by Joe Jeffrey
Camping and Caravanning Club teams up with Countryfile Live to offer ultimate immersive experience
The Camping and Caravanning Club has announced it is set to join forces with Countryfile Live as its official camping and caravanning partner, providing on-site camping and caravanning for the duration of the show set to take place between 4 and 7 August 2016.
Countryfile Live is an all-new event which aims to combine the tradition of the UK’s best county fairs with the high quality presentation of BBC One’s Countryfile programme, all set in the stunning stately home and grounds of Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. Taking place across four days, the event looks set to bring the very best of the British countryside to Blenheim Palace, offering something for all the family – including dogs.
Visitors to the show will be able to immerse themselves in every aspect of the British countryside and country living through live arena shows, talks, animal displays, hands-on activities and farming practices.
The event will also offer those in attendance the chance to get up close to Countryfile presenters as well as take advantage of over 600 food and craft producers.
200 standard grass pitches will be made available at the Club-operated campsite in the stunning Blenheim Palace estate, and visitors will be welcome to hitch and pitch up in caravans, motorhomes, tents and trailer tents with a host of site facilities on hand to make your stay as comfortable as possible.
Camping and Caravanning Club member services director, Darren Whittington, said: “Countryfile is a hugely popular show, and a hit with many of our members, so we’re over the moon to be joining forces with Countryfile Live and playing a key role in this inaugural event. The Club will exhibit at the show too, so we’re looking forward to meeting visitors to the event, and sharing with them the joys of camping with the Club.”
Tim Etchells, managing director of BBC Countryfile Live organisers SME London, said, ‘”We want to offer Countryfile Live visitors a great camping experience at the event – what better partner could we have to do so than The Camping and Caravanning Club?”
Visitors planning to camp onsite at Blenheim must purchase both a day ticket to Countryfile Live, which starts at £26.40 for adults, as well as camping for the four nights of the show which costs a further £150 (for up to two adults and two children). Additional adults incur a one-off fee of £20 per person and the pitch price is fixed at four days of camping though visitors are not required to stay for that length of time.
The price per pitch includes re-entry passes to Countryfile Live for the duration of the event, meaning that campers will have access to the full four days of Countryfile Live for the price of their day ticket and accommodation. For more information, click here
