'; $subheader = ''; $content = 'Our Caravan Club 5 CL site is set amongst spectacular open parkland. Most pitches are on grass with some hard-standing. All pitches are widely spaced and flat. Each pitch has access to a top-quality modern bollard supplying 16 amp electricity, water and a night-light. Access is by a sweeping wide gravel driveway.

We have planted 10 acres of pasture as parkland with rare and handsome tree and shrub species. The other 6 acres of mainly oak, birch, rowan and beech woodland have been planted with unusual woodland species. We will be delighted to share gardening experiences with visiting gardening enthusiasts. Mown grass and moss paths wind their way through the woods and wildflower meadows. Visitors are free to enjoy the arboretum and use the woodland garden walks for personal or dog exercise.

And there’s more! We are immediately adjacent to over 300 acres of Forestry Commission - Ostler’s Plantation, with its highly popular and much used woodland rides. Also neighbouring us is the 185 acre Kirkby Moor Nature Reserve, predominantly of heathland and woodland and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

The plants at Oaklea have been specially selected to provide colour and interest all the year round. Spring time - bulbs, camellias, rhododendrons, azaleas, cherry and apple blossom all add to the first, fresh flush of leaves on the trees. Summer – herbaceous borders, roses, scented shrubs to attract butterflies and moths, trees clothed in various shades of green. Autumn – red oaks, beeches and maples firing-off in reds, oranges and yellows – our own ‘Mini New England’. Winter – tortuous hazel, pines, cedars, wellingtonias and many trees displaying their spectacular bark – river birch, eucalyptus, snake-bark maples. We have a good mixture of indigenous and more exotic species which complement each other. We have already planted about 650 different types of deciduous trees and shrubs and over 90 different species of conifers. New planting is always taking place. The carefully planted vistas, already a joy to behold, can only improve with time...

Oaklea is teeming with wildlife. Bird-lovers in particular will find Oaklea a paradise. We have all the common garden birds plus greater-spotted and green woodpeckers, nuthatches, tree creepers, nightingales, nightjars, woodcocks, tawny owls, barn owls, buzzards, sparrow hawks, jays, goldcrests, long-tailed tits, pied wagtails, swallows, cuckoos, pheasants, partridges, mallard ducks and more ... even a red kite in 2005! The Oaklea dawn chorus is a truly wonderful wake-up call!

It is said a picture is worth a thousand words, so we have compiled a collection of photographs of Oaklea to give you a better idea of why we love this place so much. Please look at our ‘Photo Gallery’.

Awards
 We are delighted to have been presented with the following awards as voted by members of The Caravan Club. Our sincere thanks to all who voted for Oaklea 5CL.
Ground Rules
 We do not wish to have an excessively long list of rules as we try to be flexible and relaxed in our approach to our visitors. Above all we would ask visitors to ‘do unto others as they would wish others do unto them’. Where relevant, Caravan Club rules apply on our site. More specifically we wish to draw your attention to the following points:
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