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Help! My husband and myself were booked on the Burrs Caravan site at Bury 27/10 for 3 nights, as it was within walking distance to the metro so we could get in easily to Manchester at low cost (the reason was to suprise our son on his 21st birthday). Unfortunatly i have got home from work to find that the site is closing on the 16/10 for them to do some building work to make new hardatanding pitches. I am now desperatly looking for a site that can accomadate our tourer at short notice. Has anyone any ideas? All ideas would be gratefull

Ann

there's this one in poynton, doesn't give much detail, but may be worth a ring.

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=5240

This one is quite a bit further out but may be on a train line into manchester.

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2318

haven't stayed at either, so can't vouch for the facilities.

jules

Alternatively you could try a travelodge, there are several in the centre of manchester, sportscity one comes out at £46 for a double room for 3 nights, manchester central is £55. So may not work out much different than camping + rail/taxi fares.

jules

https://www.travelodge.co.uk/make_a_booking/availability.php?travelodge=Manchester+Central&hotel_id=153&doa_dd=27&doa_mm=10-2006&stay_len=3&no_of_rooms=1&corp_name=&agent_type=&agent_code=&x=54&y=10

Gelder Wood Country Park (adults Only) , Rochdale Campsite

Very close to 3 train stations all within 10- 20 mins of Manchester

jollyinteresting

Shows many sites within the area but most you have to be a member of either CC or C&CC

Hope these help. there is not much in the immediate Manchester area tho it has brilliant train links. If you are anywhere in the Greater Manchester area you can buy a day rover train ticket for less than £3 per Adult. As many trains as you want all day. So you could go a little further afield than you think. Used to live in Oldham so will try to assist if you find somewhere and are not sure if covered by the ticket.

Good luck!!

hi my sis in law says this is a good site http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=4713

iv been on the site and they have good facilitys there is a town near by and they could have a train station i hope i pasted right its clitheroe canpsite at edisford bridge if you do a search

leesa

just checked there web site and there is a train station within 1 mile of campsite you could ring the site and they could tell you more

leesa

Quote: Originally posted by martymart on 12/10/2006

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hi my sis in law says this is a good site http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=4713

iv been on the site and they have good facilitys there is a town near by and they could have a train station i hope i pasted right its clitheroe canpsite at edisford bridge if you do a search

leesa

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Train station very close Map of United Kingdom | Multimap.com Trains hourly £7 return per adult. Last train 20.58from manchester

A great hotel is the Lancashire county Cricket Club if Man U are not at home. £44 per room pr night if you stay for 2. Can highly recommend, we use it 4/5 times a year to go watch the cricket. Its less than a 5 min wlk from the metro and buses in abundance to city centre Old Trafford Lodge Hotel - Manchester

Hi

Theres a campsite at hollingworth lake, littleborough, you can either walk to smithybridge or littleborough station or it would be approx 2 pounds in a taxi and the train takes 25 miniutes into Manchester Victoria.

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=2275

Thanks alot to all that replied after doing some research we are booked on to the Yew Tree Farm at Risley that Nanashirley reccomended.It is near to the train station and the lady really sounded helpful when i booked.

Thanks

Ann

Alternatively you could try a travelodge, there are several in the centre of manchester, sportscity one comes out at £46 for a double room for 3 nights, manchester central is £55. So may not work out much different than camping + rail/taxi fares

thats for one night not three nights so 55 x 3 =165 never paid that camping for three nights

 There is a site just outside Rivington Village nr Bolton, no Metro link from Bolton but excellent train service from Horwich, a small town next to Rivington