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PLUS DIRECTORY WITH 500 MORE FAB SITES! 2021 Statics & more! Tents Motorhomes Touring caravans The UK’s best sites, as voted for by you! In association with WELCOME TO OUR TOP 100 SITES 2021! TOP 100 Wow! What a year this has been. If ever the resourcefulness and adaptability of the camping Future PLC 1-10 Praed Mews, London W2 1QY Top 100 Sites Guide SITES and caravanning world has been put to the test, Guide editor Paul Critcher Editor-in-chief Sarah Wakely Art Editor Jenny Owen surely it has been over the past 12 months. Production Editor Gillian Gould 2021 In spite of the limitations and restrictions, Writers Paul Critcher, Claudia Dowell, Caroline Mills there were periods between lockdowns when Practical Caravan/Practical Motorhome Editorial www.practicalcaravan.com, www.practicalmotorhome.com touring parks reopened – and how sweet it was to hit the road Tel 020 7042 4000 in search of getaways from 24-hour news bulletins. Advertising Advertising Director - Caravans & Marine Sasha McGregor For park owners, the downtime of the first lockdown proved [email protected] 07917 769 177 Senior Advertising Manager Amanda Burns [email protected] 0330 390 6036 a great opportunity to maintain and improve sites. Whether that Commercial Partnerships Director Catherine Crockart [email protected] 07866 919 565 was simply a fresh coat of paint around the reception area or a Account Manager Laurence Pierce 07971 605 143 Account Manager Sarah Wintle 0330 390 6367 International Licensing completely new shower block, most campsites received some TLC. Practical Caravan is available for licensing. Contact the Licensing team to discuss partnership opportunities. There were other changes, too – sanitation measures to keep us Head of Print Licensing Rachel Shaw [email protected] Subscriptions Email enquiries [email protected] Covid-secure were introduced across sites in an effort to keep UK orderline & enquiries 0330 333 1113 International [email protected] Online orders www.magazinesdirect.com customers confident that parks were safe. Group Marketing Director, Magazines & Memberships Sharon Todd And it worked – as soon as the first lockdown was over, people Circulation Head of Newstrade Tim Mathers Production were back on tour, making the most of their own mobile holiday Head of Production Mark Constance Production Project Manager Clare Scott Senior Ad Production Manager Jo Crosby spaces, safe in their own environment. Ad Production coordinator Emma Thomas Digital Editions Controller Jason Hudson Production Manager Frances Twentyman Interest in caravans and motorhomes has never been higher and Management Chief Content OfficerAngie O’Farrell with the rollout of the vaccination programme, it looks as though Brand Director Dave Clutterbuck Business Director, Sports Kirsty Setchell Commercial Finance Director Dan Jotcham summer 2021 could be a boom season for UK sites. Holidaymakers Chief Revenue OfficerZack Sullivan Commercial Sales Director Clare Dove in this country are lucky – we have some wonderful campsites, Printed by William Gibbons Distributed by Marketforce, 5 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, as seen here in this year’s Top 100. We hope London E14 5HU www.marketforce.co.uk Tel: 0203 787 9001 ISSN 0269-9427 EAN 977 We are committed to only using magazine paper which is derived from you get the chance to visit some of them in responsibly managed, certified forestry and chlorine-free manufacture. 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Readers company quoted on the Non-executive chairman Richard Huntingford London Stock Exchange Chief financial officer Rachel Addison of that type at are advised to contact the individual parks to (symbol: FUTR) www.futureplc.com Tel +44 (0)1225 442 244 the campsite confirm whether all amenities are available. www.practicalmotorhome.com/top100 | TOP 100 SITES 2021 | 3 Contents 1 Northern Ireland ................................. 9 2 Scotland ...............................................15 3 Wales .....................................................19 4 North-East England ........................ 27 5 North-West England ......................35 6 Eastern England ................................41 2 7 Heart of England..............................49 8 South-East England ........................59 9 Dorset ..................................................67 10 Somerset, Avon & Wiltshire ....... 72 11 Devon .................................................. 77 12 Cornwall .............................................84 Overall winner .....................................89 Category winners .................................91 Directory .................................................94 1 5 4 7 6 3 10 8 12 11 9 BEST SITE BEST SITE BEST SITE BEST SITE BEST SITE BEST SITE Open Green Small Pet Families Statics/ Simply the best all year friendly glamping You’re guaranteed a great stay at any one of our 100 parks, but some offer just that little bit BEST SITE BEST SITE BEST SITE BEST SITE BEST SITE more; our team has recognised this by awarding Adults For For motor For for special ‘Best Site’ awards, for eco-friendliness, only caravans -homes camping Cycling family-specific facilities and this year, for the first time, cycling. All of our Best Site winners in association with have the relevant logo alongside their listing. www.practicalmotorhome.com/top100 | TOP 100 SITES 2021 | 5 Caravan & Motorhome Club members can SAVE UP TO £135 when purchasing a Raleigh bike ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE Motorhomes, caravans & bikes… A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN Tea and biscuits. Fish and chips. Bangers and mash. Touring holidays and bikes. They’re all things that go together perfectly… or at least Raleigh thinks so Bikes aren’t just another mode of transport to get from A to B: they can add a huge amount of fun and create endless memories. That’s why Raleigh thinks that bikes and caravans go hand in hand. So much so, there’s an exclusive Raleigh offer for Caravan & Motorhome Club members, some of whom have shared their experiences of teaming up their caravan and motorhome trips with their faithful bikes here. Meet Dave Meet Claire Meet Jenny The Trail Blazer The E-Biker The Geocacher Dave and his trusty Raleigh Claire perfectly demonstrates If you want to shake up have been one pedal ahead how electric bikes can close those sightseeing cycle rides, all along, and blazing the trail the gap and make cycling a geocaching might be just the for more than 20 years now. pleasure for all, not just avid riders. ticket. Jenny certainly thinks so… I became the proud owner of My husband is a keen cyclist, Our chief hobby is geocaching “a brand new Raleigh Royal touring “and we both go out and enjoy the “– a sort of treasure hunt that’s cycle in 1998. My wife and I live countryside without me worrying ideal for anyone who enjoys the in the north of England, but have about the hills, thanks to my ebike! outdoors. Cycling is one of the explored various parts of Britain We pack both our bikes into our best ways to get around, and with my Raleigh. Swift Basecamp and head off on we have discovered some fantastic “We’ve often gone further north, our adventures whenever we can. trails at sites across the UK. to the Scottish Borders, Dumfries