Adults only CLs how old is 'Adult'?

Probably best to check with CL owners on an individual basis, as age ranges can vary. There are an awful lot of CLs that are not AO though. Hope you find something to suit.

Very sensible advice from ttda. Often the reason for adults only is the CL insurance, unfenced water etc.  I don't mind sharing sites with well behaved children, sadly you can't advertise for that .  In fact I don't mind sharing sites with well behaved adults either. Again you can't put that in your advert!

Most AO CLs are over 18. A few, very few, say over 16. I'm afraid you'll struggle to find one that considers a 14 year old adult. 

Just imagine the complaints there'd be if someone saw a quiet sensible 14yo on an AO CL 

It's market forces and the recommendation of the CC CL inspector that is behind the decision to go AO. Not deep water or machinery etc 

Thanks for the advice, I'll check with the individual CLs. We've stayed on loads of CLs but sometimes when I search for a CL that takes dogs & has toilets / showers I end up with only adults only options.

Jay ESS, do you believe the CL inspectors are encouraging CL owners to go adults only ? For what reason?

I agree that it would be a minimum of 16 or 18.  Whilst your 14 year old might be well behaved and have been brought up to consider others on site, this could not be said of all, hence having the same rule for all.  Having said that, to be honest we have only ever come across children on two of the CLs we have been on, hence we don't particularly look for adult only.  Whilst the children were no bother generally, on both occasions they were outside early at around 8am and struggled to keep their voices down (not a complaint, just an observation).    Hence if there was more children we would look for adults only ( not because we don't like children, just because we like to relax a bit more and the dog is disturbed less so we want a site that is conducive to this).  If I had booked an adult only CL to be honest I would be annoyed to find children there.

Out of interest would you mind me asking which  area are  you looking in Gareth?  I don't think there are that many adults only where we look (north east, cumbria, N Yorks)?

Gareth, A CL owner told me that the recommendation to be AO came from the Inspector. I doubt very much that they are the only one.

My children prefer smaller quieter sites and are rarely seen outside the van.  Finding a CL in the ideal location and then discovering it's AO is infuriating.  I just cross them out in the handbook when it arrives but I do wish the website search allowed us to exclude AO sites. Ticking child friendly doesn't get the same result. 

Jayess, after 18 months of CL searching (I use the website) I only noticed the "child friendly" icon the other day, showing either the infrequency of it's use or my lack of observation (I suspect the former).  Would it be worthwhile contacting the Club and asking them to encouarage CL owners to use this icon if they are not adult only.  Alternatively, do CL owners have their own Facebook group and if so you could message them and ask them to use the forum to encourage their owners to use the icon.  This could maybe help with a more productive search in the future.

I've raised it with the Club Tracey but there's been no change. 

There's a big difference between child friendly and accepting under 18s on site. Child friendly is really aimed at primary age I think. Teenagers aren't the same thing at all (interested in wifi and social media on site according to the Club Council Report but that's a whole other discussion on how far out of touch the CC is with members needs )

I won't be using CLs at all soon so will have to leave others to take up the fight for a decent search facility 

Adults only CL's generally mean over 18 .  There are a few exceptions.  The CC club sites are a much better option for those with children.  

K