Did anyone go to Silverstone this weekend in their campervan and get refused at the SRA site which is advertised on our site search, it appears that the site was water logged, they were not letting on motor homes/campervans, I checked the web site on Thursday and they were telling us that the site was okay but don't arrive before Friday and of course it wasn't and they were not giving refunds and you had to write to them, so the moral of this story is that they should allow you to book and not pay!!.
We visited Silverstone of both Saturday and Sunday and we could clearly see that the campsite in Silverstione village had motorhomes and again in the public carparks at the track. Mind you given the TV reports a day or two before the race I can understand why they may have said no motorhomes. In fact one campsite said that cars would not be allowed to park next to caravans. Not quite sure how they were getting the vans in! On Sunday we arrived a bit later and were parked on one of the field carparks and even then ground conditions were not too good but better for having 3 days without rain. It seems that alot of people stay in the carparks over night for which they charge an extra £10 so that might be a option in the future. There were certainly chemical style toilets but did not check if there was water available.
What does it cost to get Silverstone Grand Prix tickets? I know my hubby is an avid fan and loves watching it all on tv and so I thought tickets for next year's event might be a good idea for a christmas, anniversry or birthday present. I dont know much about the Grand Prix myself so have no idea when Lewis Hamilton (is that the correct name for the british lad?) is likely to race there again so any suggestions or ideas for a racing fan would be appeciated.
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What does it cost to get Silverstone Grand Prix tickets? I know my hubby is an avid fan and loves watching it all on tv and so I thought tickets for next year's event might be a good idea for a christmas, anniversry or birthday present. I dont know much about the Grand Prix myself so have no idea when Lewis Hamilton (is that the correct name for the british lad?) is likely to race there again so any suggestions or ideas for a racing fan would be appeciated.
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It depends on what sort of tickets you buy. We had a three day pass which cost £200 each but that included a Grandstand ticket plus £15 for parking on Race Day. You can get a three day ticket for as little as £100 but you will have to take your own chairs as for this price its just an open area around the track. Check the T&C's as even with these tickets you might be able to have a seat in one of the Grandstands on the Saturday. Have a look here http://www.silverstone.co.uk/php/home.php
My tickets cost me £99 each for three days + I bought a car park pass for £15, didn't need it beacause we walked to the circuit in about 25 mins, if I go next year I certainly won't book with SRA and I will do what David did and buy grandstand and I will camp on the circuits campsite, as it's very close , and it has the same facilities, pity they don,t have a dedicated site for motorhomes. I think that the £60 that SRA charge is a lot for what they offer, the whole camp site set up at Silverstone smacks of profiteering, they know that you have no alternative but to pay the price, wish I owned a big field near the circuit.
I think you have to cut them all a little slack for last weekend. I was on the Marshals' campsite and on Friday morning it was an absolute mess AND that was with a fair amount of tracking down and it's a site on a fairly steep hill to assist drainage.
The majority of the sites started off restricting vehicle movements in order that the sites might remain usable in some way - the alternative was the first five cars/vans etc. would have got on and nobody else.
AFAIK (perhaps with the exception of SRA) all of the camping is provided by private individuals and companies.
Luckily for those of us camping the weather picked up from Friday morning and it was possible to get cars onto the site on Sunday to pack up.
Silverstone are offering 3 days for £139 with grandstand if you book before October, that seems good. Do you then have to book the campsite. What is T&C I would like to buy OH and I grandstand tickets.
Son went for 3 days said before he went couldn't camp but did in the end. Got tickets with seat number on but when got there others were in there seat and no one seemed to care.
We went to Silverstone on thursday evening. On arrival we were told they could not accept us due to the bad weather. The guy on the entrance also said a full refund would be given. I have e.mailed them but have not yet had a reply. I read on the net somewhere that they were not giving any refunds, which if true is disgusting, they have pocketed the money and given no service. Has anybody had similar experience.
Quote: Originally posted by Romaway on 10/7/2007
David
Silverstone are offering 3 days for £139 with grandstand if you book before October, that seems good. Do you then have to book the campsite. What is T&C I would like to buy OH and I grandstand tickets.
Romaway
Thanks for the infomation. I doubt we will be going next year. I wanted to go to see what it was like. Although its very exciting with an amazing atmosphere and I would encourage you to give it a go I think next year we will watch on the TV. If we attend another GP I think it will be elsewhere in Europe just to see what different circuit is like.