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The Camping and Caravanning Club is a not-for-profit membership organisation with over 600 staff and a turnover of more than £50 million. The club's governing body is the National Council, comprising 18 elected councillors, 15 appointed councillors, 7 section advisory officers, the chair of the National Youth Committee, and the honorary treasurer, a total of 42 individuals, all of whom are ...
Thomas Hiram Holding Outside his tent. Thomas Hiram Holding (c. 1844 – 1930 [1]) was a British tailor and often considered the founder of modern camping.He wrote the first edition of The Camper's Handbook in 1908 and founded the Association of Cycle Campers, now the Camping and Caravanning Club.
The Club is a member of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), an organisation that represents the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users. The Club has over 900 staff and an annual turnover of over £100 million. [2] The Caravan and Motorhome Club represents nearly one million tourers.
The Caravan Club has 1 million members in Europe with around 200 self-owned campsites and over 2,500 third party certificated locations, more commonly known as CL sites. The Camping and Caravanning Club is a non-profit organisation which has been running for over a century and has over 400,000 members and 100 campsites in the United Kingdom. [1]
The International Federation of Camping Clubs (Fédération Internationale de Camping et de Caravanning) was founded in 1932, and national clubs from many countries affiliated with it. By the 1960s, camping had become an established family holiday standard, and today, campsites are widespread across Europe and North America.
In addition to a visitor centre with office, shop and information point the park contains a campsite managed by the Camping and Caravanning Club. [3] There is also a seasonal miniature railway with a 1 km track and at the highest point stands the Strangford Stone (Millennium Stone), the tallest megalith in Ireland which was erected in 1999 using the power of 1000 volunteers. [4]
Halfway between the village and Moira, less than a mile to the east, is the Conkers activity park, the National Forest youth hostel and a Camping and Caravanning Club site all in Leicestershire, close by also to the hamlet of Short Heath (in Derbyshire). The village was part of West Goscote Hundred in Leicestershire for most of its history.
Nearby across Bridge Street by the bridge, to the north of this, is the Chertsey Camping and Caravanning Club Site [41] There is another camping site at Laleham Park on the opposite bank of the Thames. Annually, in early August, the Chertsey Agricultural Show is held here. [42]