Tim Atkinson's Lasertag sites page

Here are a load of details of sites I have personally tagged on (but not necessarily organised). All info is old so please treat it as a guide, not a rule.

Name Type Owner or contact Contact Details Approx Cost Site description Approx Location Location Map Clubs that have used this site Last game played Current status

Chigwell Holiday camp Private Derelict 1950's holiday camp
sleeping, toilet and kitchen facilities Chigwell, just of the M11 inside the M25, Northeast London Map Warlords 1992 Likely to have been redeveloped by now

Chislehurst Caves Private The caves are used by rubber sworders and are broken up into different areas Approx 40-50m long by 3m wide.
Cafe on site, close to railway station Between Sidcup and Bromley 10 mins from M25 in South East London Map Warlords December 1999 Available

Downgate Wood
"Kingdom of the Skull" Private Woods Jon Blau 01797 252537 Cheap, 30 odd pounds per day About 1.5Km by 0.5Km of varied broadleaf and deciduous woodland.
Fairly rugged terrain, well overgrown. No onsite facilities, rather muddy Between Hawkhurst and Sandwell on the Kent/Sussex border north of Hastings Map EVERYONE! April 2000 Available

Elton Guide Camp About 1Km by 0.5Km of open ground with a smaller 700mx100m wood on the side.
Sleeping facilities, Toilets and showers available. Just North of the A52 between Grantham and Nottingham Map WildCards Autumn 1999

Frylands Wood Scout Camp About 300 pounds
plus 1 pound/head/day 1Km x 1Km Broadleaf woodland, Huts and all usual scout site facilities Inside M25, Near New Addington, Croydon, South London Map Warlords 1995 ish

Greenham Common Paintball Site Urban site, very clean and safe Greenham Common airbase, Berkshire Dropzone (95) 1995 Forget it it's been BULLDOZED!

Harmer Green Woods Scout Camp Mr and Mrs Gillard 01438 714537 Varies (500 pounds for 80 people
for a weekend exclusive use) About 1Km square of broadleaf woodland on the side of a hill. Several huts, Toilets and running water on site Just north of Welwyn Garden City bext to the A1(M) DropZone (99, 2K1, 2K2)
Virtual Eclipse May 2000 Available

Holt Wood Private Varied Woodland, No facilities Inside M25, Near Croydon, South London Map Warlords 1996 or 1997? Probably unavailable due to
Poor relations with owner

Hoo Hill Maze Private Garden Jon Brindle 5 pounds per head About 200mx150m overgrown Garden orchard with a 30mx30m Maze in the middle.
Maze is planted with conifers about 10 feet high, central area has an observation platform.
Camping is possible.
Note: The maze is only available for night games after 6pm
and you must be offsite by 10 the following morning. Near Shefford in Bedfordshire about 10 minutes off the A1(M) Map Warlords July 2000 Available

Ilderton Road Private Two Story warehouse, various rooms upstairs, large open areas downstairs, power, toilets but little else. Ilderton Road off the Old Kent Road, London Map Warlords 1993 ish

John's Lee Wood Scout Camp About 1Km, by 700m of varied woodland, Sleeping facilities onsite North West of Leicester, near the M1 Map Virtual Eclipse Easter 2000

Overstone Scout Camp No idea About 1Km by 1Km of broadleaf woodland. Fairly rugged terrain. Huts and toilets available Slightly North East of Northampton DropZone (92), Blackwatch December 1999

Refley Wood Paintball Site Large mixed woodland, no facilities Just Northeast of Kings Lyn Dropzone (93,94) 1994

Sopley Camp Airsoft Site 700 for the weekend About 800m by 500m Urban site, sleeping and kitchen facilities available, watch out for the broken glass and manure North of Christchurch in Dorset Warlords 1995 or 96? Available

Thatcham Paintball site Varied Broadleaf woodland, no facilities Between Thatcham and Newbury, Berkshire Dropzone (95) 1995

Thorsby Park Paintball Site 500plus pounds for a weekend Large wooded site, with public footpaths through, no facilities Sherwood Forest, North of Nottingham Dropzone (96,97,98) May 1998

Walesby Scout Camp Large open site, some small wooded areas, all the usual scout site facilities Near Ollerton, Sherwood Forest, Notts Starlore Autumn 1998?

If you know of any other sites that could be included here, please let me know tim@npagroup.com.

If you're keen to find a new site, have a look at Woodlands for Sale or National Small Woodlands Association.

Anna Lettington has written a good article on finding sites which you can read on her website.

Name	Type	Owner or contact	Contact Details	Approx Cost	Site description	Approx Location	Location Map	Clubs that have used this site	Last game played	Current status
Chigwell Holiday camp	Private				Derelict 1950's holiday camp sleeping, toilet and kitchen facilities	Chigwell, just of the M11 inside the M25, Northeast London	Map	Warlords	1992	Likely to have been redeveloped by now
Chislehurst Caves	Private				The caves are used by rubber sworders and are broken up into different areas Approx 40-50m long by 3m wide. Cafe on site, close to railway station	Between Sidcup and Bromley 10 mins from M25 in South East London	Map	Warlords	December 1999	Available
Downgate Wood "Kingdom of the Skull"	Private Woods	Jon Blau	01797 252537	Cheap, 30 odd pounds per day	About 1.5Km by 0.5Km of varied broadleaf and deciduous woodland. Fairly rugged terrain, well overgrown. No onsite facilities, rather muddy	Between Hawkhurst and Sandwell on the Kent/Sussex border north of Hastings	Map	EVERYONE!	April 2000	Available
Elton	Guide Camp				About 1Km by 0.5Km of open ground with a smaller 700mx100m wood on the side. Sleeping facilities, Toilets and showers available.	Just North of the A52 between Grantham and Nottingham	Map	WildCards	Autumn 1999
Frylands Wood	Scout Camp			About 300 pounds plus 1 pound/head/day	1Km x 1Km Broadleaf woodland, Huts and all usual scout site facilities	Inside M25, Near New Addington, Croydon, South London	Map	Warlords	1995 ish
Greenham Common	Paintball Site				Urban site, very clean and safe	Greenham Common airbase, Berkshire		Dropzone (95)	1995	Forget it it's been BULLDOZED!
Harmer Green Woods	Scout Camp	Mr and Mrs Gillard	01438 714537	Varies (500 pounds for 80 people for a weekend exclusive use)	About 1Km square of broadleaf woodland on the side of a hill. Several huts, Toilets and running water on site	Just north of Welwyn Garden City bext to the A1(M)		DropZone (99, 2K1, 2K2) Virtual Eclipse	May 2000	Available
Holt Wood	Private				Varied Woodland, No facilities	Inside M25, Near Croydon, South London	Map	Warlords	1996 or 1997?	Probably unavailable due to Poor relations with owner
Hoo Hill Maze	Private Garden	Jon Brindle		5 pounds per head	About 200mx150m overgrown Garden orchard with a 30mx30m Maze in the middle. Maze is planted with conifers about 10 feet high, central area has an observation platform. Camping is possible. Note: The maze is only available for night games after 6pm and you must be offsite by 10 the following morning.	Near Shefford in Bedfordshire about 10 minutes off the A1(M)	Map	Warlords	July 2000	Available
Ilderton Road	Private				Two Story warehouse, various rooms upstairs, large open areas downstairs, power, toilets but little else.	Ilderton Road off the Old Kent Road, London	Map	Warlords	1993 ish
John's Lee Wood	Scout Camp				About 1Km, by 700m of varied woodland, Sleeping facilities onsite	North West of Leicester, near the M1	Map	Virtual Eclipse	Easter 2000
Overstone	Scout Camp			No idea	About 1Km by 1Km of broadleaf woodland. Fairly rugged terrain. Huts and toilets available	Slightly North East of Northampton		DropZone (92), Blackwatch	December 1999
Refley Wood	Paintball Site				Large mixed woodland, no facilities	Just Northeast of Kings Lyn		Dropzone (93,94)	1994
Sopley Camp	Airsoft Site			700 for the weekend	About 800m by 500m Urban site, sleeping and kitchen facilities available, watch out for the broken glass and manure	North of Christchurch in Dorset		Warlords	1995 or 96?	Available
Thatcham	Paintball site				Varied Broadleaf woodland, no facilities	Between Thatcham and Newbury, Berkshire		Dropzone (95)	1995
Thorsby Park	Paintball Site			500plus pounds for a weekend	Large wooded site, with public footpaths through, no facilities	Sherwood Forest, North of Nottingham		Dropzone (96,97,98)	May 1998
Walesby	Scout Camp				Large open site, some small wooded areas, all the usual scout site facilities	Near Ollerton, Sherwood Forest, Notts		Starlore	Autumn 1998?