Site Description
Telephone: 01697 478571
Email: riversidetourer@gmail.com


Booking form page:
https://www.riverside-tourer-park.com/booking/form
Riverside
Tourer Park
is divided into 2 areas.

The
Caravan & Motorhome Club Certificated Location
      CL area
And the
  MILLRACE area,
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The   "CL"   (Certificated Location),  available to a total of five units belonging to Members of the Caravan and Motorhome Club.

We actually received notification from the C. & M.H. club that we'd been nominated and shortlisted for :        "CL of the year 2023". 

But apparently we didn't quite make it to the final.

(Some of our many regular clients have revealed they actually avoid voting for us as they don't want us to get too busy and well known).  

If you have stayed with us during this year, (2024), and you think we are worthy of the "CL of the Year award",  just go to:  camc.com/clnominate

The CL Area
We originally opened as a 5 van Caravan & Motorhome Club "Certificated Location" (CL) in 1997, and quickly gained popularity.  We had so many regulars requesting to come and stay with us that there were stages in the year when we were constantly having to turn down bookings as the 5 van capacity had been reached. 

We then, in 2003 applied for planning consent to develop our adjoining land to create extra pitches, which we now call the MILLRACE area, (which strangely, the Caravan & Motor Home Club has chosen to label as "an adjacent commercial site").

Since we opened the CL in 1997, we have had the pleasure of meeting and welcoming many wonderful people to Riverside. Some of them visit the site several times a year and have become close friends to us.

With the passage of time, many of the loyal originals have become too old to continue touring.   Sadly some are no longer with us.

The River Caldew
CARAVAN & MOTORHOME Club  CL area
has a large area of lawned grass along the whole length of the river edge, designed for all guests to share and enjoy the peace and tranquillity of the riverbank.                       

The dominating River Caldew and its tributary Beck, (Gillcambon) converge on the site, and are completely open and accessible to site users, and form over half of the perimeter.
Both the Gillcambon Beck and the River Caldew form the actual border of the Lake district National Park. Therefore the site is JUST outside the national park.
 Although the CL area is quite a large area, it only has 5 well spaced level and wide hard standing pitches, all with electric hook-ups.
(A 6th pitch is avaiable for car parking and emergency overlaps)

Not only do all the pitches face towards the river, but they are all, (sunny) south facing.

Discreet dusk-to-dawn lighting is provided over the whole of the site.

Mains water, waste and chemical disposal.  WC and FREE shower are laid on, to a unique and  warmly appraised rustic standard.
Due to the ever increasing popularity of the CL, we obtained planning permission on our adjoining land in 2003 to provide extra tranquil adult only pitches.

We named these pitches the "Millrace" area, which are available to non members, members of any club, and to Caravan Club Members who contact us to book after the CL area is fully booked to its capacity of 5.
The MILLRACE Area
The "Millrace" area is now widely used by Caravan & Motorhome Club Members who we could not accommodate on the "CL" area, at the time of booking, because of being full with the limited capacity of five. 

The "Millrace" is already a first choice with many regular clients because of its matured, & rather unique landscaping.

The "Millrace" is just the same low price as the "CL", but not tied to any Club, therefore Non-Members are welcome.
We would love to welcome "you" as a first time guest with the hope that the site brings you the same level of pleasure it's provided for our previous guests through the many years.
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The "MILLRACE" area.

We've gone a step further with the "Millrace" landscaping, and planted conifer hedges between all of the hard standing pitches.

These all year round hedges are now at a mature stage where they provide well appraised privacy screening.  The conifer hedges have also created a natural home to an abundance of various species native bird life. 
In addition to the function of a sun trap, the hedges also provide valuable shelter during periods of breeze or windy weather, which can be reassuring if you have an awning or canopy.
As full planning permission, (all year) was granted for this area, (in 2003) we are not tied to any club, so we can also offer it to Non-Members, as well as Caravan & Motorhome Club Members.     

We named it the "MILLRACE",  (after the water coarse from the Mill Dam sluice, to the water wheel of the Saw Mill).
We developed and landscaped the MILLRACE area in almost mirror image of the existing, (CL), with 10 well spaced pitches.

9 level and wide hard standings with privacy hedges, and one hard standing across grass, all river and, (sunny) south facing, with electric h/ups.

Again we have opened up the stretch of river bordering this land to provide complete access to site users.
The "Millrace" has proved to be very popular with Caravan Club members, and non members who enjoy the tranquillity of a small child free site.
The "Millrace" has no ties to any club, so it can also be used by non-members, and members of any club.
We've created a river edge picnic area, with table/benches and seats, under the canopy of the trees, designed for all guests, to use and enjoy. 

These table/benches are ideal for sitting out-doors to use the site's the Wifi internet access.

The River Caldew
We've also installed feeders for the now rare native RED squirrels. There's quite a vast range of wild bird life on or around the river.
The pre-1940's Mill Dam, (feeding the village Saw Mill, which our family ancestors owned and worked) used to be in this stretch of the river Caldew.                                                   
The Millrace, that fed the sawmill with its water power source from the dam in the river, once flowed through the lower edge of this land, hence our naming of this part of the site. 

The dam was irretrievably damaged by an extremely high river in the early half of the last century.  
The Millrace has its own filling/emptying area, which is very similar in design to the large Caravan Club sites you may be accustomed to, with just a few unique user friendly tweaks. 

The Millrace area has a separate WC and FREE shower.

Also a park-alongside Motor Van fill/Waste emptying point which is available to all site users.
For dog owners we have a small dedicated (flood lit) river edge dog walk area,
(handy for early morning and late evening loo-calls)
Dogs must be kept under strict control whilst on the site, and on a lead of not more than 3mtrs in length.  And please, NO games of fetch or ball games allowed on site.   It is very important that your dog does not invade other site users space. 

Any fouling should be picked up and placed in the dedicated bins.
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