Camping & Caravan Club signs up it's 1,500th Certificated Site - Dyfed Shire Horse Farm, Pembrokeshire

Now this looks like one Certificated Site that AvailablePitch.com is going to HAVE to check out .........

The following is courtesy of the Camping and Caravan Club:

"Dyfed Shire Horse Farm in Pembrokeshire has become the 1,500th Certificated Site  (CS) affiliated to the Club.  The CS is in a secluded and picturesque area of the farm, which campers have free access to during their stay.  It's also a member of Farms for Schools, which means its facilities meet required standards for health and safety and educational resources.

Site owner Huw Murphy said "We were looking to diversify from our core business and noticed that a lot of our visitors were camping in the area.  As campers with two young children ourselves, we wanted to provide the sort of smaller, less commercialised site that we often look for when booking our own holidays".

Facilities include toilets and showers, a farm trail and an on-site shop where campers can pre-order breakfasts and lunches.

To book, call the site on 01239 891107 or visit www.siteseeker.co.uk"

AvailablePitch footnote:  To stay on this CS, you need to be a member of the Club, however, you can probably join on arrival at the site - check with the owner first. 

Above image courtsey of the Camping and Caravanning Club

Find the perfect Certificated Location or Certificated Site with AvailablePitch.com

Looking to get away at short notice? Want to find a late availability touring pitch at a delightful small site, away from the crowds, in a wonderful location? Looking for a campsite or caravan park with vacancies for Easter, May Day, Spring Bank Holiday or peak summer weeks? Why not give Certificated Sites or Certificated Locations - CLs and CSs - a try?

These sites often have vacant touring pitches when larger sites are full, and with AvailablePitch.com’s unique pitch finding service, you can quickly find and book your perfect site.

CL’s and CS’s are small sites for up to 5 caravans or motorhomes, and are licensed by the Caravan Club or Camping and Caravanning Club. CS’s also accept tents whereas the Caravan Club accepts caravans and motor homes (although pup tents are often allowed at the discretion of the site owner).

You need to be a member of the relevant Club to stay on one of these sites, however, their annual membership fees are so reasonable, and give access to such a huge range of benefits, that you will quickly re-coup the fee.

Some have only basic facilities – a minimum is fresh water and waste disposal, whilst others have hook-ups, toilets and showers and other facilities usually associated with larger sites.

These wonderful sites remind us what camping is all about, and can be found in a host of unusual places - on the coast, tucked away in a farmer’s field, behind a pub, in the grounds of a stately home, or on the edge of a town or city. On farm-based sites you can often see the animals, buy produce from the farm and unfailingly, all owners offer invaluable information about the area.

Dozens of CL’s and CS’s are featured on AvailablePitch.com, and using our "Search Availability" tool, you can instantly find 5 van sites with vacant pitches for this weekend, next month or your summer holidays.

In the future we will continue to visit many of these sites, and featuring them on our Blog!

Image is of Stanstead Hall Certificated Location, Suffolk