Cycle network with campsites

[Matt-g]

hi

Anyone know if there are any online sustrans-like maps showing campsites please?

I'm planning a short tour around the Abergavenny / Brecon / Hereford using sustrans routes where possible and it would be nice to see if there any any campsites which would influence my route.

 

[andym]

Open Street Map shows campsites, as does Google.

I don't know of a cycle route-planning site that also shows campsites out of the box (which doesn't mean that there isn't one). I'd suggest a couple of ways:

- probably the easiest is to use Google Maps (maps.google.com). Search for 'campsite near Abergavenny'. You'll then get a map with campsites marked on it. Click on one that interests you and then when the box appears on the right-hand side of the screen click 'save'. Repeat until you've got a selection. You can then use Google's bicycle layer which shows cycle routes/bike-friendly roads and cycleways;

- download Garmin Basecamp and then download and install the maps for the UK (eg from openfietsmap.nl) . Then you can get it to find all the campsites and you can convert these to waypoints by clicking on them using the waypoint tool (there are other ways). This is more of a faff, but the OSM maps made for cyclists are better for highlighting cycle routes than Google.

 

[andrew_s]

http://cycle.travel/map is an Openstreetmap planner, and shows campsites when not zoomed out too far. You'd have to google the campsite details though.

 

[Richard Fairhurst]

I've just this week added 37,000 campsite listings to cycle.travel, thanks to the incomparable Archiescampings site (for UK/Europe) and to USCampgrounds.info (for North America). Very early days yet, but I hope they'll be useful. There's a phone number for each site.

You can see them by planning a route, then changing the dropdown on the left to 'Campsites' and clicking 'Find' - that'll show you all the campsites along the route. Or click a segment of the route and then 'Find accommodation' for places near that point.

Or for a bit of fun... use the 'Overnight' button on the front page to get route suggestions from your start point. It defaults to hotels so you get a page like this, but you can switch it to campsites, and change the route length.

 

[Matt-g]

Wow, thats just what ive been after.....thanks very much!

 

[F70100]

Hi @Richard Fairhurst

Very impressed with your site. I am a Safari user and do get the error message:

Due to a limitation in Safari, the raw file may appear on your screen: if so, choose Save in your browser to get the file.

I don't understand the workaround - can you elaborate?

 

[Richard Fairhurst]

Glad you like it!

I've been working (coincidentally) on the GPS downloads today and have changed the Safari issue slightly. It'll now download fine, but the file will be called 'Unknown'. Once it's downloaded, just rename to something appropriate - e.g. my_ride.gpx or tomorrows_ride.tcx, finishing with the right extension ('.gpx' or '.tcx') for the file - and you should be able to copy it over to a GPS, open it in BaseCamp etc.

 

[F70100]

Thanks Richard, I'll give it a whirl.

 

[andrew_s]

The sites that have "(CL)" after the name are CCC certificated locations rather than proper campsites. Those that have "(CS)" are CCC certificated sites for up to 5 caravans and/or 10 tents. Either may be caravan only, not having toilet facilities.
They are officially for CCC members only, and you may not get in if you aren't a member. This will depend on whether, as I expect, there's club insurance involved that only covers members, and, if so, whether the site owner knows or cares.
CCC == Camping and Caravan Club

Richard:
The "hotel£££, hotel££, hotel£, campsites" dropdown is showing white text on a white background for me (on chrome), apart from the active or under the mouse option with a blue background.

 

[Richard Fairhurst]

That's very weird - it's white on orange for me in Chrome (well, Chromium) for Mac. I guess you're using Windows?

(Just pushed a possible fix on the off-chance...)