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Subject Topic: Family site within hour of Midlands ?
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05/8/2009 at 10:36pm
 Location: Tamworth
 Outfit: Avon Deluxe 3 Tent
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Quote: Originally posted by Green Pesto on 05/8/2009

Soz!, Forgot that The Ranch doesn't take tents!

Kingsbury Water Park is only 20 mins from you though!

 





Kingsbury Water park is only 10 minutes from my house & we go there a few times per year. Its a great place

I did think about it but its just too close to be classed as `going away`!!!


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05/8/2009 at 10:36pm
 Location: Tamworth
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Quote: Originally posted by khwood on 05/8/2009
Conkers? You have to pay extra to go into conkers but it is well worth it.



Agreed Conkers is superb but we`ve been there fairly recently.

Cheers


05/8/2009 at 10:38pm
 Location: Tamworth
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Quote: Originally posted by lynn and ray on 05/8/2009
 as your only going for two nights what about camping at drayton manor park (on your door step), took my grandkids there last year and they loved it,


Would you believe this is about 5 minutes from my door & the ex in laws live within screaming distance. You can hear the people on the rides from their garden !

My daughter`s sisters have season tickets to DMP so she goes there quite often.


05/8/2009 at 10:47pm
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Quote: Originally posted by xtinexoop on 05/8/2009
Quote: Originally posted by Brommo on 05/8/2009
Hoburne Cotswold is fully booked this week & next

any more suggestions ?

Thanks for your suggestion Christine - think that would be a good site for next year assuming this trip goes O.K ! Want something a little busier this year to keep my daughter entertained.

Thanks

We find that it doesn't matter how many facilities a campsite has the only thing that matters is a decent playpark where the kids make friends and then they just reappear at feeding time - especially if you are only there for a couple of nights you could be paying a lot for facilities you won't use.    

You could try Billings Aquadrome - as they don't allow reviews I have no idea what it is like now - it used to be rough, but a few people have said it has improved a lot in the last couple of years, and it certainly has plenty of facilities.

 

Christine




Thanks Christine - gotta say a friend suggested Billing Aquadrome but when I searched for reviews on the web it nearly all came up as negative with a lot of yobs which I obviously am not too keen on.

As you say a great play area will be the main requirement



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05/8/2009 at 10:49pm
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by the way Thanks for all the suggestions.

This has to be on of THE friendliest sites on the web.

I appreciate everyone that has contributed


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06/8/2009 at 1:11pm
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Quote: Originally posted by nanashirley on 05/8/2009

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/results3.asp?search=lower+lacon&by=sitename

about an hour away





Cheers

Just booked it for Friday & Saturday night



17/8/2009 at 10:27am
 Location: Coventry
 Outfit: Ford Explorer(Dora)& Abbey Spectrum520
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Kingsbury Water Park C&CC site is lovely-we're off there bank hol

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