BABLOCK HYTHE – CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING – 02/02/26 2:30am

The river levels dropped a bit over the weekend, but then came back up again, so essentially things have not changed much, and the park will continue to be closed to all visitors.

BABLOCK HYTHE – CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING – 29/01/26 9:15am

Due to all the recent rain, the river level is currently high and the water has now come on to the park. For safety reasons, the park is now closed to all visitors.

As per usual, the flooding is controlled by the locks upstream and downstream to manage the flow of water through Oxford, the park staff are on hand to monitor the situation, and we do not expect any caravans to be damaged.

BABLOCK HYTHE – NEW PARK MANAGER – 22/12/2025

We are pleased to announce we have a new park manager at Bablock Hythe, Callum Young, who started last week. Callum has a number of years experience working at holiday parks, including working for us previously at one of our south coast parks. We hope everyone can give Callum and his partner Vanessa a warm welcome to the park when it reopens in the New Year. We would also like to thank Sean for all the work he did as the temporary Bablock Hythe park manager over the last few months.

HIRE CARAVAN BOOKINGS FOR 2026 SEASON

Our hire caravan prices are now up on our web site and our head office phone line 01243 514433 (9am – 5.30pm Mon to Fri) is open to take bookings for the 2026 season. The following discounts are available:

• 10% discount off any booking of 2 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS OR MORE (maximum 4 weeks), or
• 10% discount off for FRIENDS & FAMILY of a caravan owner on one of our parks who wants their friends/family to come and stay on their park, or
• 10% discount off for all our CARAVAN OWNERS wishing to stay one of our other parks.

These discounts are available at the following parks:

• Thirkleby Hall near Thirsk in North Yorkshire
• Littondale in Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire (Glamping Pods)
• Bablock Hythe on the river Thames near Oxford
• Elliotts on Hayling Island on South Coast
• Itchenor near Chichester in West Sussex
• Grey Tower near Eastbourne in East Sussex

THIRKLEBY HALL – TELEPHONE PROBLEMS – 24/11/25

The park office landline is currently not working, and we are waiting for BT to come out and fix it. The park mobile was not working for a few days, but is now working and you can call the Park Manager on 07799 641815. If you are not able to contact the park staff, you can message us at head office using the Contact Us page on our web site, and we will pass your message on to them.

PARK VISITS DURING CLOSED WINTER PERIOD – 01/11/25

Please remember that caravans cannot be used on parks that are closed for the winter. Owners are permitted to make occasional visits to check on their caravans. But all winter visits must be requested in advance by calling the Park Manager to ask for permission to visit. He will ask you why you are visiting and agree a suitable time. Visits should be short. If the request is inconvenient or unreasonable, the Park Manager can refuse the request.

STATIC CARAVAN INSURANCE – 11/09/25

To help improve the competitiveness of the static caravan insurance quotes provided by our recommended insurance agent, we have now invited an additional insurance company to provide insurance quotes for static caravans on the following parks: Thirkleby Hall, Tollerton, Bablock Hythe, Itchenor, Grey Tower, Littondale, Treetops.

From today, static caravan owners can insure their caravans with either GoldPark or Compass.

If you are already with GoldPark, you should receive your renewal quote in October. But we have not given out any customer contact details to Compass. So if you want to get a quote from them, you will need to contact Compass directly on 0344 274 0277.

You are still permitted to use another insurance company. But as before, you will need to send us a copy of the certificate and pay a £36 admin fee.

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR ALL PARKS – MORCO WATER HEATER RECALL NOTICE – 21/01/25

Morco supplies boilers and water heaters to many of the UKs caravan manufacturers and have issued an urgent safety recall notice for the following water heater models – Primo 6 (MP6), Primo 11 (MP11), EUP 6  & EUP 11 – as they have identified a problem which could cause a gas leak to occur. These water heaters were produced from 2018 onwards and are generally installed in caravans which do not have central heating.

Please check your water heater. If you have one of these models, you are instructed to turn off the gas supply to the water heater immediately and not to use it. Then contact Morco to let them know if you want a replacement water heater or a £360 refund (so you can buy your own replacement water heater).

At this point we do not know how quickly they will provide replacements units, or pay the refund.

For more information on the issue, how to identify your water heater model type, and to request a replacement water heater or a refund, please visit the Morco web site.

ALL PARKS – CASH PAYMENTS – MAXIMUM £1,000 – 09/09/24

Due to the difficulty counting sticky plastic notes accurately, the risk of having cash stored in the office on the park for longer because most of the local bank branches have closed and because Barclays are now charging us more to process cash deposits than any other type of payment method, we will now be limiting all cash payments to a £1,000 maximum. Larger payments can be made by cheque or by bank transfer.