimpse of their lives with 01623 823202 the knowledgeable, friendly room guides. www..gov.uk 01909 482380 - Advance booking essential. www.nationaltrust.org.uk •Rufford Abbey Country Park Visit the Cistercian Abbey ruins and 25-acre • & lake, the Craft Centre, formal gardens, See Information Room for Market Days. sculptures and restored Orangery. Stop for Chesterfield & Newark a bite to eat or enjoy a woodland walk. • These market towns are worth a visit. 01623 821338

www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk Activities •Southwell Minster A superb Cathedral and Minster church •Cycling & Walking with a Norman nave, which is one of the Good access to both directly from the site. finest in Europe. Other features include the •Tourer Explorer magnificent Angel Window and the world- Tourer Explorer is available on this site - ask renowned stone carvings of the ‘Leaves at reception for your activity booklet! of Southwell’. 01636 812649 www.southwellminster.org.uk Get to know your site

•The Workhouse There’s a great feeling of spaciousness Call at the Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre, Discover how society dealt with poverty here - the site is on 20 acres within 4,000 10 miles drive from the site, to find out all through the centuries. Explore the segregated work yards, day rooms, acres of parkland where you can walk, about him, and to see the Great Oak where dormitories, master’s quarters and cellars, cycle or ride. Children will enjoy Clumber he is said to have hidden. then see the recreated working 19th century Park as it is part of what was once garden and find out what food the paupers Sherwood Forest, and there are plenty of would have eaten. reminders of the Forest’s most famous 01636 817260 resident, Robin Hood. www.nationaltrust.org.uk General site information Reception services Electric hook-up Vehicles and cycles The costs of electricity are included in your Parents are reminded that children Close by Mail and messages pitch fee, but please help us minimise our remain their responsibility and therefore Supermarkets they should be supervised at all times, Mail and messages are put on the board effect on the environment by considering The closest is Sainsbury’s S80 3AT on the and to ensure that all members of their at reception. your electricity use while on site. Also any A57/A60 roundabout, about 5 miles from party follow the principles of road safety. saving could help to reduce pitch fees or the site. Site shop Motor vehicles and bicycles on site should, Open at the same times as reception. The help towards investments in new sites or at all times, be used with due regard to Cinema shop sells Gas, TV cables, bread, sweets, ice redevelopments. the safety and convenience of others and Savoy Cinema, Worksop S80 1HP, about 4 cream, milk and some groceries. Wi-Fi their speed should not exceed walking miles from the site. Wi-fi internet access is available on this site. Information room pace (5mph). No cycling is permitted on Tel: 01909 481900. Please ask the Warden for details. Open at all times. Leaflets are available site between the hours of dusk and dawn, Swimming pool about the many attractions and places of as determined by the Wardens. Any one- Worksop Leisure Centre, Valley Road, interest that you can visit during your stay. Site facilities way system signs should be observed by all Worksop S81 7EN, about 5 miles from vehicles and cycles. Foot pedalled cycles, the site. Mobile & public telephones Please see the site map for locations of Mobile phones do not work on the site. scooters and skateboards can be used, but Tel: 01909 473937. amenity blocks. are not allowed on the paved area around There are two public telephones located Tourist Information Centre at the Information Room. Please note that Toilets and showers toilet blocks and communal areas and Worksop Library S80 2BP. these phones do not accept incoming calls. Please see the toilet blocks for cleaning must not be ridden on footpaths. Please times. There is a baby and toddler note that motorised mobility scooters are Tel: 01909 535353 Emergencies bathroom for children under four years allowed on site, but children’s motorised Please see sign on office door advising Places of worship old in block A. Keys are available from scooters or skateboards are not. how to contact Duty Warden out of hours. All denominations are in the local area. reception. Please ensure that children are Security barrier A defibrilator is available from the duty supervised by an adult at all times. The warden on site. There is a security barrier on site. A card, disabled toilet and shower facilities are needed for entry and exit, is given to all located in block A, for which a RADAR key new arrivals. is required. Tell us what you think… Pitches Only one car is allowed per pitch. Laundry If you have any comments or suggestions Prices for the use of the laundry facilities Visitors that could help us to improve this site, Pitch care Please ask your visitors to park in the car Please lift awning ground sheets daily. are: Washing machine £4.00, Tumble drier please put them in our Visitors’ Comments park and make themselves known at £1.00, Rinse & Spin £1.00 per 15min cycle. Book. And if you discover a local pub or Motorhomes Reception when arriving at the site. If you Please do not hang washing lines between restaurant or an interesting place to go, If your pitch is left unoccupied, please leave are expecting visitors after hours, please trees or on the fences. tell us about that too! your motorhome sign on display. meet them at Reception. Site address: Worksop, S80 3AE Vacating your pitch Safety on site Rabbit holes Telephone: 01909 484758 If you wish to stay after 12 noon on your day Please be careful of the rabbit holes on site. of departure, please ask at reception before Pets 10am on the day of departure. Please keep your dog on a lead at all times Barbecues on the pitching areas and roads within the These are allowed on site but open fires are site, and clean up after them. Dogs can be not. Please keep barbecues off the grass. walked off-site in the park and woods. TV reception Fire point Television reception is poor. The EHU bollards (to activate alarm/warning) Located at all have a TV booster socket. TVs should be service points. retuned to the local digital signal.