UK Motorhome parking Camping-Car Park may be of interest?

[chaser]

It won't worry me, don't use them and won't do in the time I
have left motorhomeing.
But have to say you are all very shortsighted, can't you see that when they have muceled in on all the places that were free or cheap, even if they can get passed the two clubs protests, they will gradually raise their prices to within the club's sites, then you will have no choice but pay through the nose.
End of motorhomeing as we know it

 

[chaser]

Btw I am not saying this because I want something for nothing as some of you seem to think, as I say it won't affect me but I just hope I am still around when you are all complaining about the way they have put their prices up.

 

[EzeeRider]

It will be market forces which control prices, its been like that since time immemorial.
ezee

 

[onemanand2dogs]

Has anybody filled in the questionnaire? OH tried but it wouldn’t accept a UK post code.

Have you just tied to submit the questionnaire? I had the same problem with the postcode about 2 hours ago and I told them about it - they said that they had fixed it? I just put in the number 1....

 

[Neil S]

I’m a big fan of CCP.com , had a card since we got our first motorhome in 2014
Very rarely use anywhere else apart from the odd campsite unless there is guaranteed EHU .
I’ll be more than happy if they come to the UK

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[Landy Andy]

It won't worry me, don't use them and won't do in the time I
have left motorhomeing.
But have to say you are all very shortsighted, can't you see that when they have muceled in on all the places that were free or cheap, even if they can get passed the two clubs protests, they will gradually raise their prices to within the club's sites, then you will have no choice but pay through the nose.
End of motorhomeing as we know it

You are showing what you would do in their situation. Not everyone runs their business like that.

 

[Lenny HB]

Filled it in, postcode was OK.
We only use them occasionally if there is no alternative, I think they are a bit expensive, we don't need EHU or Wifi.

 

[Spriddler]

I dislike pre-planning trips, routes, booking sites etc. other than booking the ferry a day or two ahead. One of the reasons I've always motorhomed abroad is because of the 'turn up and park' Aires/Stellplatzen.
'Aires' in the U.K. would tempt me to try touring over here, whether free or not. Life's too short to scrimp.

 

[cmcardle75]

I do like their non stingy 5H rate. Given these places aren't out in the sticks, I'd pay that just for the parking to visit a pretty town with motorhome sized spaces, let alone the dumping and water facilities. Then you can choose to move on, or just move on to the bar and leave tomorrow!

 

[Dorset Diver]

Not sure how they are going to make it work but if they succeed as they have in France I'm all for it.

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[BILL 875]

I have no idea what they charge in France but you can be assured it will be double or more over here.

 

[Chod Jacqui]

We have filled in the questionnaire, all very sensible questions and we wish them the best of luck.

 

[Lenny HB]

I have no idea what they charge in France but you can be assured it will be double or more over here.

€8 to €12

 

[EssexBoy]

€10-12 euros a night, pitch availability through the app, booking if you want...

Will shake the two clubs up, and give them some competition - might even make them join the rest of the world in the 21st century !!!

I've done the survey... looks like it's by invitation only...

 

[Reallyretired]

I've done the survey.
Most of the French ones we've stayed at have been ex municipal sites which have become cheaper as a result by closing toilets/showers which we dont use anyway.
Cant see it working here though, land is too expensive and they would be stopped by commercial sites and the main clubs who would see their profits threatened.
Their automated barriers would probably be vandalised in short order too, unfortunately people here are not as law abiding as the French.

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[nicholsong]

I have no idea what they charge in France but you can be assured it will be double or more over here.

In France they are competing with free and low-cost Aires.

No such competition in England. Eve CS/CLs seem to have jumped their prices.

Geoff

 

[chaser]

You are showing what you would do in their situation. Not everyone runs their business like that.

Anyone that doesn't won't last very long.
They aren't a charity for poor motorhomers.
They are a business, like it or not.

 

[busby]

Havent you seen the campaign for free Aires, this camping carpark setup will kill that stone dead.

Can remember a campaign to bring back hanging, what happened to that?BUSBY

 

[busby]

It won't worry me, don't use them and won't do in the time I
have left motorhomeing.
But have to say you are all very shortsighted, can't you see that when they have muceled in on all the places that were free or cheap, even if they can get passed the two clubs protests, they will gradually raise their prices to within the club's sites, then you will have no choice but pay through the nose.
End of motorhomeing as we know it

In .uk we don't have much choice now, no Aires, BUSBY.

 

[chaser]

In .uk we don't have much choice now, no Aires, BUSBY.

Yeah but the laws will tighten up on wild camping as well as the council's will point you in the direction of these camps.

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[The Coops]

Everybody is missing the point and the pressure to apply to local councils. You are happy to fork out up to and beyond £40 a night on a site that is so socially distanced from the area its supposed to be in :-
( Windermere, Bala, Chatsworth, do I need to go on!) No names no clubs! If a local authority provides a legitimate parking site or a local sporting club provides a site at less than £10 a night ( £5) at last look then where are you going to go? Search for sites? So you like Dogging! Despite what you think you do not need an electric hook up for at least the first three days, Gas for fridge and heating, solar for top up and don't watch 10 hrs of TV, where permitted , socialise! You go to a £5 or £10 usually a rugby club of commercial car park as tonights night site as they are near the place you want to be near not bloody miles away and you walk round the town, you use the local shops and restaurants and pubs and put money into the local economy. Contact your local council and point this out tho them, its easy to apply a local No more than 24/48/64 hours parking and every one happy! To use an example Fylde BC did this 6 years ago and for the grand price of £5 you can stop overnight at various locations in the Borough. Blackpool Po Poohed this and put a ban and no overnighting in a motor home in the area, Wyre ( Fleetwood) followed Fylde and did the same, result? Everyone used Fylde and Wyre and Blackpool belatedly followed suite and now for £5 you can overnight in a car park full of drunken hen and stag parties! Point out to your council that as long as you put a time limit on the ability to park and it is strictly enforced then you are hemorrhaging visitors !

 

[The Coops]

Sorry for spelling mistakes NO glasses (again!)

 

[Chuns]

In answer to Potty, yes, filled it out, no probs.

Curious about the negativity surrounding this organisation. It is very customer focussed (maybe that's why), and whilst they do seem to be on a roll in France, they improve wherever they input. Yes, that does mean a charge for something that used to be free, and of course that will alienate some.

Doesn't matter, though, we are discussing what they might do in the UK.

Given that a lobby for a network of free aires in the U.K. is a contradiction in terms of possibility, and given the stranglehold on the availability of places to stay by commercially focused organisations masquerading as'Clubs', to say nothing of the Institutionally regimented attitudes of them, I cannot see CCP entering into the market as anything but positive.

It will be better than anything we have got, and there is no chance of anybody handing over any useful tracts of land for no financial gain, least of all local authorities who do not look after their own residents, let alone visitors.

All of course in my humble opinion.

 

[Speve]

There will always be one or two folk who don’t like change or new ideas and will be negative about it but I believe that CCP have as good a chance of getting something going as anyone and they have the experience of dealing with LAs etc good luck to them they deserve all the support we can give them.

 

[NorthernSoul]

I've never used Camping Car Park sites, but I like what they offer, and will be looking at it when we head to Europe next year (hopefully).

The concept of the creation of a network of free aires in the UK is a non-starter as far as I can see. Sites need to be managed and maintained, and somebody has to pay for that. I don't see Councils taking this on in a big way, particularly with the poor image that motorhomers have at the moment (whether rightly or wrongly).

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[busby]

I've never used Camping Car Park sites, but I like what they offer, and will be looking at it when we head to Europe next year (hopefully).

The concept of the creation of a network of free aires in the UK is a non-starter as far as I can see. Sites need to be managed and maintained, and somebody has to pay for that. I don't see Councils taking this on in a big way, particularly with the poor image that motorhomers have at the moment (whether rightly or wrongly).

After parking on Aires in France in village and town centres with no bother and feeling completely safe i can't say that I would feel the same security in say my local town of Alfreton or even in my village of Riddings..Just doesn't seem to be the same level of mindless vandalism in France Spain or Germany. Or is it me.BUSBY.

 

[Littlewheels]

 

[mitzimad]

aires in france that are close to any form of tourist attraction are not free

 

[sedge]

Windermere as you say isn't anywhere close emough to Windermere but there again, why visit Windermere the town? Don't 99.9% of people go there for Lake Windermere and are disappointed when they discover the lake isn't very close to the town. The lake is approx 150yds away from the Club site though, at Bowness on Windermere, very handy for ferries, buses, the steam ferry base etc, Oh and naturally plenty of arty farty shops selling Hally Hansen clothing, wickerwork decorative anchors and similar. Also a good chinese and a belting chip shop. (have we ever told you about Pete clearing that one Saturday night when it was packed?) (couldn't even blame it on the dog none of us owned anyway since we were on Blackbirds!)

 

[cmcardle75]

aires in france that are close to any form of tourist attraction are not free

Only a few cheapskates care whether they're free or not (in terms of gratuit). They care if they're free (in terms of liberté) in that you can turn up when you feel like it, even late in the evening, on a whim. This is what distinguishes an aire from a campsite. Not the size of pitches, or the price.

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