Diogenes is pronounced Di-odge-eh-knees (or simply Dodgy-Knees)

Most enquiry’s are seen within hours and are generally handled within several working days, and often quicker, subject to workload

For reasons of general privacy and to reduce the number of unscheduled visitors to the club’s gates, we have historically withheld from publishing our postal address on-line.  However, if you have subscribed to British Naturism you will be able to locate us without too much ado. Equally, should you be reasonably proficient with the internet it’s not really that big a secret as to where we are .  Once you have entered into correspondence with us, you will of course be sent details of how to find us for your first visit.  We haven’t got anything to hide, it’s just the way we like to do things.

Animals (pets) are not able to be brought into the club’s house or grounds.  The only exception to this ruling is registered guide dogs with their owners

Members are required to look after their own children at all times.  The younger members very often play happily together on and around the play equipment.  On certain Club Sundays however, there is often an activity session where a small team engage with the younger children and keep them occupied whilst their parents are helping out around the house and grounds.  The arts and crafts activities are highly regarded by those taking part in them.

Most definitely “not true” … we do however have a straight forward process for interviewing prospective members and for offering probationary membership, but this is really nothing to be concerned about.  Indeed, it helps ensure that all of the club’s members are thoughtfully selected, and verified as genuinely nice people who want to be involved with naturism and Diogenes Sun Club.

But of course you can come as a guest.  Simply make arrangements with your friend to visit the club with them, and apart from signing in the visitor’s book and paying the day visitor’s fee, that’s it! However, if you are attending as a guest, you will still need to make formal arrangements with the Membership Secretary should you then choose to consider applying to join Diogenes Sun Club.

Children are always welcome at our club, but we do take a sensible approach to children being brought to the club by anyone but their known parents.  If you are a member with children that have been registered with us, obviously you can bring your children without question.  If you want to bring say, your grandchildren to the club for instance, and their parents aren’t members, then you will need to complete a permission request to ensure that we know you are bringing the children to the club with their parent’s written consent.

If this is something of interest to you, please make this request known to a Committee member at time of visiting the club.  The initial application process can take up to four weeks to complete due to the various steps required to complete the chain of documentation.

Current day visit prices are a very reasonable £5.00 per person.  Children under 18 are admitted free, but they must be accompanied by a paying adult (January 2012).  This cost covers everything on-site, with the exception of the Sauna, chargeable at £2.00 per person per session.

This is an urban myth, NO, you do not have to sit rigidly in front of the club’s Committee as part of your membership application, whilst nervously answering quickfire questions about your interest in our club.  You will be introduced to all members of the Committee over a period of three to four visits in order that you can acquaint yourself with us and we can get to know you a little better (don’t worry, we don’t bite and we have a good track record of engaging with prospective members)

The Committee at Diogenes is made up of 16 elected club members.  There is a diverse age range and we have a mixture of male and female Committee members.  During your first trial visits to Diogenes you will chat casually and informally to the Committee (individually or perhaps in pairs even) in order that you have a good opportunity to tell us about yourself and why you would like to be part of our naturist club.  This is your chance to shine and put across your best side.  We consider this discussion stage a vital part of our membership application process.

Club Sundays are when the collective membership are called together to tackle various tasks and projects around the house and grounds.  It’s one of the few ways that we can keep our overheads down, principally by using the members’ skills and willingness to assist.  There are 7 such organised working days throughout the year, it’s not a great deal, there are still a further 358 days which you can use to relax at Diogenes!

We are looking to gain new membership applications from genuine people who are interested in naturism.  Diogenes Sun Club is first and foremost a family orientated club, and we welcome applications for membership from young families, couples, & singles.  If you have a sunny disposition and want to be part of a very friendly sun club, then Diogenes is definitely worth exploring (it costs you nothing to visit us, and we always offer free trial visits)

Membership of British Naturism is NOT a pre-requisite for joining Diogenes Sun Club, but we would always ask you to consider joining BN, as it is an organisation that we are affilliated with, and they assist us in many ways throughout the year.

Most definitely not, unless you want to of course.  It is not at all uncommon for prospective new members to remain clothed during their first visit to Diogenes.  You need only disrobe once you feel comfortable with the environment and your surroundings.  Once you have taken that first step of shedding your clothes at the club, you’ll soon feel very comfortable, especially when you realise no-one is taking a blind bit of notice of you!

We have two changing room areas where you can undress, and either hang your clothes up or fold them away into your bags. To our knowledge, no one has ever returned to find their clothes missing from where they had left them, so you ought not be going home wrapped in a towel!

There are a few lockers in use, but generally members look after their own belongings, or lock any valuables in their vehicles.  Whilst Diogenes is a members club, and respect for other people’s property is generally very high, the club cannot be held responsible for items lost or stolen around the house and grounds.  You wouldn’t leave your purse or mobile phone on display in a public park or on a beach, but if you take reasonable care of your valuables whilst at Diogenes, you should not encounter any problems.

We can understand that nervousness, we too were all newbies to the club when we took that first step to visiting a naturist club.  Relax, honestly, it’s no big deal, really.  We know that newcomers to the club may be apprehensive, and we are more than considerate when it comes to making someone feel at ease.  Generally the show-round of the club’s grounds and facilities will be done by someone as clothed as you (unless of course the weather is so good that it would be a crime not to be naked!)

Any person is entitled to apply for membership at Diogenes Sun Club regardless of their partner’s disinterest. We manage the membership numbers fairly to ensure that the balance of sexes is reasonably proportionate at all times.  In practise this means that whilst you may be offered a trial visit to explore the club, you may not necessarily be able to be offered an opportunity for membership straight away.

One of the great reasons for joining a naturist club is that body image is not important.  Whether you have scar tissue, a bumpy bit sticking out or a bit sadly missing, you’ll find that the membership of Diogenes will take no notice, and will accept you for the person you are.  We have members of all ages, shapes and sizes, and there are a good many of us who would not rate as “perfect” should we ever have to pass that particular criteria.  Please don’t hold back from considering joining us should you be concerned that you wont look right, trust us, you will be fine.

In keeping with our aim to be a family friendly naturist club, body jewellery needs to be relative and proportionate to the area it is adorning.  Ear-rings, navel studs, tongue/eyebrow piercings, none of these will attract any undue attention.  Genital piercings on the other hand are not permissible at Diogenes Sun Club.  Please remove any nipple or visible genital piercings whilst visiting the club.  We try to take a sensible approach to people’s personal tastes and lifestyle choices, but body jewellery that could be seen to be adding to one’s sensual pleasures is not acceptable at our club.