How Do Campsite Electricity Meters Work?

Electricity metering is a fair-use policy for guests. You can choose how much electricity you require for your tent, caravan or motorhome according to your own personal preferences.
Each party receives a non-refundable credit of £3 per night at check-in. If you’d like more electricity, you can purchase more and if you buy more than you use, the balance will be refunded when you check-out.

Why a Smart Electric Meter?

The energy crisis continues to affect each of us, so this policy provides ‘fair use’ for all, according to how much energy our individual units require at the time of year.

How Much Will it Cost?

  • Top-ups or additional purchases are charged at £0.26 per unit (Kilowatt Hour) which is below the price charged by most energy suppliers. The park is prohibited, by law, from reselling electricity for more than its purchase price.
  • Your £3 credit per night is worth 11.5 Kilowatt hours. This means you could use a 1Kw heater for 11.5 hours daily completely free.

    • How Does the Electricity Metering Work?

  • When checking in, each party will be given a smartcard, loaded with £3 credit for each night booked.
  • On arrival at your pitch, swipe the card across panel on the hook-up bollard which transfers the credit to the meter.
  • Top-ups can be purchased from reception during opening hours: 9am – 4pm, seven days a week.
  • Please return your smartcard to reception at departure time. All unused credit will be refunded to you.

    • What if the amount of Credit is Close to Running out at Night?

  • If you should run low on credit, the smart meter emits a low audible warning.
  • Press the ‘Emergency’ button on the meter which will provide £1 in credit to last until reception opens.

    • Charging Electric Vehicles

    You can now charge an electric car from the service bollard on your touring pitch. Individual vehicles have different charging characteristics so we strongly advise guests to periodically check the credit remaining during vehicle charging.

    If you have additional questions about our electricity metering, please call our reception team: 01904 728697

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