Cycling English canal walks with camp sites.

[Foxy1956]

Sue and I like cycling and disability scootering along canals. We like St Neots and want to discover other sites on canals. We've been to St Quentin in northern France and Edam in The Netherlands. Any ideas welcome. Thanks.

 

[Chris]

Devizes is a nice site for that. Camping and Caravan club I think.

 

[xsparks]

Bradford on Avon c&cc thl.

 

[BobtheBass]

Did you know Edam is the only cheese that's made backwards?

 

[MC 55 FUN]

Bath Marina Caravan Park.

https://bathcaravanpark.com/

 

[Janine]

Cotton Arms, Wrenbury in Cheshire

http://www.cottonarmswrenbury.co.uk/

 

[Debs]

Just off J27 of the M5, camc affliated. a couple of pubs within walking distance and a railway station

http://www.minnowstouringpark.co.uk

 

[42208]

Devizes is a nice site for that. Camping and Caravan club I think.

Stayed there 2 weeks ago, easy access to canal and great walking (plus pubs)

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[Stealaway]

This site could be useful -- http://narrowboatinfo.co.uk/canal-videos/

The map shows the narrow canals in green, they would be the easiest to walk - I would recommend the Oxford or Caldon from Stoke.

The Macclesfield and the Shropshire Union canals are also wonderful to walk. The Macc has those amazing Snake Bridges

 

[Silver-Fox]

This site could be useful -- http://narrowboatinfo.co.uk/canal-videos/

The map shows the narrow canals in green, they would be the easiest to walk - I would recommend the Oxford or Caldon from Stoke.

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The Macclesfield and the Shropshire Union canals are also wonderful to walk. The Macc has those amazing Snake Bridges

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What a fantastic piece of building, love it

 

[KUSKUS]

Llangollen and Chirk have sites on the canal.
Llangollen has a bit of everything , river, canal , Interesting steam railway , nice pubs and restaurants .
Lovely walks up to the old castle.

 

[ufitsy]

Grindley Brook, canal and campsite together near Whitchurch just off A41

 

[two]

The Chesterfield Canal, just North of Clumber Park (C&MC) site is pretty and the towpath very well-maintained.

 

[Stealaway]

Llangollen and Chirk have sites on the canal.
Llangollen has a bit of everything , river, canal , Interesting steam railway , nice pubs and restaurants .
Lovely walks up to the old castle.

And you can have a walk over this - if you don't mind heights


Telfords Pontcysyllte aquaduct

 

[bladerunner]

Brecon campsite is close to the lovely canal. Some good pubs nearby.

 

[Cal54]

Bridge House Marina, Garstang, Lancashire. Adjacent to the canal and loads of pubs/eateries in Garstang.

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[Manic]

Overwater marina if a CMC member.
http://www.overwatermarina.co.uk/

 

[Zigisla]

We like the waterways and having the MH has enabled us to explore even more. A quick search turned up Broken Link Removed. Not used any myself, but have been to some of those already mentioned above.
Also look at BritStops as many of those are near the canals.

 

[stonflo]

we are going to see the Falkirk Wheel from a site just south of Linlithgow. The forth /clyde canal runs from Linlithgow towards Falkirk.
I made enquiries and it appears to quite rideable even for a road byke. there are some videos of the canal path on Utube

 

[old-mo]

http://tudorcaravanpark.com/

Out the entrance of the campsite and you are on the tow path..

Lovely Camp Site and a pub/restaurant at the entrance...

And right on the canal a cafe where you can sit and have a Full English breakfast for about a £5... sit outside and watch the "Swing Bridge" and all the various boats go by...

 

[Chrisy]

Camping du Logis Brittany. Canal 300 metres with excellent surfaced towpaths.

 

[olley]

New mills marina campsite, you overlook the old canal basin.

 

[trophychap]

Bath Marina - towpath was overgrown narrow and muddy in places when we went but it was while ago so may have been improved. There were also impatient cyclists some of whom crept up behind us without ringing their bell to warn us - seemed to think it was their right of way. More recent visitors will be able to advise the current state of it.

 

[Pia]

http://tudorcaravanpark.com/

Out the entrance of the campsite and you are on the tow path..

Lovely Camp Site and a pub/restaurant at the entrance...

And right on the canal a cafe where you can sit and have a Full English breakfast for about a £5... sit outside and watch the "Swing Bridge" and all the various boats go by...

this is a lovely site.....we were there a couple of weeks ago just before the snow....visiting family in Stroud

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[Polar bear]

The canal du midi in France has several campsites and Aires most of the Aires are free.

 

[deleted-member02]

http://tudorcaravanpark.com/

Out the entrance of the campsite and you are on the tow path..

Lovely Camp Site and a pub/restaurant at the entrance...

And right on the canal a cafe where you can sit and have a Full English breakfast for about a £5... sit outside and watch the "Swing Bridge" and all the various boats go by...

We also visited a couple of weeks ago.
The site's comparable to any CMC site that we've visited.
Pub food was pretty decent and they serve Dorset Gold (lovely pint imo)
Slimbridge Wetland Centre is an easy 15 minute walk away

 

[Figaro]

Overwater marina if a CMC member

Nice walk into Audlem from there or water taxi in the summer.

 

[two]

Overwater marina if a CMC member.
http://www.overwatermarina.co.uk/

They now run a site, open to all, as well as the CL.

 

[Neilfg]

Wigrams campsite at the junction of the Grand Union and Oxford canals, good walk, boatyard and marinas nearby, pub up the road.

http://wigrams.net/

Can be very busy as they bend the 5 van rule, but nice quiet location outside busy periods. Stayed twice so can't be too bad.

Love Devizes, good one if you like cycling as nice wide towpaths and pubs in all directions

 

[dulvil]

Braunston marina 5 van site. Grove lock marina at Leighton buzzard.three magpies at sells green Manor road farm long itchington, about 1/2 mile from canal or on the canal the blue lias pub