Rushbanks Farm is a minimum facility site. It is the only official site on the banks of the River Stour and is very suitable for boaters and canoeists. Tents Caravans and Campers are all welcome. It is a working farm and dogs must be kept on a lead The farm is situated on the Suffolk Bank between Bures and Nayland on the Bures Road. From Colchester take the A 134 to Nayland . At Nayland turn left, Sign posted "Bures", follow the road for about two kms past a left hand lane sign posted "Wissington Church", there is a group of cottages on the left and a sign to the campsite, go through a gate and follow the farm track down to the waterside. There are several landing stages and launching over the bank is easy. It is a very quiet site run by the farmer Garth Bates who is a member of The Trust. Own sanitation is advised. There is a water tap and a pit for dumping rubbish. A public footpath crosses the farm and there are possibilities of several walks. The river here is wide and deep and there is about a mile and a half of unobstructed water. Downstream two step weir portages lead to the Anchor at Nayland and upstream two more portages have to be negotiated to reach Bures. This part of the river is probably the quietist and most attractive section of the whole navigation

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The address is Rushbanks Farm, Bures Road, Wissington CO6 4NA
The OS ref is 950334. Garth Bates phone no. 01206 262350 or 07860325064

At most weekends during the summer a resident camper will collect your fee
Campfires are only allowed by special arrangement

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