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For the Family TOURING : CLUB SITES Oxford’s dreaming spires Steve Rowe stays on a quartet of FOR THE FAMILY Club sites during a mission to explore Oxford and its rural surroundings Universalappeal Go wild A stone’s throw from the Float your boat Burford site, Cotswold Wildlife Park boasts a Established in 1870, Hobbs of menagerie that includes Henleyoffers sightseeing trips penguins, giraffes, crocodiles on the Thames, as well as the and meercats. opportunity to charter a boat for private parties. You can even T01993 823006 hire a motor launch for your own Wcotswoldwildlifepark.co.uk self-drive adventure! Nearest featured site Burford T01491 572035 Whobbsofhenley.com Nearest featured site Miniature Henley Four Oaks marvel Pendon Museum is a fascinating place for model railway enthusiasts. There are several large layouts designed to represent British rural settings from the 1920s and ’30s. T01865 407365 Wpendonmuseum.com Nearest featured sites RIGHT ON TRACK DON’T Burford/Henley Four Oaks FORGET You can book your pitch online at caravanclub.co.uk/ searchandbook, by calling our Advance Booking Service on 01342 327490 or, for AS sites, calling them direct. THIS MONTH’S FEATURED SITES HENLEY FOUR OAKS Sites Directory xford, arguably Britain’s But more on the city of dreaming spires See p129 of the Fun on the farm & Handbook 2013/14 most famous seat of later. I started my sojourn quite a distance to Offering something for everyone, learning and the home the south of Oxford, at the Club’s Henley CIRENCESTER PARK Millets Farm Centre has amusements for children, a of Inspector Morse, is a Four Oaks site, which, as its name suggests, See p127 of the Directory fascinating place to visit is close to the town famous for its Royal well-stocked shop, a garden centre and restaurant. You can Oat any time of year. It’s the perfect Regatta. Surrounded by mature trees, this BURFORD even join its Fly Fishing Club. destination for a mini break (the BMW members-only site offers both hardstandings See p124 of the Directory YOU ARE HERE Mini is built on the site of the old Morris and grass pitches as well as hook-ups and the T01865 392200 BLADON CHAINS Wmilletsfarmcentre.com factory at Cowley in Oxford!), or as a usual heated toilet block. Henley town See p120 of the Directory Henley Four Oaks Club site Nearest featured sites day-trip during a longer holiday. centre is a short drive or a relatively easy >> Burford/Henley Four Oaks 20 www.caravanclub.co.uk February 2013 The Caravan Club Magazine 21 TOURING : CLUB SITES Driving eastwards from Enjoy a waterside Cirencester towards Oxford, you’ll pint at Henley come across several charming OUTDOOR FUN FOOD + DRINK Cotswold stone villages, including Bibury. Slightly off the main tourist Gone fishing trail, this village was described by Situated in the charming stone textile designer, artist and writer village that shares its name, William Morris as “The most Bibury Trout Farm has a catch- beautiful village in England.” I agree your-own fishery, as well as a with him. It’s a sublime spot, with café and children’s play area. the River Coln flowing under DID YOU There’s also a shop where you ancient stone bridges that are KNOW? Cirencester Park Club site can buy fresh fish. overlooked by picture-postcard The University of Oxford is the oldest T01285 740215 university in the Calling chocoholics cottages. Another attraction here is English-speakingworld Wbiburytroutfarm.co.uk The Chocolate Theatre Café in Henley not Bibury Trout Farm, which offers fly Nearest featured site Cirencester Park only serves 25 different types of hot chocolate, fishing and has a café and a shop, where CHURCHILL COUNTRY tea, coffee and freshly-cooked food, it also you can buy fresh fish. My final site, and the one from which I ANIMAL FARM offers delightful views of the Thames. My next destination was Burford Club planned to visit the city of Oxford itself, T01491 411412 site. Enjoying a rural setting, it has was Bladon Chains, set within the lovely Wchocolatetheatrecafe-henley.co.uk well-spaced pitches, including some grounds of the Blenheim Palace Estate at Nearest featured site Henley Four Oaks hardstandings, plus mains hook-ups and Woodstock. It’s a members-only site with washroom blocks. This is an ideal base for grass pitches and hardstandings, plus families, the entrance to the Cotswold hook-up points and toilet block. It’s very Brewery tour Wildlife Park being just across the road. quiet and surrounded by woodland, with The village of Burford is a short drive plenty of walking opportunities. One for beer fans! The Hook Cirencester Park site is set from the site – a car park is clearly Here’s a quick quiz question for you – Norton Breweryoffers two tours per day, including a half-hour signposted from the High Street, but it is which famous Prime Minister was born at beer tasting. There’s also a within Grade I listed parkland too small and difficult to access for large Blenheim Palace? It was, of course, visitors’ centre and gift shop to “ motorhomes, which may be better off Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. Club stagger round afterwards. walk away. If you’re driving, use the large Abingdon, is a great place to visit,” with a finding a roadside parking spot instead. members can use their site receipts from pay-and-display car park next to the river. farm shop, restaurant, garden centre and The tree-lined High Street is set on a fairly Bladon Chains to get a third off the T01608 737210 From here, you can walk back into town amusements for the kids, all occupying a steep slope which leads down to a bridge admission price to the palace. Whooky.co.uk Donkey work Nearest featured site along the banks of the Thames, admiring large rural site with plenty of free parking. over the River Windrush. The ancient On a more sombre note, Churchill is also Be prepared for a collective Bladon Chains the boats moored up on the river. For an buildings that line the street are now home buried nearby, with his wife Clementine, in Cycling GO WEST ‘aaahhh’ if you visit the Island even closer look at these vessels, why not to shops, pubs and cafés, as well as the the graveyard of St Martin’s Church in Highlights for cycling in and Farm Donkey Sanctuary near take a relaxing sightseeing boat trip or even From Henley, I headed west to the Club’s fascinating Tolsey Museum, which houses Bladon. I visited the graveside and it’s quite around Oxfordshire include Didcot, a charity which cares for Pub grub book your own motor launch? Cirencester Park site. Set within Grade I a collection of artefacts depicting the humbling to see that such a great man National Cycle Network ill-treated animals. Admission My walk into town was delayed by a listed parkland which forms part of the social and industrial heritage of the area. chose to have a fairly simple grave. (NCN) Route 5which runs is free but your heart will tell With friendly staff and a good cuppa and a bite to eat at the fabulous Bathurst Estate, this is another members- I enjoyed a bite to eat at the dog-friendly Standing graveside, in the empty cemetery, from Oxford to Stratford-upon- you to leave a donation. selection of food and drink, Avon. The Bladon Chains site is including real ales, The Chocolate Theatre Café which offers good only site with both grass and hardstanding Mermaid Inn. was an unusually touching moment. >> close to a traffic-free section to T01491 833938 Mermaid Innon Burford’s Thames views. Those of you who enjoy pitches, hook-ups and heated toilet blocks. Oxford. If you’re staying at Wdonkeyrescue.co.uk High Street also has a ‘posh’ dining out are spoilt for choice in Henley. It is well placed for easy access to the Henley Four Oaks, it’s worth Nearest featured sites Burford/Henley Four Oaks candle-lit restaurant upstairs. checking out The Thames Art lovers are well catered for too, centre of Cirencester and a number of Beautiful Bibury thanks to a number of commercial galleries. pretty Cotswold villages are also within Valley route (NCN 4)which, if T01993 822193 You might even like to take a work home, range. Cirencester boasts many historic you are feeling adventurous, is Wthemermaidburford.co.uk mostly traffic-free all the way Nearest featured site Burford although judging by some of the price tags buildings and a variety of shops and to London. FEEL GRAND you’d need fairly deep pockets. eateries. And don’t miss the fascinating Once you’ve taken in all the town’s Corinium Museum with its large collection Wsustrans.org.uk numerous attractions, there are plenty of Roman artefacts – Corinium was the more on offer a half-hour or so drive from Roman name for the town. Henley Four Oaks. If you like trains, there’s the Didcot Railway Centre, which Green fingers With eight acres of grounds to houses several Great Western Railway explore, Waterperry Gardens steam engines and has ‘running days’ also boasts a large garden centre, when you can ride in period carriages. gift shop, tea room and country On a smaller scale, the fascinating life museum, so you can easily Pendon Museum near Abingdon spend a whole day here. It’s boasts several model railway layouts situated close to the M40, just Tea and cocktails! representing scenes from the 1920s east of Oxford. A good place to stop for a cream tea or light and ’30s (the car park is also quite T01844 339254 meal during the day, The Grand Café in the miniature, so motorhomes are best Wwaterperrygardens.co.uk centre of Oxford becomes more of parked on the village streets).
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