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33-513: Bulford Camp is a military camp on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire , England. Established in 1897, the site continues in use as a large British Army base. The camp is close to the village of Bulford and is about 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (3.6 km) north-east of the town of Amesbury . The camp forms part of the Tidworth, Netheravon and Bulford (TidNBul) Garrison. The camp was built as

66-424: A certain distance of water sources or developed areas. Camping may also be prohibited in certain ‘special areas’ of national forests containing unusual landforms or vegetation. And if conditions allow campfires, a campfire permit is required for campfires outside of developed campsites. In Britain, it is more commonly known as wild camping , and is mostly illegal. However, Scotland has a relaxed view and wild camping

99-402: A designated area set aside for camping, often requiring a user fee. Campsites typically feature a few (but sometimes no) improvements. Dedicated campsites, known as campgrounds , usually have some amenities. Common amenities include, listed roughly in order from most to least common: Campgrounds may include further amenities: Camping outside a designated campsite may be forbidden by law. It

132-452: A designated area with various facilities; or two, an impromptu area (as one might decide to stop while backpacking or hiking , or simply adjacent to a road through the wilderness). The term 'camp' comes from the Latin word campus , meaning "field". Therefore, a campground typically consists of open areas where a camper can pitch a tent or park a camper . More specifically, a campsite is

165-407: A long-term basis from the land owner and the lease's own mobile home placed on the pitch. Permanent sites owners lease includes the provision by the land owner of water, sewerage and general site and grounds maintenance. Some holiday parks includes a small campsite for those touring the area, where they can pay to pitch tents or site touring caravans and motorhomes. Touring campsites have full access to

198-675: A mixture of tents and huts in 1897. The section called Sling Camp was occupied by soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the First World War . At the end of the war, the overcrowded camp was the site of the Battle of Bulford, when New Zealand troops staged a brief mutiny. Later, New Zealanders awaiting demobilization left their mark by creating the Bulford Kiwi , a large chalk figure on

231-666: A nominal fee for the privilege of camping there, to cover expenses, and in the case of an independent campground, to make a profit. However, there are some in North America that do not charge a use fee and rely on sources such as donations and tax dollars. Staying the night in a big-box store parking lot is also common (called " boondocking "), and some retailers welcome RVs to their parking lots. Frequently confused with campsites, campgrounds and RV parks, trailer parks are made up of long term or semi-permanent residents occupying mobile homes, park trailers or RVs. The holiday park

264-481: A number of camping pitches , where people can camp overnight using tents , campervans or caravans . In the US , the expression used is campground and not campsite . In American English, the term campsite generally means an area where an individual, family, group, or military unit can pitch a tent or park a camper; a campground may contain many campsites. There are two types of campsites ( US ) or pitches ( UK ): one,

297-700: A permit, which may be free, obtainable at visitor centers and ranger stations. Backcountry camping in other areas may not require a permit. Canadians refer to it as crownland camping, or rough camping. Canadian citizens and people who have lived in Canada for at least seven months of the preceding 12-month period can camp for free up to 21 days on any one site in a calendar year. This ensures sites are available to others and helps reduce environmental impacts. The Crownland Atlas (map) provides usage designations and several web pages (map) or blogs provide more details about specific sites. As with camping, campgrounds predated

330-665: A standard house. A standard lodge uses similar materials as a standard caravan such as wood, gypsum board and plywood where the main difference being the extra width. Lodges and Parkhomes can come in sizes up to 22 feet wide and 45 feet long, making them a popular choice with big families and large groups. Holiday homes can be rented on an ad-hoc basis or purchased – caravans can be purchased from around £30,000 while park homes and lodges can cost between £100,000 and £500,000. Once purchased, holiday homes have various ongoing costs including insurance, site fees, local authority rates, utility charges, winterisation and depreciation. Depending on

363-463: Is a United Kingdom version of the North American trailer park. Created to allow coastal resorts to enable temporary and high-income accommodation to be easily created, under UK planning laws , no residents are permanent, and the park must be wholly shut to all for at least two months each year. All of the mobile homes are either available for rent from the land owner, or pitches are leased on

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396-409: Is a single unit, built to a maximum of 14 feet wide. Other types of mobile home include Lodges and Park Homes which are more expensive than caravans and offer more luxurious features. Higher end Lodges can be built using some of the same methods as traditional bricks and mortar buildings and include familiar materials like plasterboard and tongue and groove walls for an end result that's very similar to

429-411: Is legal in most of Scotland. In many parts of Canada, "roughing it" or "dormir a la belle etoile" (French) is considered to be wilderness camping on government owned, public land known as crown land and commonly called "the bush". There are no amenities of any kind and typically no development except for possibly logging roads or ATV trails, and few rules beyond the requirement in some provinces to move

462-472: Is on two sites, separated by Marlborough Road, altogether about 290 acres (116 ha). The eastern area contains Picton Barracks which since 1992 has housed the headquarters of 3rd (UK) Division and its Signals Regiment. Kiwi Barracks, where many of the streets are named after New Zealand towns, houses 3rd Regiment Royal Military Police . 5th Battalion The Rifles moved to Bulford Camp from Germany in 2016. The western side contains Ward Barracks which houses

495-540: Is thought to be a nuisance, harmful to the environment, and is often associated with vagrancy . However some countries have specific laws and/or regulations allowing camping on public lands (see Freedom to roam ). In the United States, many national and state parks have dedicated campsites and sometimes also allow impromptu backcountry camping by visitors. U.S. National Forests often have established campsites, but generally allow camping anywhere, except within

528-477: The Amesbury and Military Camp Light Railway was extended from Amesbury into the garrison. The station within the garrison was the terminus for personnel while a goods track extended into Sling Camp. This extension was removed in 1933; the whole line closed to passengers in 1952 but goods services continued until 1963. Military camp A military camp or bivouac is a semi-permanent military base , for

561-636: The British Army ; and Camp Lejeune and Camp Geiger of the United States Marine Corps . Historically, army camps referred to large field camps of military troops that could include several thousand people. In the Middle Ages , camp followers (i.e. wives , prostitutes , sutlers , laundresses , craftsmen , blacksmiths , squires , etc.) were also integrated into the camps. The composition varied, depending on whether it

594-645: The Rhineland carnival tradition  [ de ] , "bivouac" refers to an open-air carnival, usually organized by a carnival society . A well-known example is the "Funkenbiwak" organized by the Rote Funken  [ de ] carnival society, which takes place on the Neumarkt square  [ de ] in Cologne. Campsite In British English, a campsite is an area, usually divided into

627-648: The Holiday parks facilities, including clothes washing and showering. Most holiday parks include a central entertainments block, which can include a shop, restaurants, and a multi-purpose theatre used for both stage and activity-based entertainment. Holiday parks vary in size and type, as do the kinds of accommodation available within them. Caravans are a popular choice with holiday makers, and modern varieties come complete with features like double glazing and central heating, cookers, fridges, showers, hot/cold water supplies, electricity and gas mains input. A standard caravan

660-522: The Salisbury Plain 'Super Garrison'. The current camp includes the following units (separated by barracks/lines): The garrison church of St George was built in 1920–1927. Pevsner describes it as "large, Perpendicular, spick and span and smug". The Catholic church of Our Lady Queen of Peace was built in 1968, replacing a church of Our Lady of Victories which was opened in 1925. Kiwi Primary School, under County Council control since 1948, serves

693-494: The U.S., backcountry or dispersed camping is common in large undeveloped protected areas. These areas can only be reached on foot, bicycle, canoe or on horseback . The camping areas are usually established campsites or "zones", which have a predetermined maximum number of persons that are allowed to stay in the section per night. Strict regulations are imposed regarding food storage and resource protection. Usually in organized parks or wilderness areas, backcountry campsites require

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726-510: The United States were nothing more than large, dedicated clearings, free of trees, within which to concentrate groups of tourists.” A plant pathologist named Emilio Meinecke, was commissioned to study the effect of motor tourism in the Redwoods in 1929. Meinicke's recommendations explained that instead of allowing campers to park haphazardly within a park, the camper's impact on the environment could be minimized through campground roads forming

759-551: The automobile. When President Theodore Roosevelt addressed Congress in 1901, he called for the creation of free campgrounds on Federal lands. Already four national parks—Yellowstone, Sequoia, Yosemite, and Mount Rainier—were established and by the time Congress formally established the National Park Service in 1916, America had a dozen national parks. While a handful of campgrounds, both public and private, could be found at tourist destinations, as late as 1936 it

792-611: The economic benefits of a campground in their community. The Denver Civic Association wrote that a campground was just as essential to a town as a railway station. The trailer industry's efforts were effective. The number of campgrounds in the Trailer Travel Magazine's directory of campgrounds doubled to 1,650 by the end of 1936 and promised to double again by the end of 1937. The campgrounds themselves also changed. Martin Hogue wrote, “The first public campgrounds in

825-530: The garrison from a building which was opened in 1965. The first school at the camp was opened in Wing Barracks before 1915, then transferred to the County Council in 1948 and renamed Wing County Junior School in 1955. In 1963 this school was combined with Kiwi Infants' County School to form the present Kiwi School. Until 1997 there was a second primary school, Haig County Primary School. In 1906

858-569: The headquarters of 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade . The headquarters of the former Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police was housed at Campion Lines, until it was disbanded in 2022. The Household Cavalry Regiment moved from Combermere Barracks to Bulford Camp in May 2019. For administrative reasons, the camp falls under the command of Headquarters South West , based at Tidworth Camp . The camp forms part of

891-457: The hillside overlooking the camp. Permanent barracks were built during the inter-war years: the current names were applied in 1931. Carter Barracks, a hutted camp north of Bulford Droveway, beyond the northern boundary of the present site, were built in 1939-40 and demolished in 1978. Headquarters South West District was established at the camp in 1967, but was disbanded on the formation of HQ Land Command in 1995. The modern-day Bulford Camp

924-536: The holiday home and the park these costs can range from £1,000 to £40,000 per year. Certificated and Certified Locations are smaller privately owned caravan sites which have to be approved by the UK based Camping and Caravanning Club, The Caravan Club, and other organisations). These campsites are normally reserved exclusively for Club members. These smaller campsites are allowed to operate under The Public Health Act 1936 and The Caravan and Control of Development Act 1960. In

957-432: The leaguer depended on purpose and whether day or night. By day dispersed for protection against air attack with elements of the formation able to cover each other, at night ("close leaguer") the tank regiment forming a square or triangle, the tanks facing out with the support vehicles drawn up in the middle (but moving out of the leaguer and to the rear just before dawn). The term "bivouac" also has non-military uses. In

990-441: The lodging of an army . Camps are erected when a military force travels away from a major installation or fort during training or operations , and often have the form of large campsites . In the British Army , Commonwealth armies, the United States Marine Corps , and other military forces, permanent military bases are also called camps, including Tidworth Camp , Blandford Camp , Bulford Camp , and Devil's Tower Camp of

1023-406: The site at least 100 metres every 21 days. In North America many campgrounds have facilities for Recreational Vehicles and are also known as RV parks. Similar facilities in the UK are known as Caravan Parks . The Kampgrounds of America (KOA) is a large chain of commercial campgrounds located throughout the United States and Canada. Both commercial and governmental campgrounds typically charge

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1056-590: Was a mercenary army with a few leaders, or large armies with many nobles and knights, such as those of the Crusades . Leaguer and harbour are British terms for military camps; 'harbour' for temporary camps. The name, coming from 16th Century Dutch leger , was used for a military camp, particularly one laying siege . During World War II leaguer was used in the Western Desert campaign particularly for camps of armoured formations. The arrangement of

1089-498: Was still difficult to find places to stop along the route to these parks. Instead, it was common for motorists to pull off the road and set up camp on private property. This practice not only reinforced the negative, nomadic image of RV travelers, it was a detriment to expanding the trailer market. The Trailer Coach Manufacturers Association began to lobby states to establish sanitation standards and worked with civic and business leaders to establish additional campgrounds, emphasizing

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