Oaklands Leisure and Fishery

We really enjoyed our stay here. The owners and Jo were very welcoming and helpful and the site in the woods was lovely. Lots of wildlife and great to have your own firebrand BBQ by the tent! We would definitely recommend. Thank you!

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The scenery is absolutely beautiful!
Good choice of wild pitches, though unfortunately the recent weather waterlogged most of them. That said, we found a beautiful pitch.
The fire pit (and ability to use them in the woods sites) was good.
The owners were friendly.
The toilet/shower facilities were as to be expected: simple but usable.

I don't usually double dip with campsites, but I might have to make my first exception! We got a wild site next to one of the fishing lakes, with woods behind our tent, which was fantastic.

There was no toilet paper in the toilets, but we brought some anyway as we assumed that might be the case. This just just a warning/reminder to future campers!

Location
Owners lovely
Lake and views

Only 1 shower that ran cold and needed regular cleaning
Needs more toilets
Needs better facilities e.g. wash up area
Ok for people who enjoy hard-core camping

We've been Wild Camping here twice in 2 weeks. It's a great little place to visit to get away from the world and you can tell that the owners are working hard to improve the offerings available.
Our 2nd time here, even though we checked the weather beforehand we arrived to be notified storm Aileen was due to hit that night. But fear not, we roughed it out after Richard helped us pick the wild pitch that seemed the safest and got through it fine. The next day we had beautiful sunny weather which made up for it, on top of being the only ones there so we had the place to ourselves to explore.

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Everything, staff excellent and really helpful best site I've been to am already thinking about dates to go back it was that good. Would recommend this site to anyone you would have a fantastic break.

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Great camp site. Fishing was good and the facilities were fine. Camp fire was a great bonus.

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We only purchased our first tent this month and wanted somewhere fairly local to us for the first time of using it. The owners of the site were very helpful in suggesting where they thought we would be happy and that if we had any problems just to let them know. The site was lovely next to a lake with beautiful surroundings, it was like being in another world. Everyone on the site was friendly and told us that if we had any problems with the tent they would help us. We have had a wonderful time and feel very relaxed and rested after our weekend. We will be definitely going again

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Peaceful family friendly site. The owner Christine was great, she refroze my ice packs & charged my phone for me, she walked round the site at 10pm enforcing the noise curfue which was great for me as this ensured my daughter slept peacefully, one group of young people caused a noise problem Until 2am (I personally didn't hear them but they disturbed nearby families) so Christine asked them to leave the site & the problem was sorted.
This really is a lovely family camp site and not suitable for rowdy groups... thankfully they are not tolerated either.
I got the feeling from Christine and the other staff that nothing was too much trouble...and if they could sort any issues out they would. My daughters already asking when we can go back.

Nothing really.... if I was being really picky I'd say I'd like to see a small play area for the kids, maybe in the woods, with a couple of swings etc.. but my daughter had such a lovely time it didn't matter in the slightest.

We loves the open views across the meadows, and the well laid out walks through the woodland and around the fishing pools. The location is lovely and quiet. The owners are very lovely, and work hard to make sure we were enjoying our stay. Young Joe is such a lovely asset to the site, driving around and distributing logs for our evening camp fires. We were a bit unlucky on Friday as a group of youngsters decided to talk, very loudly until the early hours. However, the owner really impressed us with how swiftly, diplomatically but firmly she told them they were to leave as their behaviour had been unacceptable. It is a really nice family friendly site where we particularly enjoyed our evenings, sat by the fires and passing the time away, quietly. We will definite try and return.

A few small things would really help bring the site up another notch - perhaps supply some hand soaps in the wash basin area, and put an additional shelf or bench in the shower room so guests have somewhere to put their dry clothes whilst in the shower. Also a little shelf in the shower where we could put our own shower gel/shampoo wouldn't go amiss. I recognise the site is still in progress and could see it was being improved with all the lovely cabins on site, but if you could add some extra toilets (separate men's and women's). That would make it all the more comfortable too.

This is a relatively new site and is definitely 'work in progress', however, the owners, Christine and Richard, are lovely and I'm sure they are determined to make this site better and better. The fishing is great with a lovely big carp lake and a small trout pond for the fly anglers. The location is excellent with a lot to see and do locally. Christine dealt very effectively with some undesirable people who turned up and upset everyone. She ejected them from the sight, well done! Joe is an absolute star and an asset to the site.

£10 to keep a trout to cook, on top of the fishing permit is a bit steep. We were there on a busy bank holiday weekend and the shower and toilet facilities were very basic and totally inadequate for the amount of campers on site. This definitely needs addressing for the future and was the only thing that really spoilt a lovely weekend. Small things like proper locks on the toilets, more shelves and hooks to put things on when using the toilet/shower hut, important details which can easily be put right.