Campsite facilities

 

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Access and security

Access to the site is via one mile of forestry track. For security, vehicular access is controlled by a combination lock, (number supplied on booking) at the top of the track, and a barrier at the entrance to the site itself. The lower barrier is locked between 22.30 and 08.00.
Please close and/or lock the barriers behind you.
The site manager lives on site and is available from 08.00 - 09.00 and 18.00 to 22.30, most of the day at weekends and when the site is busy. There is a land line telephone in the manager’s accommodation which is available for EMERGENCIES ONLY.
Please be aware that the site location at the bottom of the valley means that reception for mobile phones is very poor. There is no electricity supply to the site. The manager’s house and toilet blocks operate on solar power only, and the bunkhouse on a generator.

Shower/WCs

There are now two toilet/shower blocks which both run on solar power. Toilet paper and soap are not provided.

The original block, in the middle of the site has no public facilities and all doors have security coded locks. The long promised toilet block at the downstream end of the site, (turn left at the barrier and proceed beyond the bridge) has finally come through all the funding and planning difficulties and was constructed over the winter of 2007/8.

The new block has 3 unisex cubicles, toilet, urinal, wash basin, with coded locks for the use of the young people and leaders on site only. There are 2 unisex shower cubicles, again with coded locks for site users only. These are solar powered. Young people will need to be made aware of their constraints, i.e. even in the best of weather it is unlikely that they will be very warm first thing in the morning! However the evening should be a good time for showers as long as the users are not too profligate. All cubicles in the new block have disabled access.

The toilet cubicle facing the river is dedicated for public use, and does not have a coded lock. Campsite users asked by members of the public about access to either of the campsite toilet blocks should direct them to this cubicle.

Water

Drinking water is available from points throughout the site.

Rubbish

All rubbish must be put into disposal bags (not provided), securely tied and placed in the rubbish skips.

Open fires

There is a hearth on each field. Open fires are permitted if the fire is contained within the specified diameter of the hearth. Firewood is provided at £5 per fire, in lengths that require cutting
There is a sawing and cutting area on site, but groups need to provide their own saw and axe and supervise young people.
Groups may cook on open fires, but if they need more than one hearth per field they will need to use altar fires. Prices for cooking fires are available on booking.