Venus Campsite

The tranquility of the site and ease of access to surrounding attractions

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Good size pitch. Water and waste connection set up ready for use. Very secure you had to unlock and lock entrance gate. Owner on site and very helpful

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Supplied grey water pipes and clean water pipes.

When we booked into the Venus site, a big consideration was the eco-friendly label given to it on Pitch up. It states on the site that “the site’s eco credentials should appeal to environmental warriors and worriers too: it’s a recognised eco-friendly site, with plenty of green space to roam about in for guests, recycling facilities….”
Pitch up followed up my visit with email requesting feedback so - I feel I need to challenge the descriptor on the website with what I saw when we stayed at Venus.
I understood that being eco-friendly means being designed to have little or no damaging effect on the environment? Not so here.
The only recycling on site was a glass bin. Everything else had to be put into a general waste bin. No paper/cardboard recycling. No opportunity to recycle plastic or cans and no compostable waste facilities. We took our recycling with us when we went into Thirsk and again when we left to return home.
There was no evidence of the site being supplied by wind turbine or solar power.
From what I could see, none of the lights in and around the toilet area were low power LED and were left on all night. Very limited use of PIR (Just in toilet cubicles.) There was a large domestic fridge freezer under a car-port type shelter that was running 24 hours a day. In all the time we were on the site, it was unused.
I asked if we were required to use the Green environmentally conscious cleaner for our chemical toilet and was told not to bother! None of the considerable amount of cleaning chemicals and hand cleaners in the toilet block were “green.”

Nice sized pitches were a bonus with freshwater and drainage on each one was a bonus. Showers and toilets were porta cabin style but nice and clean.
Great site and some lovely places not far away. There is no wifi and no children on site which was a bonus for me. Nice and friendly owners.

Not a complaint as such because I wear earplugs to sleep so slept well, but it is close to the A1 so expect some traffic noise.

Quiet and peaceful.
Very polite owner.

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Not much

It’s not dog friendly even though they allow dogs 😳
It’s next to a busy road and there’s no view/ high hedges all around.

We stayed on an excellent fully serviced plot with our touring caravan.
There were no problems at all, and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay, on this nice quiet site.

Very many thanks,

Mr. and Mrs. Q

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Lovely friendly owner, we were made to feel very welcome. Site nice and quiet, flat pitches with basic facilities but adequate, and very clean. Would definately recommend this site as it is within driving distance of Ripon and Newby Hall which are great places for a day out. We'll be back !

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Great facilities and a friendly campsite.

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lovely campsite in ideal location for the moors and the dales and all the attractions we want to see.
loads of room on the pitch.
really quite campsite even when full up lovely to sit in the awning and not hear any noise on the site.
clean toilets etc.

someone mowed the grass and moved my water barrel which messed up my pump which has to sit in certain way in barrel and we had no water next day.
would like to see information in a hut or something about doctor, hospitals etc
and local leaflets of places of interest