Welcome to Longleat Caravan Club Site

Get to know Longleat One of the few places in Britain where you can hear lions roar at night. Longleat is one of The Club’s most beautiful parkland sites, in the middle of the lovely Longleat Estate, with miles of paths to walk amid the pleasures of woodland, bluebell, azalea and rhododendron. The site is generally quiet and peaceful outside of school holidays, although entertainment (some with music) and amenities at the park can be noisy at times. In your car you can visit the famous Safari Park (the first to be opened outside Africa), the Longleat Hedge Maze and the Adventure Castle for children are a short walk away. Cafés and restaurants are also within walking distance during the day. If you want to go out for the day, both Bath and Bristol are within reach; the Roman, Regency and 20thC Bath being a special favourite.

Things to see and do from this Club Site

Local attractions • The Roman Baths in Bath • Longleat Safari Park The finest religious spa in Northern Europe, built 2000 years ago, Get close to the animals in the UK’s first Safari Park… see how you around the country’s only hot springs. measure up to a giraffe, watch out for the zebras crossing, wander 01225 477785 amongst the wallabies in Wallaby Wood and be enthralled by the www.romanbaths.co.uk lions, tigers, rhino and more! • East Somerset Railway 01985 844400 Steam through the rolling Mendip countryside on a day out at the www.longleat.co.uk East Somerset Railway.Why not take a ride on one of the steam trains • Cheddar Caves & Gorge on the five mile round trip and travel back in time to the halcyon Explore your world – 300 million years in the making! Limestone days of steam? Train rides, engine shed, workshop, museum, café cliffs towering 450 feet above a gorge, 3 miles long. Imagine the and shop. views. Underground cathedrals of stalactites and stalagmites, 01749 880417 beautifully lit. www.eastsomersetrailway.com 01934 742343 • Bush Farm Bison Centre www.cheddarcaves.co.uk Enjoy the day exploring the farm trail, which takes you for a mile • Iford Manor Gardens & Tearoom or so around the herds of bison, elk and red deer and through the Grade I Italianate garden set in romantic River valley; country woodland clearings and gardens – a serene spot for a picnic. walks, Jazz and summer opera festival. Please note that wheelchair 01747 830263 access is partial. www.bisonfarm.co.uk 01225 863146 www.ifordmanor.co.uk Activities Stourhead House • Cycling The Stourhead estate on the -Somerset border is the perfect • Cycling is recommended around the Longleat Estate.The nearest day out for everyone. A breathtaking 18th Century landscaped National Cycle Network route to this site is Eastleigh to Dundas, garden with lakeside walks, grottoes and classical temples is only the Route 24, OS ref ST783481. beginning. 01747 841152 • Walking www.nationaltrust.org.uk Leaflets are available in the Information Room about local routes. General site information RECEPTION SERVICES Mail and messages Mail and messages are put on the board at Reception. Site Shop Open at the times shown on the Reception door. The shop sells Aqua Kem, Aqua Rinse, milk, bread, cakes, sweets, ice cream, newpapers and magazines. 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 Some mobile phones do notwork in the area. Public telephones – there SAFETY ON SITE are 2 public telephones located in the Information Room (open 24 hours). Please note that these phones do not accept incoming calls. Pets Please keep your dog on a lead at all times on the pitching areas and PITCHES roads within the site, and clean up after them. Dogs must be exercised Pitch care off site. The dog walk is located at the side of the site. Please note: Dogs Awning ground sheets mustbe lifted daily if on grass. are not allowed into Longleat attractions. Motor caravans Fire Point If your pitch is left unoccupied, please leave your motorcaravan sign on (to activate alarm/warning) Located at all service points. Please see the display. Site map for fire assembly point location. Please note that the Longleat Vacating your pitch House fire alarm is tested at 9.30am every Friday. If you wish to stay after 12 noon on your day of departure, please ask at Vehicles and cycles the site office on the morning of your departure. Parents are reminded that children remain their responsibility and Barbecues therefore they should be supervised at all times, and to ensure that all These are allowed on site but open fires are not. Please keep barbecues members of their party follow the principles of road safety. off the grass. Motor vehicles and bicycles on site should, at all times, be used with due TV reception regard to the safety and convenience of others and their speed should As part of the Digital Switchover, this region has now had its analogue not exceed walking pace (5mph). No cycling is permitted on site between television signal switched off. In order to watch television on site you will the hours of dusk and dawn, as determined by the Wardens. Any one-way need an Integrated Digital TV (IDTV) or a digital receiver, and you may system signs should be observed by all vehicles and cycles. Foot pedalled also need an aerial or satellite dish. For more information visit cycles, scooters and skateboards can be used, but are not allowed on the www.digitaluk.co.uk. paved area around toilet blocks and communal areas and must not be Wi-Fi ridden on footpaths. Please note that motorised mobility scooters are Wi-fi internet access is available on this site. Please ask the Warden for allowed on site, but children’s motorised scooters or skateboards are not. details. Security Barrier Electric Hook-up There is a security barrier onsite. A code to operate the barrier is The cost of electricity is included in your pitch fee, but please help us to allocated on arrival at the site. minimise our effect on the environment by considering your electricity Visitors use while on site. In 2009 The Club’s expenditure on electricity was £4 Please ask your visitors to make themselves known at Reception when million and any saving can help to reduce pitch fees or invest in newsites arriving at the site. If you are expecting visitors after hours, please meet or redevelopments. them at Reception. SITE FACILITIES OUT AND ABOUT Please see the Site map for locations of amenity blocks. Supermarkets Toilets and showers The closest are Asda in Frome (3 miles) and Morrisons in The toilet blocks are closed for cleaning at the times shown inside the (7 miles). block. There is a baby and toddler bathroom for children under 4 years Cinema old. Keys are available from Reception. Please ensure that children Westway Cinema in Frome, about 4 miles from the site. are supervised by an adult at all times. The disabled toilet and shower Tel: 01373 465685. facilities are located in the amenities block and in the toilet block Swimming pool opposite. The Sports Centre in Frome, about 4 miles from the site. Laundry Tel: 01373 465446. Prices for the use of the laundry facilities are: Tourist Information Centre Washing machine £3.00,Tumble drier 70p/cycle, Spin drier 60p/cycle. In Warminster and Frome. Washing sinks and ironing boards are also available. Please do not hang Places of Worship washing lines between trees or on the fences. Details of all denominations are available in the Information Room. Play areas There is a village green for ball games and an area on site with play TELL US WHAT YOU THINK… equipment. Please ensure that children are supervised by an adult at If you have any comments or suggestions that could help us to improve all times. this Site, please put them in our Visitors’ Comments Book. And if you Recycling facilities discover a local pub or On site. restaurant or an interesting place to go tell us about that too! Site address, Warminster, BA12 7NL Telephone: 01985 844663