Our Venues - Draught

Yarrow Valley Country Park

Off Bircacre Road
Chorley
Lancashire
PR7 3QL

Chorley's increasingly popular Yarrow Valley Country Park is a 700-acre facility, run by Chorley Borough Council and including a visitor centre built using Heritage Lottery funds. The Country Park has been awarded Green Flag status for the third year in a row.

Yarrow Valley was created by redeveloping the once industrial Birkacre area into a country park and haven for wildlife. It attracts thousands of visitors each year, including community and sporting groups such as the Wigan and District Anglers Association, Euxton Canoe Club, Friends of the River Yarrow and Chorley and District Natural History Society and Lancashire Rescue bears Newfoundlands.

The Visitor Centre provides a focus for a year-round events programme which includes exhibitions, walks and talks, conservation days, children's activities and family fun days, while the community classroom is available to schools as part of the Council's determination to introduce youngsters to the delights of the countryside.

Yarrow Valley Country Park Visitor Centre was opened May 2003, thanks to Heritage Lottery Grant. The centre is made up of a central exhibition area, classroom and toilet facilities.

The centre has been designed and built to allow full wheelchair access. The main exhibition area houses many displays about the park, its wildlife and history. It is well stocked with maps and leaflets to help you get the most out of your visit to the park. The Visitor Centre is situated on the large main car park. Parking is free of charge.

Accessible toilets and baby changing facilities are available. The toilet facilities are currently open from 9am to 3.15pm every day (winter opening hours). Access to the toilets is through a side door on the outside of the Visitor Centre.

Tawd Vale Camp Site

Lowry Hill Lane
Lathom
West Lancs
L40 5UL

The area boasts fantastic facilities and miles of adventure for draught work. You can even try your luck at Archery, canoeing, rafts, climbing and orienteering. A true haven for a fun Newfoundland visit!

Consisting of 80 acres of lush woodlands in the heart of the West Lancashire countryside, Tawd Vale has long been a favourite site for generations of campers.

Volunteer parties for many years have developed the area into one of the foremost sites in Britain.

The River Tawd from which the site derives its name wanders through the centre of the camp and adds to the natural beauty of the surrounding area, a place of fun and adventure.

Besides the wooded areas, adequate spaces have been left for campers and games, a large field is ideal for Cub activities.

Our Venues - Water

Elton Sailing Club

Elton Reservoir
Bury
Lancashire
BL8 2BR

The reservoir measures 56 acres and has a shoreline that gives access to some of the best coarse fishing in the region. The Club has approximately 180 members with 150 berths and has three large boat houses used for storage and a Paint & Repair Workshop. There are plenty of social events organised throughout the year. The south facing Clubhouse, which has been extended over the years has mature lawns, large barbeques and a children's Play Area. A fully licensed bar offers a range of beers, wines, spirits, and soft drinks, hot & cold food are available from the galley.

Toilets, showers and changing rooms are located within the main building.

Today water is still taken from the Irwell at Burrs Country Park and taken by feeder channel to Elton Reservoir which in turn feeds the canal.. It is also an important area for visiting birds & wildlife, attracting many species

Directions to Elton sailing club

Lake Bala – North Wales

Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid in Welsh), in Gwynedd, was the largest natural body of water in Wales prior to the level being raised by Thomas Telford to help support the flow of the Ellesmere Canal. It is 4 miles / 6.4 km long by a mile / 1.6 km wide and is subject to sudden and dangerous floods. It is crossed by the River Dee and its waters are famously deep and clear. The town of Bala sits at its northern end and the narrow gauge Bala Lake Railway

This venue is fantastic for a weekend get away with the Dogs. We have a couple of events planned at Lake Bala this year; a fun weekend over the Easter weekend and our first Water test at the end of August. The Water quality is second to none.

We train in 2 areas of the Lake – details of which will be given to those members who would like to attend. You can either book the campsite yourself (details below) or confirm your details to us and we will add to the group booking.

Tytandderwyn Caravan Park

Llangynog Road,
Bala,
Gwynedd,
LL23 7EP
Telephone 01678 520 273

We use the Tytandderwen camp site when at Bala. It’s a site that is happy for all the dogs to be there (most other campsites won’t allow so many dogs at the same time) and offers miles of fields and countryside to walk the dogs. It’s located about 2 miles from the lake and has reasonable facilities.