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To help you make the most of your VW Campervan hire journey we have included a range of links below including places to stay and eat.
For more in-depth guides, ideas and inspiration on where to travel have a look at our Travel Guides
The Camping & Caravan Club
As part of the Camping and Caravanning Club’s Privilege Scheme you have access to over 110 participating campsites, at discounted rates, throughout the duration of your hire period.
Comprehensive UK camping, campsite and camping equipment website.
Another camping directory site, this one makes up in sheer detail what it lacks in charm.
Another recommended campsite finder. This link takes you straight to the 'England' tab, but you can change countries using the tabs at the top if you fancy a quick trip to Wales or Scotland
The online authority on camping near our fabulous British beaches. Absolutely essential.
Pitchup.com is a great resource for finding campervan pitches on campsites in the UK
North Devon Camping.
Here's Visit Hampshire and Heritage Britain's listing page for places of natural beauty and historical and cultural interest around Hampshire.
Days Out With The Kids has a ton of ideas for fun places to take a younger family around Hampshire, and Hampshire Top Attractions is a website devoted to things to do in Hampshire, for kids, families or adults, with a list of possible itineraries, and various vouchers and special offers.
If you want to research your own ideas for outings and activities while visiting Sussex, you could do worse than starting with Visit Sussex, and then popping onto National Heritage for information on historical and cultural places of interest.
This is Heritage Britain's listing page for places of historical and cultural interest around Berkshire. Visit Newbury also covers the surrounding area in Berkshire and is well worth a look.
This page at Visit Southeastern England is very handy, with an extensive and descriptive list of places to visit in Berkshire. Days Out With The Kids also has a page for Berkshire. Check out Legoland, or maybe The Look Out Discovery Centre.
If you want to research your own ideas for outings and activities while visiting Sussex, you could do worse than starting with Visit Sussex, and then popping onto National Heritage for information on historical and cultural places of interest.
If you're going away with family, pop onto Days Out With The Kids for ideas about what to do with the children East Sussex and West Sussex during the day. There's Drusilla's, rated the number one attraction in the country only last year, the world of the Hundred Acre Wood recreated in Pooh Corner in Hartfield, the Arundel Wetland Centre's conservation areas, or the excitement of Smuggler's Adventure in Hastings.
Then there's Borde Hill Garden in Hayward's Heath, with amazing views stretching across a majestic 200 acres. You could contact So Sussex and arrange for a course in fly fishing, or to go hiking or kayaking. Or there's fifty years of steam-powered history at Bluebell Railway.
Check out Visit Surrey if you're thinking about looking into your own activities while you're away. And of course there's always Heritage Britain to fill you in on places of historical and cultural interest.
Days Out With The Kids is our favourite site for activities for all the family. Just check out some of these activities and outings. there's the double theme park whammy of Chessington and Thorpe Park, penguins, parrots, owls, ostriches and more at Birdworld, and the caving thrills and spills of Craggy Island, to mention only a few.
The magnificent grounds of Loseley Park, the Kew Royal Botanical Gardens. there's something to see everywhere.
Have a wander around Visit Kent and Heritage Britain here, see if there's anything historical or cultural that takes your fancy.
Days Out With The Kids has over eighty idea for activities and outings for family fun in Kent. There's Hunt Fun, to organise exciting treasure hunts around Canterbury. climbing rough n' tumble with Treejumpers. or Manic Monsters if you want to tire out the tykes for a while.
If you fancy having a look around some exciting military history, try Chislehurst Caves, with their hourly guided tours of the “mystery and history beneath your feet.”
This is Heritage Britain's listings page for places of natural beauty and historical and cultural interest around Buckinghamshire. Visit Buckinghamshire also covers the surrounding area and is a good basic reference site if you fancy putting together your own itinerary.
Days Out With The Kids is a wonderful reference site for activities and outings for families and children. Their Buckinghamshire page has such listings as Gulliver's Land theme park in Milton Keynes, or the Roald Dahl Museum in Great Missenden. And for a special treat, the Hell-Fire Caves in West Wycombe gives you a fun little taste of spookiness.
Visit Oxford & Oxfordshire's page is an excellent starting place if you're planning to visit the area, and for details of places of historical and cultural interest, you really need to check out Heritage Britain's page on the county.
Check out Days Out With The Kids for a pretty exhaustive list of activities and outings for all the family - like Project Timescape in Little Wittenham for a little educational insight into archaeology and paleontology, or the amazing Outdoor Laser experience in Oxford (we wanna go again!).
Visit Dorset and Heritage Britain's pages about Dorset are an excellent place to start for information on places of cultural interest and natural beauty.
Days Out For The Kids' Dorset page lists many fantastic activities and adventures, from the amazing Monkeyworld (seriously, as good as it sounds) to The Dinosaur Museum in Dorchester.
Dorset For You has a range of interesting pages and links, from beaches to market days and farmers' markets. If you're more visually oriented (or you're just tired of reading endless text), check out Visit Dorset TV - it has a range of videos featuring places to go and things of interest in Dorset. And Hidden Dorset is a lovely little site, beautifully written, full of interesting links and pages.
Here's Visit Wiltshire and Heritage Britain's listing pages for places of historical and cultural interest and natural beauty around Wiltshire.
Days Out With The Kids' Wiltshire page is an interesting read - look out for Longleat Safari & Adventure Park, or perhaps Lydiard Park.
And there's always the timeless, awe-inspiring Stonehenge, or the three stone circles at Avebury.
Visit Somerset and Heritage Britain have excellent pages to start browsing around for ideas about places of cultural or historical interest.
Days Out With The Kids is fantastic for ideas for activities and days out - there's Britain's most famous caves at Wookey Hole, and the amazing Middlemoor Waterpark.
Cheddar Village suggest that you use their beautifully picturesque village as a base for exploring Somerset, and after visiting their site it's hard to disagree.
Here's the site for the county's Heritage Britain page - with a wealth of ideas for places of interest in Gloucestershire.
Our old favourite, Days Out With The Kids, has a huge list of places to go and things to see - like the model village at The Old New Inn in the village of Bourton-On-The-Water, or Horseworld in Whitchurch.
Then there's the official Cotswolds website or how about the Royal Forest of Dean?
Visit Devon and Heritage Britain both boast a fantastic range of ideas of places of natural beauty and historical importance.
Days Out With The Kids has around a hundred wonderful ideas for family-friendly outings, from the all-round fun of Cockington Court, to the tree-top adventure of Go Ape! in Haldon, to the Milky Way Adventure park, to the Miniature Pony Centre in Dartmoor.
And of course there's always the stunning countryside and wilderness of Dartmoor itself.
Cornwall Tour is a simple, easy to navigate site detailing the ancient county of Cornwall, all magnificent coastlines, winding roads, small towns and villages. Heritage Britain's page, meanwhile, mostly details places of historical and cultural interest.
Days Out For The Kids has the usual vast list of activities for all the family - like going on a treasure trail, or visiting Bodmin Moor Wildlife Park.
Or there's always the astonishing Lost Gardens Of Heligan, the breathtaking Tintagel Castle or the National Seal Sanctuary.
Cyclexperience bike hire are based in Brokenhurst in the New Forest and have been established since 1993.They have vast experience of the Forest, the cycle routes, the secrets and the best technology to get you around, safely. As well hiring out bikes you can hire out helmets and cycling clothing. They have nearly 300 bikes at our disposal so can cater for large groups and small. For further details see www.newforestcyclehire.co.uk
Want to get some Surfing tuition then the nearest surf school is Surf Steps, Bournemouth Surf School, situated on Bournemouth beach, 500m from Boscombe pier. You find their site here - http://www.bournemouthsurfschool.co.uk
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