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Hi

Just discovered this forum (what a great idea!) and found loads of useful categories of sites - allowing fires, near beach etc - but what we're looking for is campsites with great walks directly from the campsite.  We have a campervan and ideally like to get to the site, setup and then not move it again until we leave!  We'd ideally like nice walks with nice scenery, rivers / water / forest access if at all possible for the dog and somewhere with a pub we can walk to.  We generally like to walk 5 - 15 miles.

Any recommendations?

We live in Oxford and are planning a long weekend in a couple of weeks so are thinking Peak District / New Forest / Forest of Dean which are perhaps fairly obvious options but any other central or south areas would be good as those areas tend to be fairly booked up!

Sarah

Hi Sarah welcome to the site,there are lots of walks in Derbyshire we like callow top farm at Ashbourne,it is on the tissington trail has lots of walks from the site including a nice 15/ 20min stroll into Ashbourne.There is a pub on site and a doggy walk as well,have a look at the reviews and you will get other opinions as well,good luck.

Ken

One leaps to mind.....Fforest Fields in the Brecons near Builth Wells, Wales.

read the reviews here: http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=1674

Trust me, you'll not regret a single minute.

We are walkers too and are members of another site www.walkingworld.com It costs about £17 a year but you just enter the post code of the site you're staying at and you get a whole list of walks in the vicinity. You can then print them and the relevant OS maps off. We reckon it saves us money on buying walking guides and maps when we get to our destination.

I've just tried to log on to to Walkingworld but the site is currently down for maintenance but should hopefully be back soon!

I would second Loshill, some nice pubs in Castleton, also cottage farm.