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Tarvin Sands: Pitch two with large pod and pod

General

  • Set in 25 acres of Cheshire countryside
  • Three fishing lakes and an on-site café
  • Easy access to Chester Zoo and Delamere Forest

It's likely you'll hold Chester site Tarvin Sands dear to your heart – especially the keen fishers among you. The site is part of Tarvin Sands Fishery, where there's also an information hut, a gift shop, picnic areas, gardens and other animals including kingfishers, water voles and greylag geese.

Three coarse fishing lakes are on the site, crammed with 30lb fish including carp, bream, roach, tench, chub, perch and rudd. There's also a café on site, serving hot and cold food from sarnies to full-on fry-ups.

Tarvin Sands is set over 25 acres of Cheshire countryside, with loads of room for kids to play and run around. It has an excellently-kept facilities block with free hot showers and toilets, a washing-up hut and a parent and baby washroom.

Please note

The restaurant is open between 04/01 and 23/12.

No cars/motorbikes by the pitch/unit. All cars must be parked in the designated area.

No hen/stag parties permitted via Pitchup.com.

The site caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.

Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.

Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Bookings must not be for more than 28 consecutive nights.

Single-sex bookings of 4 or more people (couples and immediate family members excepted) are not permitted via Pitchup.com.

Group bookings of 4 or more units (e.g. tent, touring caravan, motorhome or accommodation hire) travelling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.

Group bookings of 4 or more adults are not permitted (couples and immediate family members excepted).

If making a fire, the fuel, logs and coal have to be purchased on site.

Access on/off site by foot is available 24 hours a day.

Please do not use electric heaters, ovens or water heaters as this will trip the fuses and cause inconvenience to others.


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Overall rating based on 98 reviews

 

90% would recommend this site to a friend.

88% would stay here again.

  57% described as Peaceful ?

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Anonymous user

Friendly host but facilities are dirty and so basic.10/09/2023

Reviewer's country: United KingdomAnonymousMobile phone iconConfirmed

  • Non-electric grass tent pitch
  • Recommend to friends   Visit again
  • Liked: 

    Friendliness of the owner, Richy. He was kind in lending me a pan and letting me use a fire pit.

    Disliked: 

    Toilet block was really dirty with flies and the washing up area was filthy. No restaurant or anywhere to buy food or anything. Really disappointing as not what is on the website. I wouldn’t go there again, needs cleaning and sorting out. Also road noise was intrusive. Not peaceful location.

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Staff were very friendly and helpful upon arrival. Pitch was …03/09/2023

Reviewer's country: United KingdomClaire H.Mobile phone iconConfirmed

  • Non-electric grass touring pitch
  • Recommend to friends   Visit again
  • Liked: 

    Staff were very friendly and helpful upon arrival. Pitch was a great size and nice and close to facilities.

    Disliked: 

    Facilities could be improved.

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Anonymous user

Friendly staff but close to busy road31/08/2023

Reviewer's country: United KingdomAnonymousMobile phone iconConfirmed

  • Non-electric grass tent pitch
  • Recommend to friends   Visit again
  • Liked: 

    Friendly and welcoming staff who were very knowledgeable of the local area. The campsite is well situated for all local attractions.

    Disliked: 

    Close to a very busy road and campsite flooded. The cafe and shop was also closed for renovations which was not mentioned on the website

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Anonymous user

Amazing site with very friendly and helpful staff.29/08/2023

Reviewer's country: United KingdomAnonymousMobile phone iconConfirmed

  • Non-electric grass tent pitch
  • Recommend to friends   Visit again
  • Liked: 

    The part we liked the most was how friendly and supportive the staff were on site. We enjoyed how peaceful it was.

    Disliked: 

    The showers weren’t separate to the toilets.

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Amazing place to stay.01/09/2023

Reviewer's country: United KingdomZac B.Mobile phone iconConfirmed

  • Non-electric grass tent pitch
  • Recommend to friends   Visit again
  • Liked: 

    Owners were really friendly, had great chats and were all round top gentlemen!

    Grounds were lovely and even though we had Thunder and Lightening all weekend, it was a great stay.

    Local area is beautiful and the views are amazing.

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Great value for money and we will be returning27/08/2023

Reviewer's country: United KingdomRachel B.Mobile phone iconConfirmed

  • Non-electric grass touring pitch
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  • Liked: 

    Such a great owner Joe and the gentleman who worked with him in the payment hut. Such great guys and very welcoming, couldn’t do more for you. The facilities were very clean! Great for fishing and lovely relaxed atmosphere at the site.

    Disliked: 

    The pitches were very boggy and maybe could use some drainage

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Clean, friendly accommodating27/08/2023

Reviewer's country: United KingdomStephanie W.Mobile phone iconConfirmed

  • Non-electric grass touring pitch
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  • Liked: 

    Super friendly staff, lovely accommodation, clean facilities with everything you could need. Cafe is under construction, grounds are well kept with improvements being made. Joe made us feel very welcome as well as his staff, nothing was too much very accommodating. We asked to be put together and Joe gave us a cracking spot to allow us to be close to one another and set up our own little camp. Can't fault it. Had a brilliant time and will definitely be back.

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Run down dirty site unfortunately27/08/2023

Reviewer's country: United KingdomAnonymousMobile phone iconConfirmed

  • Non-electric grass tent pitch
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    Really disappointed with the campsite at Tarvin sands!

    Disliked: 

    Location on a main noisy road
    Toilets filthy and washroom disgusting
    Broken glass and plastic all over site
    Grass not mowed a s poorly looked after in general

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Amazing site friendly staff booking again for October weekend27/08/2023

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  • Camping pod (five person, maximum 2 adults)
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  • Liked: 

    Staff were amazing nothing too much trouble for them. Pods where very clean, beds lovely and comfortable to sleep in, kettle in there cups tea coffee and sugar nice little essentials also surrounding area where kids can play games well kept and clean plenty of bins about for rubbish. Toilets (proper toilets) and showers were clean.
    Husband and son enjoy fishing and lakes were very well kept and had an amazing day catching all day a little walk from site so was good not too far 5 mins walk. If not fishing bring games for open field swing ball, frisby, skipping ropes a football

    Disliked: 

    No cafe open on site as stated but was prepared for cooking own breakfast anywyas so not really a dislike

    Other than that definitely no dislikes at all

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The staff are friendly and helpful, the field was big …26/08/2023

Reviewer's country: United Kingdomlisa c.Mobile phone iconConfirmed

  • Non-electric grass touring pitch
  • Recommend to friends   Visit again
  • Liked: 

    The staff are friendly and helpful, the field was big we had plenty of space, the site is on a busy road in the day but it went quiet at night.

    Disliked: 

    The shower room and toilet block, the toilet paper ran out in both toilets, the showers only had curtains no door, I chose not to use them as we were only there a night we came home and showered.

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Features

Coronavirus

24+ hour ventilation between accommodation guests

Capacity reduced to increase social distancing

Check-in: contactless (in person)

Deep cleaning of accommodation units between guests

Disinfectant sprays and wipes provided

Hand sanitising stations

More frequent emptying of bins

Removal of soft furnishings (e.g. decorative cushions)

Shared spaces: daily deep cleaning

Shared spaces: more frequent cleaning

Leisure on site

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Games room

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Play area

TV room

Take away

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Launderette

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

No dogs allowed

No pets allowed

Themes

Budget/backpacker

Lake and/or mountain

Peaceful

Walkers' paradise

Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Medium (26-50 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Mountain biking nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Surf school nearby

Watersports nearby

Location

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  • Kelsall Road, Tarvin, Chester, Cheshire, England, CH3 8NR
  • Timezone Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)   GPS 53.2067°N 2.7498°W

Nearest transport

Coach stations
Zoo Park & Ride — 6.0 miles
Bus Exchange — 6.1 miles
Bus Station — 7.9 miles
Train stations
Mouldsworth Rail Station — 1.9 miles
Delamere Rail Station — 3.8 miles
Helsby Rail Station — 4.8 miles
Ferry ports
Woodside Birkenhead Ferry Terminal — 16.9 miles
Liverpool Pier Head Ferry Terminal — 17.1 miles
Liverpool Isle of Man & Dublin Terminal — 17.2 miles
Airports
Liverpool John Lennon Airport — 10.1 miles
Manchester Airport Terminal 2 — 22.4 miles
Manchester Airport — 22.5 miles

Directions


Please note that the majority of satnavs will send you to the farm opposite the site.

If you're coming from Manchester, the M6, or Junction 10 of the M56, the site is 100 metres past the farm on your right.

If you're coming from north Wales, Chester or the M53, the site is 100 metres before the farm on your left (in the opposite end of the layby to Cheshire Brick and Slate).

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Tarvin Sands has heaps of room on site to wander around, picnic in and wildlife watch, but if you're here to also see a bit of Cheshire and the northwest, you'll find it's in handy locale for getting out and about. Liverpool, Manchester and north Wales are all within a short drive.

It's a smashing site for kids too, as it's close to famed family attractions like Chester Zoo as well as the kid-friendly fare in nearby Chester: try the Chester ghost hunter trail, the miniature railway at Grosvenor Park and the pools and flumes at Northgate Arena.

The Tarvin Sands team also reckons you should take a look at Blakemere Craft village, the farm animals, play areas and tasty treats of Chester's The Ice Cream Farm, and family adventure play park the Crocky Trail.

Must see

  • Delamere Forest (3.3 miles)
  • Chester Zoo (5.4 miles)
  • Chester Cathedral (6.0 miles)

National Trust

  • Speke Hall, Garden and Estate (10.3 miles)
  • Mr Hardman's Photographic Studio (16.2 miles)

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel.

Policies

Permitted arrival/departure time

Camping and touring
Arrive:  1 p.m. –  7:30 p.m.
Depart by:  11 a.m.
On-site accommodation
Arrive:  1 p.m. –  7:30 p.m.
Depart by:  11 a.m.

Tarvin Sands cancellation policy

Balance refunds: no penalties

No refunds/discounts for inclement weather, late arrivals or early departures.

If you need to cancel or amend your booking, please give as much notice as possible so that someone else has the chance to book. You may wish to buy holiday insurance for cancellations and for your property/injury whilst away.

Please note that your deposit is paid to Pitchup.com and is non-refundable.

Payment

A 15% non-refundable deposit is payable now.

The remainder is payable direct to Tarvin Sands on arrival.

Hired accommodation: £100.00 damage/cleanliness/bracelet deposit is required on arrival and will be refunded on departure after inspection of your unit should no damage/losses be found.

Payment methods accepted on the park

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Terms and conditions

Site booking terms and conditions

  • Does Tarvin Sands have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Tarvin Sands dog friendly? No View all features
  • What attractions are near Tarvin Sands? Tarvin Sands has heaps of room on site to wander around, picnic in and wildlife watch, but if you're here to also see a bit of Cheshire and the northwest, you'll find … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Tarvin Sands?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  7:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    On-site accommodation
    Arrive:  1 p.m. –  7:30 p.m.
    Depart by:  11 a.m.
    Read more
  • How much does it cost to stay at Tarvin Sands? From £18 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party. Check prices and availability

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Anybody wishing to fish must purchase a day ticket from the Bailiff at £8 per day. Day tickets run from 8am to 8pm in the summer or 8am til dusk in the winter months and all anglers must be off their peg by this time. Any guests found to be fishing outside the rules and times will be asked to leave the site. There are no keep nets allowed: fish are not to be kept in a bucket and all fish must be returned to the water immediately.

Access on/off site by foot is available 24 hours a day.

Please do not use electric heaters, ovens or water heaters as this will trip the fuses and cause inconvenience to others.

Please use your own cooking/toilet/shower facilities wherever possible so as to help the site manage demand on cleaning and possible queueing.

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