Cirencester Park access road

Posted on 07/08/2020 12:01 by Rufs

Agree to some extent re the pitches. There are a lot of narrow ones and some with undesirable slopes. The area known as millionaires row is fine, as is the huge grass area and all the new service pitches,

Just crossed Cirencester of my list of sites, can just see all those smug faces of those on millionaires row looking down on the peasants on the grass pitches with cars parked on the A frame , 

Posted on 07/08/2020 12:08 by moulesy

Rufs - it's not the vans on the grass that have to park cars across the front of the van, it's a lot of the older HS pitches. The grass pitches are great, in fact away from peak season they oftend just open alternate pitches and you have masses of space! 

Posted on 07/08/2020 12:11 by Rufs

thanks for update, may give it a shot, well provided you can get on, looks a good place for fido

Posted on 07/08/2020 10:14 by Takethedogalong

So, conclusion is that Club Sites need wide, smooth, almost straight access roads, with no one else on them to access “the adventure”. 🤔

 

Posted on 07/08/2020 11:53 by DavidKlyne

We may never know the saga of how we got here with this position regarding the access road. My understanding is that the campsite is on land owned by the Bathurst Estate. The land the old and the new access roads are on is owner by Cirencester College so they seem to call the shots. The new access road is not good for pedestrians but in fairness neither is the road from the site towards Cirencester Park. Perhaps the Club and the Bathurst Estate could come to an agreement to put a gate in the corner of the site near the first cattle grid to aid walkers going to the Park? Before going to the site last Sunday I had a look at my old dash cam footage and it is easy to forget how bad the old road was. My suggestion to the Club would be to have a discussion with the College about converting the old access road into footpath/cycleway with access at each end which would overcome the concerns about pedestrians getting caught up with traffic, not only from the club site but also the cricket/tennis clubs. I think it would also be an advantage to College students as well?

David

Posted on 07/08/2020 10:14 by Takethedogalong

So, conclusion is that Club Sites need wide, smooth, almost straight access roads, with no one else on them to access “the adventure”. 🤔

 

Posted on 06/08/2020 21:53 by eurortraveller

I've got four miles of narrow road to get in and out of the house - much of it single track, with unmarked passing places tucked into granite hedges  - to avoid milk tankers, muck spreaders, school buses and delivery vans in a hurry. It says something about the driving confidence of Club members that a few hundred metres of narrow road at Cirencester has produced over 320 posts on here so far.