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Camping and Caravanning Club

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United Kingdom camping organisation

The Camping and Caravanning Club is a not-for-profit membership organisation for camping and caravan enthusiasts in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1901, and has over 730,000 members.2 It is headquartered in Coventry, United Kingdom.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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The Camping and Caravanning Club is a not-for-profit membership organisation for camping and caravan enthusiasts in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1901, and has over 730,000 members.2

The story

The Camping and Caravanning Club was founded in 1901 as the Association of Cycle Campers. One of the club's founding members was Thomas Hiram Holding, who also founded the Bicycle Touring Club in 1878, which became the Cyclists' Touring Club, now renamed Cycling UK. Holding wrote The Campers Handbook in 1908 to share his enthusiasm for the great outdoors.

In 1906, the association, now known as The Camping and Caravanning Club, opened its first camping site in Weybridge. By that time, the organisation had several hundred members. The club changed its name several more times, to the Amateur Camping Club (1909), The Camping Club of Great Britain and Ireland (1919), and The Camping and Caravanning Club Ltd. (1983).

Club membership rose to 100,000 by 1967, and to over 300,000 by 2000.

From Wikipedia’s article on Camping and Caravanning Club, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

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