Welcome to Clumber Park Caravan Club Site Get to know Clumber Park There’s a great feeling of spaciousness here, for the site is on 20 acres within 4,000 acres of parkland where you can walk, cycle or ride. Children will enjoy Clumber Park as it is part of what was once Sherwood Forest, and there are plenty of reminders of the Forest’s most famous resident, Robin Hood. Call at the Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre, 10 miles drive from the site, to find out all about him, and to see the Great Oak where he is said to have hidden, and then visit Nottingham to experience a most imaginative audio/visual exhibition called ‘The Tales of Robin Hood’. You are involved in scenes including a horse ride and a rescue - the children will love it. Things to see and do from this Club Site Local attractions • Creswell Crags Cave Tours • Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre A world famous archaeological site, home to Britain’s only known Ice Once part of a royal hunting forest, Sherwood Forest Country Park Age cave art. A new Visitor Centre opened in June 2009 which provides covers 450 acres and incorporates some truly ancient areas of native a wide range of activities and something for everyone of all ages. woodland where slender birch trees grow alongside more than one 01909 720378 thousand veteran oaks, most of which are over 500 years old. The www.creswell-crags.org.uk largest and most famous of these is the Major Oak, linked throughout the world to Sherwood’s legendary hero Robin Hood. • Langwith Whaley Thorns Heritage Centre 01623 823202 A village focal point, the Heritage Centre tells the story of the area: www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/sherwoodforestcp from the agricultural beginnings and the dramatic impact of industrialisation, to the consequences of the colliery closure in 1978. • Rufford Abbey Country Park 01623 747601 Visit the Cistercian Abbey ruins and 25-acre lake, the Craft Centre, www.freewebs.com/lwtheritagecentre formal gardens, sculptures and restored Orangery. Stop for a bite to eat or enjoy a woodland walk. 01623 821338 Activities www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/countryparks • Cycling Cycling is recommended from the site into the park. The nearest • Southwell Minster National Cycle Network route to this site is Greenwich to Keswick, A superb Cathedral and Minster church with a Norman nave, which Route 6, OS ref SK611761. is one of the finest in Europe. Other features include the magnificent Angel Window and the world-renowned stone carvings of the ‘Leaves • Walking of Southwell’. Good walking routes near the site are from any of the site’s four gates 01636 812649 into the park. www.southwellminster.org.uk • Old Moor RSPB reserve This reserve is about 25 miles away. For more information visit: www.rspb.co.uk/reserves General site information RECEPTION SERVICES Mail and messages Mail and messages are put on the board at Reception. Site Shop Open at the same times as Reception. The shop sells Gas, TV cables, bread, sweets, ice cream, milk and some groceries. 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 Mobile phones do not work on the site. Public telephones - there are 2 public telephones located in the Information Room. Please note that these phones do not accept incoming calls. Emergencies Please see sign on office door advising how to contact Duty Warden out of hours. PITCHES Pitch care system signs should be observed by all vehicles and cycles. Foot pedalled Awning ground sheets must be lifted daily. cycles, scooters and skateboards can be used, but are not allowed on the Motor caravans paved area around toilet blocks and communal areas and must not be If your pitch is left unoccupied, please leave your motor caravan sign on ridden on footpaths. Please note that motorised mobility scooters are display. allowed on site, but children’s motorised scooters or skateboards are not. Vacating your pitch Pets If you wish to stay after 12 noon on your day of departure, it is normally Please keep your dog on a lead at all times on the pitching areas and not a problem unless the site is fully booked. Please ask at Reception roads within the site, and clean up after them. Dogs can be walked off- before 10am on the day of departure. site in the park and woods. Barbecues Fire Point These are allowed on site but open fires are not. Please keep barbecues (to activate alarm/warning) Located at all service points. off the grass. Security Barrier TV reception There is a security barrier on site. A card, needed for entry and exit, Television reception is poor. The best frequencies for TV reception are is given to all new arrivals. The main gates are closed, but not locked, displayed in the Information Room and are available from Reception. at 10pm. Please help us to keep out unwanted guests by closing them The EHU bollards have a TV socket. behind you. Electric Hook-up Visitors The cost of electricity is included in your pitch fee, but please help us to Please ask your visitors to make themselves known at Reception when minimise our effect on the environment by considering your electricity arriving at the site. If you are expecting visitors after hours, please meet use while on site. In 2009 The Club’s expenditure on electricity was £4 them at Reception. million and any saving can help to reduce pitch fees or invest in new Rabbit holes sites or redevelopments. Please be careful of the rabbit holes on site. Wi-Fi Wi-fi internet access is available on this site. Please ask the Warden for OUT AND ABOUT details. Supermarkets SITE FACILITIES The closest is Sainsbury’s on the A57/A60 roundabout, about 5 miles from Please see the Site map for locations of amenity blocks. the site. Toilets and showers Cinema The toilet blocks are closed for cleaning at the following times: The Vue Cinema at Doncaster Leisure Park, about 20 miles from the site. Block A: 11.00am to 12.30pm. Block B: 9.45am to 11.15am. There is Tel: 08712 240 240. a baby and toddler bathroom for children under 4 years old in Block Swimming pool A. Keys are available from Reception. Please ensure that children are Valley Road, Worksop, about 5 miles from the site. supervised by an adult at all times. The disabled toilet and shower Tel: 01909 473937. facilities are located in Block A, for which a RADAR key is required. Tourist Information Centre Laundry In Worksop Library. Prices for the use of the laundry facilities are: Washing machine £3.00, Tel: 01909 474458. Tumble drier 70p/cycle. Please do not hang washing lines between trees Places of Worship or on the fences. All denominations are in the local area. SAFETY ON SITE TELL US WHAT YOU THINK… Vehicles and cycles If you have any comments or suggestions that could help us to improve Parents are reminded that children remain their responsibility and this Site, please put them in our Visitors’ Comments Book. And if you therefore they should be supervised at all times, and to ensure that all discover a local pub or restaurant members of their party follow the principles of road safety. or an interesting place to Motor vehicles and bicycles on site should, at all times, be used with due go, tell us about that too! regard to the safety and convenience of others and their speed should Site address: Worksop S80 3AE not exceed walking pace (5mph). No cycling is permitted on site between Telephone: 01909 484758 the hours of dusk and dawn, as determined by the Wardens. Any one-way .