The Railway Inn

Liked Staff friendly at check in

Disliked Everything else! Write up said spacious pitches .. we were crammed into a space with 2 other MHs and none of us has room to wind out our awnings. Noisy until late due to people sitting outside and music (despite rules saying no noise after 10.30). Shower/toilet block..simply awful. Booked for 2 nights, left after 1st !

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Liked Nothing.

Disliked 1) Probably OK if you were in the campervan/caravan side to the right as you enter the site which has spacious, defined pitches. We were in an area to the left as you enter with undefined pitches and tents and campervans crammed in like sardines.
2) Whilst the temporary generator was understandable and unavoidable, the noise was awful which made it an expensive and unpleasant stop over.
3) Toilet shower block was very dilapidated. We have stayed at cheaper sites with much better facilities.
4) Skip for rubbish absolutely stank and full of flies.

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Liked Nothing

Disliked Absolutely disgusting please as staffs attitude is also disgusting left a Google review about how rank the toilets and showers are to get abuse back avoid at all costs plenty more reviews like mine on Google

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Liked Pitch sizes to the right of pub are good size.(looked extremely crowded to the left). The girl who showed us to our pitch was very friendly, but didn’t know where the chemical toilet disposal was located, or the fresh water.

Disliked It felt very much like the pitches were part of the pub car park. The rubbish facilities were meagre, filthy and smelly. The shower and toilet block were old, dirty and not up to a decent standard. The floors were constantly wet as there were no mops left out for people to clean up after their showers. There was toilet paper in the toilets, also in the toilet locks , on the floor and in the sinks. There was still a generator being used on site for electricity, so quite loud( although after a while you got used to the noise). The site is within 20 feet (ish) of main train line, so lots of trains back and forward. With some investment and thought/planning, this site could be reasonable.

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Liked Very quick check in lovely friendly staff . Lovely pub on sight food was outstanding .

Disliked None

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Liked Staff Friendliness, Helpful Informative

Disliked Gents could have been a bit cleaner but on the whole a great little hidden gem of a place

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Liked - bar staff very lovely
- food was good, fairly priced

Disliked We booked up early July for the last weekend of August. On arrival we were shown to what was called “the VIP area”, we were informed this was very private and quite. This was located around the back of the pub, this appeared to be the garden of the property upstairs.
This pitch was only accessible by walking through someone’s washing on the line. This was brought up with manager and washing was taken down the following day.

The pitch directly looked into the pub, therefore when trying to relax we had people watching us whilst waiting for their meal to arrive.

We paid for an electric grass tent pitch, however this was not provided where we were pitched.

Slept great the first night, however, second night karaoke started and this went on until after 11pm. Despite the site stating in their information leaflet “no noise after 10.30pm”. We went into the bar after 10.30 to enquire when it would finish as we had two young children who were having difficulty sleeping due to the noise level. Advised it wouldn’t be much longer, we attempted to close the windows from the outside to restrict some noise coming out to little effect. These were later closed by the bar staff after request, however it was still very noisy given we were roughly 8 feet away from the pub.

Was woken at 1.20am on the Sunday morning when the residents of the upstairs property were entering and exiting their back door. This was accessible through the garden we were located in. This woke my 2 year old daughter as the sound of high heels on the hard floor and the gate being opened/closed was disruptive.

Had a meal in the pub on our second night which we couldn’t fault, food was lovely and bar staff were very accommodating! However, whilst eating our meal there was a couple who appeared to be regulars sat at the bar using the most vulgar language which isn’t appropriate especially when young children are present.

Toilet facilities were run down but we did not use these unless necessary as we spent a lot of time off site.

Do not think it was worth £35 a night to camp in someone’s back garden.

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Liked Friendly staff
Food in the restaurant was nice.
Good location

Disliked Turned up (pre booked) to what looked like a full site. The owner walked around the site and then guided us to the edge of the tent field! Not an actual pitch, just crammed in!
Not the cleanest facilities. It stated wifi- this only worked in the pub and a play an area - this didn’t exist!
Overpriced for the facilities that were actually provided

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Liked Really big, level pitch. Individual water supply. Girl (daughter of proprietor I think) was really friendly and helpful. Shower pressure was good. Pub is good with good selection of beers and good food.

Disliked The whole block with the washing up(?), toilets and showers is very dated and not to the standard I'd expect for the price paid (£35 per night). Shower curtains cheap and hanging off, no floor mats or duck boards. My guess is that the pub is prioritised over the camping facilities.

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Liked Great site massive pitches excellent food
Lovely hot showers

Disliked Generator running all day but it's only temporary due to power failure

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