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The Club CL site at Kings Orchard Marina on the Coventry canal is set in 20 acres of peaceful Staffordshire countryside close to the historic city of Lichfield. The marina has some 90 berths most of which will be taken up by traditional, brightly painted narrow boats - the floating caravans of Britain's unique canal heritage. There is an on site caretaker available to take your booking, direct you to your pitch and answer any questions you might have.
The CL site, which is level with grass pitches, is bordered by the canal on one side, and on the others by mature trees and has a fantastic view across the marina and far into the distance across open country. Water and electric hook ups are provided for each caravan or motor home, immaculate showers and toilets are a few steps away as is the Elsan disposal unit and there is a food preparation area at one end of the facilities building. Waste disposal facilities are provided. TV reception is good as is that for most mobile phone networks. Dotted around the beautifully landscaped, tree lined property are barbecues and seating areas free for all to enjoy. A secure gate leads onto the canal towpath offering pleasant walks in both directions. You will be provided with a key for this and other security gates for use during your stay.
There is a second larger facilities building housing the on site caretaker's office and shop selling maps, guide books, toilet chemicals, gas, coal and other items.
Kings Orchard Marina is close to many places of interest including The National Memorial Aboretum, the UK's centre of remembrance, Drayton Manor, home of Thomas the Tank Engine and many fantastic rides, Tamworth Castle, Foxfield standard gauge steam railway and the city of Lichfield with its 800 year old Cathedral. Ask our caretaker for guide books and directions to these and many other places worth visiting. Please note there is no public transport nearby.
If you are looking for somewhere special with plenty of space, peaceful and quiet and well away from the beaten track Kings Orchard Marina is for you. Sensibly priced with no irritating add ons for this that and the other, offering a warm welcome to adults, children and well behaved dogs from March to October with a terrific pub a short walk away and shops an easy car ride, we believe our newest CL site will appeal to all Caravan Club members looking to get away from it all and relax in the most tranquil of surroundings.
Fishing is also available from the Canal towpath (only with a licence).
Why not call our caretaker today and make a booking. You won't regret it!
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Latest arrival time: 5:00 PM
0.75 acres
Electric amperage: 16
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Sites key:
- Postcode:
- WS13 8SP
- GPS:
- Lat 52.689906 / Lon -1.780967
- OS field ref:
- SK150103
- OS map ref:
- 128
Transport links
- Buses go to: From Whittington to Lichfield
- Nearest train station: Trent Valley
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Lovely CL Site
Kings Orchard Marina
We stayed in June 2023 on the separate CL pitches. Good sized pitches in a horseshoe each with a tap and electricity pole. Plenty of bbqs and benches around for you to use if you haven’t brought your own.
Toilet block was clean and tidy no matter what time of the day we used them and plenty of space for dish washing etc.
We were on site for the Champion’s League final with a Manchester City Mad teenager who couldn’t possibly miss the match. We streamed it on the site WIFI with no issues.
Just beyond the toilet block is a gate giving access to the canal towpath and a short 10min walk takes you to The Plough pub which serves excellent food and had a great atmosphere.
We would be happy to go back!
weeks stay in August
Kings Orchard Marina
Our second visit to the CL site after 2 years, great place. Very convenient location, friendly and helpful staff with access to the marina facilities (spotless showers, thank you!) We hired the day boat for a first time outing on the canal, great fun and highly recommended. We also visited Tamworth Snowdome twice, nice and quiet at this time of year; Bletchley Park, which is about an hour and a half away and a walk along the canal to Fradley Junction. One tip, HS2 work was going on just out of sight on the other side of the canal between 0800-1600 during our stay. It is very loud and the only reason I had to mark down Peace and Tranquility. Not a huge problem for us as we were out most days but it may be worth checking with the Marina before your visit if you expect it to be a problem. Overall, great CL, we'll be back.
One to return to for us!
Kings Orchard Marina
Well we have just spent the most amazing weekend here! The weather just made it for us, as we were there during the UK's hottest day on record.
We found the site and the staff to be lovely. Nice, well kept CL surrounded by trees. The pitches in the private area reminded us somewhat of a French campsite; hedged and a little rustic, which we absolutely loved. Toilets and showers always clean and lots of bbqs dotted around the site. Some lovely walks around the area, including pretty canal towpath walks and great pub serving fab ales and food. Definitely a keeper for us!
Our favourite so far
Kings Orchard Marina
Did a 1 night stay without the kids as an extremely rare treat! We opted to stay on the CL part of the site, a small field at the top of the site. It was so quiet up there, surrounded by trees. 5 pitches in a horseshoe on grass. We had the first pitch and could see the boats from the bedroom window. There were full facilities, showers, toilets, washing up area, elsan point. Key for the towpath and a 10 minute walk brings you to a popular country pub. We sat in the sunshine in the beer garden and watched boats cruise down the canal, had lovely pizza, then strolled back for an extremely well rested night. We will definitely be back.
Lovely site and area, but a few issues..
Kings Orchard Marina
We arrived on the Thursday of the Jubilee weekend, with a booking that we had made in early March. On arrival, we were told quite sternly that we were not booked and that they had NO space for us, despite me producing an email confirmation of our booking… eventually, the staff ‘found’ a pitch for us as long as we didn’t mind sharing an electric post. We sited the van on the hard standing and immediately found lots of glass on the pitch. There were also large ruts from a vehicle on the grass area (which had not been mowed for a good couple of weeks) for the awning, making this area very bumpy. I reported this to staff who immediately came and cleared the glass. They were very good and apologised very much for the problems we had had. They charged us two nights for a three night stay by way of compensation, which we felt was more than generous.
The site itself is beautiful, right by the marina and is well laid out. Facilities are good and are cleaned regularly. The shop mainly sells boaty stuff, but you can get a few ice creams from there.
We’ll be back, but it won’t be at the top of our list. We ended up on the commercial part of the site, not the CL, which we were glad about as the CL is cramped and not in such a nice location.
Overall; 4/5, but only because of the issues we had on arrival and the small matter of a pitch with a lawn not cut literally for weeks, which at £23.50 a night is unforgivable.
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