{"id":7652,"date":"2026-06-13T18:44:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T17:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ridgwick.com\/touring\/?p=7652"},"modified":"2026-06-14T19:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:26:31","slug":"stanmore-hall-touring-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ridgwick.com\/touring\/stanmore-hall-touring-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanmore Hall Touring Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n \t<li>Date: 13th June 2026<\/li>\n \t<li>Nights: 7<\/li>\n \t<li>Pitch #: 98<\/li>\n \t<li>GPS: 52.527339, -2.378899<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sat: A 7.00am depart to pick up the &#8216;van. All went well, our neighbour seems to have gone, so we have an easy drive in and out without the motor mover, great! We made our way along the A1 and A19 as usual, although I took the more direct route through to the M6 by continuing on the A19 rather than diverting to the A689. I think this works well and seems a little quicker despite the traffic lights and speed restrictions. Something I will use for future trips I think. Our usual stop at Southwaite was fine, filled with fuel and then the journey South began. Time to chew some M6 \ud83d\ude42 All went fine, some usual road works and minor delays but we made good progress. Cath wanted to stop a little earlier than the planned Keele stop, so we pulled in to Charnock services, only to fine there wasn&#8217;t really any space to park, even the HGV&#8217;s only had a few spots to reverse into to, so we gave this a miss and headed for our original plan of Keele. Having done this, the h=journey to the site wasn&#8217;t far away, so following a few potholed roads we arrived at Stanmore Hall Touring Park. Check in was good and informative. We were shown to our pitch by a warden on his bike which is always nice, aka C&amp;CC style! I had opted for a grass pitch, which I&#8217;m pleased I did as the pitch we got, 98 &#8211; was a gem! Set-up was gentle, as we were both suffering with health. I&#8217;d torn my back lifting slabs from the water mains works to get the new K51 on the drive and Cath was suffering from spinal nerve compression, so we were both a bit of a mess! Anyhow, we got sorted as usual and enjoyed what was a good pitch and site. A fish and chip van parked next to us for the Saturday night food van, Cath enjoyed a sample of this for tea, whilst I enjoyed my normal chips &amp; nuggets!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sun: Weather still good, a trip to the Telford Steam Railway was on the cards. This was a 20 minute drive away, so a relaxed start to the day, as trains were provided from 11am onward, We arrived and parked up in what was a rather empty car park. We then bought our tickets and explored the site. It&#8217;s all very nice, but the information was a little hard to grasp with what happens and where. A little more information on the leaflet in terms of diagrams and maps would be helpful. There was no steam running today, so we made do with a pacer. There was supposed to be a steam tram running, but this never came to fruition. Following this, we had a brake van trip, which was short to say the least. We made time for a drink and saw the model railway as well, so a good trip all in all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: 13th June 2026 Nights: 7 Pitch #: 98 GPS: 52.527339, -2.378899 Sat: A 7.00am depart to pick up the &#8216;van. 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