UK Naturist Information - FAQ
Richard Linsley Hood
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Summary: This posting is a list of Clothing Optional or Naturist sites in
the UK. It is not a definitive list of Clothing Optional/Naturist
locales, and postings to uk.rec.naturist adding to it, asking
about other such locales or presenting "trip reports" to such
locales are highly encouraged, as is email to the address below.
Originator: rich...@dakal.demon.co.uk
Last-modified: Oct 20 18:34
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N.B.
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Nothing in this document is intended to imply or suggest that approval
of, or suitability of, any of the below is given. Peoples' needs and
views differ, so if you are interested then try one and see if it suits
you. If it does not, then try somewhere else. There are over 175
naturist venues listed, at least one should be what you are looking
for.
Contacts:
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Central Council for British Naturism
30-32 Wycliffe Road
Northampton
NN1 5JF
Tel: 01604 20361
Fax: 01604 230176
CCBN Membership (1995)
Single - UKP 15
Couple - UKP 18
Over 65 - Single UKP 13 / Couple UKP 15
Children - 0 to 15 free (as part of family)
16 to 17 UKP 3 "
18 to 25 in full time education - ask
Beaches:
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The beach list below is not definitive, nor does it imply that the
beaches are 'official'. At some you will find a only few people
there occasionally, others may be quite busy.
England
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Barrow: Roanhead
Cornwall: Berepper, Helston
Cornwall: Flexbury, Bude
Cornwall: Pednevounder, Treen
Cornwall: Perranporth
Cornwall: Polgaver Bay, Carlyon Bay
Cornwall: Vault Beach, Dodman Point, Gorran Haven
Cumbria: Drigg Dunes, Ravenglass
Devon: Budleigh Salterton
Devon: Pilchard Cove, Dartmouth
Devon: Saunton Sands
Devon: Seaton
Devon: Slapton Sands
Devon: Petit Tor, Torquay
Devon: Weston Mouth Beach, Sidmouth
Devon: Wild Pear Beach, Combe Martin
Dorset: Durdle Door, Lulworth
Dorset: Studland, near Poole
Essex: St Osyth, Clacton-on-Sea
Hampshire: Calshot
Isle of Man: The Ayres, Point of Ayre
Isle Of Wight: near Blackgang Chine
Kent: Leysdown East Beach, Isle of Sheppy
Kent: Swalecliff Long Rock, Whitstable
Kent: Sandwich Bay
Kent: Shakespeare Cliff, near Dover
Kent: Folkstone Cliff, Folkstone
Humberside: Spurn Head, Easington
Lincolnshire: Saltfleetby Dunes, Mablethorpe
Mersyside: Formby
Mersyside: Sefton Sands, Ainsdale
Norfolk: Hokham Bay, Wells
Norfolk: Waxham
Norfolk: Winteron Dunes, Great Yarmouth
Northumbria: Ross Back Sands, Bedford
North Yorks: Cayton Bay, Scarborough
North Yorks: Fraisthorpe Sands, Bridlington
Suffolk: Gunton Sands, Lowestoft
Sussex: Beachy Head
Sussex: Brighton East Beach
Sussex: East Dean
Sussex: Fairlight Cove, Hastings
Sussex: West Hove (Portslade)
Scotland
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Strathclyde: Ardeer
Strathclyde: Cleat's Shore, Lagg, Isle of Arran
Wales
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Dyfed: Pembry Forest, Kidwelly
Gwynedd: Morfa Dyffryn
Gwynedd: Porth Neigwl, Llanengan
Lleyn
West Glam: Bantam Bay, Gower Peninsular
Open Clubs/Swims/Saunas:
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These venues do not require membership to enter, or allow membership
at little or no extra cost. They are also open to all - single,
couples, male or female. Some restrictions may apply at some times.
Hampshire: Naturally, Solent Health Club, Lodge Rd, Southampton
Sun 19:30 - 24:00 (18+)
Kent: Eureka, Longfield
Tel: 01474 704418
London: Rios, Kentish Town
Tel: 0171 485 0607 (18+)
Sussex: Bristol Gardens Health Spa, Brighton
Tel: 01273 698904 (18+)
Membership Clubs:
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These clubs require membership, either of the club or of CCBN, to
enter and often have restrictions concering singles. If interested
contact CCBN, at the address above, who should be able to help
further.
Avon: Tara Club, Chipping Sodbury
Berkshire: Heritage, Crowthorne
Cambridge: Cambridge Outdoor Club, near Ely
Cornwall: Southleigh Manor Holiday Club, St Columb
Durham: Greenacres Club, near Durham
Hampshire: BDOC, Ringwood
Hampshire: South Hants Sun Club, Fareham
Isle of Wight: Valerian Sun Club, Ryde
Kent: Silverleigh, West Kingsdown
Kent: The Naturist Foundation, Orpington
Kent: White Horse Camping & Outdoor Club, Maidstone
Manchester: Mancunian Naturist Club
Manchester: Manchester Sun and Air Society
Norfolk: Broadlands, near Norwich
Norfolk: Merryhill, near Norwich
Northumbria: Tando
Notts: Nottingham Sun Club
Shropshire: Telford Naturist Club, Telford
Surrey: Haslemere Sun Club, Haslemere
Surrey: Surrey Downs Sun Club, Woking
Sussex: Aztecs, Crawley
Sussex: Shabden
Sussex: The Brighton Sun Club, near Brighton
Yorkshire: White Rose Club, York
Yorkshire: Valley Club, Harrowgate
Swims and Saunas:
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Membership of a club or CCBN may be required and card checks may be
made. Telephone before visting, on the number supplied, to obtain
information on the club as well as the facilities provided.
England
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Avon: Aquasol Swimming Club, Bristol
Wed 19:30 - 20:30
Tel: 01749 673596
Bedfordshire: Blackthorns, Bedford
Sun 18:45 - 19:45 (Oct - Mar only)
Tel: 01344 54203
Berkshire: Bracknell Mixed Swin & Sauna Club, Bracknell
Sun 19:00 - 21:30
Tel: 01344 54203
Berkshire: Reading Naturist Swim, Reading
Thu 20:15 - 21:30
Tel: 01344 56832
Berkshire: Slough Swim Club, Slough
Tue 21:00 - 22:15
Tel: 01628 603921
Bucks: Bletchley Leisure Centre, Bletchley
Sat 18:00 - 20:00 (Oct - Mar only)
Tel: 01908 376757
Cambridgeshire: Croft Country Club, Peterborough
Sun 20:15 - 21:45 (3 weekly from Sept 25th)
Tel: 01733 63581 (Dave)
Cambridgeshire: Far East Naturist Swim, Cambridge
Sat 19:00 - 20:00
Tel: 01502 512497
Cheshire: Wirral Naturist Club, Chester
Sat 18:30 - 22:00
Tel: 01942 720141
Cornwall: Far West Sun Club, Newquay
Tue 19:00 - 22:00 (not Jul/Aug)
Tel: 01579 62580
Cornwall: Far West Sun Club, Redruth
Sat 19:00 - 22:00 (not Jun/Jul/Aug)
Tel: 01579 62580
Cornwall: Far West Sun Club, St Austell
2nd Sat 18:00 - 21:00
Tel: 01579 62580
Cornwall: Far West Sun Club, St Columb
Wed 19:00 - 22:00 (not Aug)
Tel: 01579 62580
Cumbria: Lakeland Outdoor Club, Dalton-in-Furness
2nd Sat 19:15 - 22:00 (Sep to Apr)
Tel: 01229 582564
Debyshire: Derwent Leisure, Heanor
Sat 19:30 - 20:30 (monthly)
Tel: 01332 883002
Debyshire: Spireoaks Leisure, Chesterfield
Sauna Sun 14:30 - 17:00, Swim alt Fri 21:00 - 22:00
Tel: 01246 863344
Devon: Larches Club, Exeter
Sat 19:00 - 20:30 (monthly)
Tel: 01392 215585
Devon: Sunwest Club, Ivybridge
3rd Sat 19:00 - 22:00
Tel: 01752 336038
Devon: Sunwest Club, Plymouth
2nd Sat 19:00 - 22:00
Tel: 01752 336038
Devon: Sunwest Club, Torrington
Tel: 01752 336038
Devon: Torbay Sun Club, Paignton
2nd Sat 19:00 - 22:00
Tel: 01626 832694
Devon: Torbay Sun Club, Totnes
Sun 17:00 - 19:00
Tel: 01626 832694
Dorset: South Western Outdoor Club, Dorchester
Tel: 01300 320861
Dorset: Wimborne Sun Club, Wimborne
Sun 16:30 - 18:00 (Sep - Apr)
Tel: 01202 842239
Essex: Archadians, Brentwood
Sat 18:30 - 22:00
Write c/o CCBN
Essex: Springwood Sun Club, Colchester
3rd Sat 18:15 - 22:00
Tel: 01206 824113
Essex: Stanway
Sat 15:00 - 16:00
Tel: 01255 221106
Essex: Witham Sauna Group, Witham
2nd & 4th Sat 18:00 - 22:00
Tel: 01473 728219
Gloucs: Costwold Swim, Gloucester
Sat 19:00 - 21:30
Tel: 01242 527338
Gloucs: Costwold Swim, Newent
1st Sat 19:00 - 21:30
Tel: 01513 821532
Gloucs: Skin Deep, Cheltenham
Fri 21:00 - 22:00
Tel: 01453 812527
Gloucs: Wyvern Swim & Sauna Club, Tewksbury
Sun 18:30 - 20:30
Tel: 01684 564082
Hampshire: Southampton Naturist Group, Alton
Sat 19:30 - 21:30
Tel: 01703 632199
Hampshire: Southampton Naturist Group, Bittern
Sun 18:15 - 19:45 (Jul - Sep)
Tel: 01703 632199
Hampshire: Halcyon, Southsea
Wed 20:00 - 21:00
Tel: 01705 668958
Hereford: Grange Coutry Club, How Caple
Fri 19:00 - 22:30
Tel: 01989 86208
Hereford: Wyvern Sun & Swim Club, Pershore
3rd Sun 19:15 - 21:15
Tel: 01684 564082
Herts: Watford Naturist Swim, Watford
Fri 20:45 - 21:55
Write c/o CCBN
Isle Of Wight: Valerian Sun Club, Sandown
Last Sun 19:00 - 22:00
Tel: 01983 296966
Kent: Ashford Swim Group, Ashford
Wed 21:00
Tel: 01233 629886
Kent: Upnor Adventure Centre, Rochester
Sun 17:00 - 18:00
Tel: 01634 222261
Lancashire: Kirkham Pool, Kirkham
Alt Thu 20:30 - 22:00
Tel: 01253 853135
Lancashire: Mancunian Nautist Club, Manchester
Alt Sun 18:00 - 21:00
Tel: 01706 54568
Lancashire: Morecambe Bay Naturist Club, Morecambe
Alt Tue 19:30 - 21:30
Tel: 01229 828674
Lancashire: Mancunian Nautist Club, Oldham
Alt Sun 18:00 - 21:00
Tel: 01706 54568
Lancashire: Wirral Naturist Club, Ormskirk
3rd Sun 16:30 - 18:00
Tel: 01942 492977
Leics: Desford Swim, Desford
Sun 09:30 - 11:00
Tel: 0116 287 1008
Lincs: Sleaford Swim, Sleaford
Alt Sat 19:30 - 21:30
Tel: 01476 78263
London: Naturist Foudation, Lewisham
Sun 17:00 - 18:00
Write c/o CCBN
Middx: Noah's Ark, Chertsey
Sun 16:30 - 17:45
Tel: 01784 257027
Norfolk: Far East Naturist Swim, Diss
Sat 18:30 - 19:30 (monthly)
Tel: 01502 512497
Norfolk: Far East Naturist Swim, Norwich
18:30 - 20:00
Tel: 01502 512497
Norfolk: Lynnsport Leisure Park, Kings Lynn
1st Sat 18:00 - 22:00
Tel: 01553 829444 (Clive)
Northants: Northampton Sun Club, Northampton
Sun 18:30 - 22:30
Tel: 01604 20628
Northumberland: Three Rivers Outdoor Club, Cramlington
1st & 3rd Sun 14:45 - 21:00
Tel: 0120 723 3275
Notts: Singles Outdoor Club, Nottingham
Alt Fri 20:15 - 21:15
Tel: 0115 986 4626
Oxfordshire: Oxnat, Abingdon
19:00 - 23:00
Tel: 01837717
Oxfordshire: Oxnat, Wantage
Sat 19:30 - 20:30
Tel: 01837717
Oxfordshire: Oxnat, Wantage
Sauna 2nd Sun 18:30 - 21:30
Tel: 01837717
Shropshire: Telford Naturist Club, Telford
Sat 19:45 - 21:00
Tel: 01785 840079
Somerset: Larches, Burham-on-Sea
Sat 19:00 - 20:00 (monthly)
Tel: 01392 215585
Somerset: Larches, Street
Sat 19:00 - 20:30
Tel: 01392 215585
Staffs: BWM, Newcastle under Lyme
Alt Sun 18:00 - 21:00
Tel: 01782 723287
Suffolk: Meadowlands Leisure Club
Sun 12:15 - 13:15, Mon 21:30 - 22:30 (Termtime)
Tel: 01473 726012
Suffolk: Springwood Sun Club, Hadleigh
Tue 21:00 - 22:00
Tel: 01206 824113
Surrey: Halcyon Sun Club, Haslemere
Sun 17:00 18:15 (Oct - May)
Tel: 01428 683846 (Day)
Surrey: Kingfisher Private Naturist Sauna, Lightwater
Tel: 01276 452598
Surrey: Noah's Ark Club, Tolworth
Sat 18:30 - 22:00
Tel: 01784 257027
Surrey: Noah's Ark Club, Walton-on-Thames
Sun 16:30 - 18:00
Tel: 01784 257027
Surrey: Shabden Leisure Circle, Dorking
Tel: 01737 557715
Surrey: Shabden Leisure Circle, Leatherhead
Tel: 01737 557715
Sussex: Aztecs Sun Club, Crawley
Weekends (not Dec - Feb)
Tel: 01293 882171
Sussex: Eastbourne Naturist Swim, Eastbourne
Sun 18:00 - 19:00 (Sep - May)
Tel: 01323 410897
Sussex: Four Seasons Naturist Swim, Shoreham-by-Sea
Sun 20:15 - 21:15 (Oct - May)
Tel: 01903 245537
Sussex: Mill Bank Swim Club, Lewes
Tel: 01273 814008
Tyne & Wear: Tando/Three Rivers, Newcastle
Sat 17:30 - 19:30
Tel: 0191 286 5804
West Midlands: Helios Leisure Ltd, Stourbridge
Tel: 01384 896600
West Midlands: Mason Road Baths, Birmingham
Thu 20:45 - 22:00
Tel: 01922 36947
West Midlands: Spectrum Club, Birmingham
Sat 18:30 - 20:00
Tel: 01378 264967
Wiltshire: Pickwick Club, Corsham
1st, 3rd & 5th Sat 19:30 - 21:30
Tel: 01249 712092
Yorkshire: Doncaster Dome, Doncaster
?
Tel: 01723 503456
Yorkshire: Hallam Sun & Swim, Doncaster
2nd Sun 15:00 - 18:00
Tel: 0114 230 4915
Yorkshire: Leeds Naturist Group, Leeds
Sat 18:30 - 20:00
Write c/o CCBN
Yorkshire: Pendale Sun Club, Elland
Sun 12:45 - 14:00
Tel: 01484 712761 (Evenings)
Yorkshire: Ryedale Naturist Group, Malton
Sun 16:30 - 18:00
Tel: 01653 694970
Yorkshire: South Yorkshire Sun Club, Bircotes
Sat 19:00 - 22:00
Tel: 01673 878233
Yorkshire: South Yorkshire Sun Club, Miserton
Sat 19:00 - 22:00
Tel: 01673 878233
Yorkshire: White Rose Club
Alt Sun 16:00 - 17:00
Tel: 01904 769100
Northern Ireland
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Belfast: Northern Outdoor Association, Belfast
Alt Sat 20:00 21:30
Write c/o CCBN
Scotland
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Aberdeen: Sunnybroom, Aberdeen
Fortnightly 18:00 - 19:00
Tel: 01224 692605
Edinburgh: Forth Country & Camping Club, Edinburgh
1st & 3rd Sun 16:30 - 19:30
Tel: 01968 672619
Forfar: Tay Valley, Forfar
2nd & 4th Sun 13:00 - 15:00
Tel: 01382 658490
Glasgow: Scottish Outdoor Club, Glasgow
Sun 09:30 - 13:30
Tel: 01324 485485
Wales
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Aberdare: Oasis Leisure Club, Aberdare
3rd Sat 17:00 - 20:00 (Sep - May)
Tel: 01633 274144
Caernarfon: Plas Menai, Caernarfon
2nd & 4th Sun 19:30 - 20:30
Tel: 01
Gwent: Western Swimming Club, Chepstow
Sun 18:30 - 20:30
Tel: 0117 961 2639
Llandudno: Llandudno Naturist Group, Llandudno
2nd Sun 19:00 - 21:00
Tel: 01978 751209
Swansea: Pen-yrHeol Leisure, Swansea
2nd Sat 19:30 - 21:30
Tel: 01792 232517
Books:
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'The Naturist Guide to Great Britain' by David Martin
published by
Coast and Country Publications
3 Mayfield Avenue
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO12 6DF
'Nudist Beaches in Southern Britain' by Perran Shore
published by
Select Services
14c Viaduct Road
Brighton
BN1 4NB
Travel:
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Peng Travel (ABTA & ATOL)
86 Station Road
Gidea Park
Romford
Kent RM2 6DB
Tel: 01708 471832
Sunlovers Emsdale Ltd
261 Cranbrook Road
Ilford, Essex IG1 4TG
Tel 0181 554 4925
Fax 0181 554 5027
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Tone
Still you cant get enough of a good thing eh ??
Great FAQ, it gets better and bigger every month.
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Richard Linsley Hood
writes
>A day early Richard !!!
>
>Still you cant get enough of a good thing eh ??
>
>Great FAQ, it gets better and bigger every month.
Thanks, but i wasn't sure I'd be in a state to see the keyboard tommorow
:-)
Richard Linsley Hood
in the FAQ. Please try and ensure that any such sites are directly
relevant to Naturism/Nudism and are not general sex pages.
I reserve the right to not include those I feel are inappropriate.
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Richard Linsley Hood
<pe...@addicks.demon.co.uk> writes
>The Naturist FAQ is a treasure trove of information, - well done.
>
>Can I suggest an additional beach that you may wish to add to your
>list:
>
>Birling Gap in Sussex.
>
>It is referred to in Perran Shore's book, and is located about a mile
>or so to the west of Beachy Head Lighthouse.
>
>Birling Gap itself consists of a hotel, a few houses and a car park.
>The naturist beach is down the steps and turn right for a few hundred
>yards. It is all pebbles, but situated underneath the 'Seven
>Sisters'. Its location is most unusual and we find it quite
>delightful. It appears to be frequented mostly by naturists from the
>Eastbourne area.
Thank you for that. I will add that beach to the next addition, due end
of the month.
Is there anyone else who has beaches, clubs, venues that I have missed
who would like to post them either here or to my email address?