Jacksmere Camping

Liked: Lovely one night stay. Basic facilities but it’s all we needed for one night. Clean toilets and shower.

Loved the animals and the field was safe and enclosed for our 2 year old to not escape.

Slide and an inflatable for the kids and we rented a fire pit for the night to toast some marshmallows.

Brilliant stay owner really friendly would stay again.

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Liked: Ignore any horrible reviews! I have just come home after being there 2 nights. Arrived Friday tea time with my two daughters (25 and 16) and my grandson (5). Dave greeted us. We pitched our tent and he came over to have a chat, very nice, down to earth bloke. We got a fire pit with wood £20 which is what we normally pay at other sites. He even lit our fire for us! We had forgotten chairs and sat on towels. When we woke Saturday morning Dave had out 4 chairs outside our tent for us to use. We didn’t ask - he did this just to be thoughtful. And we appreciated it. There was a campfire on the Saturday night I don’t know if this is every week. Dave had a small inflatable, a slide, a trampoline and a blow up paddling pool in the field for the kids. These are old and very well used, but kids don’t care about that, good old fashioned, no frills, little apparatus to help keep little ones occupied. There were 3 small horses in our field which we loved - they were put away in the evening. We loved this. Friendly, no bother. The toilets and shower aren’t great but always had loo roll and we took them for what they were. Would we stay again - yes. Dave was lovely, and I haven’t had that service anywhere else and we’ve stayed in many fields. Also it’s literally minutes from Southport and an hours drive to Blackpool. Thank you Dave we have some lovely memories.

Disliked: If I had to say something it would be the toilets and shower however we are talking about camping in a field so my opinion is “we had real toilets and a shower” which is better than none at all. If you want luxury/modern/new toilets/shower then stay at a holiday park.

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Liked: It is located in a quiet area, away from the main road. The structure is very basic, but the owner is extremely friendly and helpful.
The bouncy castle and small pool with a slide for young children are a nice addition.
The large campfire in the evening was a very pleasant surprise.
10 min drive from Southport attractions.

Disliked: There could be more walking paths in the area.

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Liked: Spacious field
Bouncy castle
Paddling pool

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Liked: Brilliant landowner with lots of local facilities available
felt at ease at all times lovely animals free roaming in the day

Disliked: Toilet and shower facilities do need updating but as long as your not expecting a hot tub you'll be fine
This hasn't put us off staying again and will return

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Liked: Nice place to camp, pond near by and not far to go to visit the beaches during the day my kids enjoyed the weekend here.

Disliked: Only thing I had problems was when it was bed time and quite times is ment to be after 11 trying to get our kids sleep while other camping think It was ok to blast must till 2 am and kids were still playing shouting gone past half 12 didn't get much sleep but it's not owners fault just wish other campers where a bit more consideration for others sleeping.

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Liked: Good location with clean facilities

Disliked: No bins onsite meaning we had to take rubbish home, not expected for the above average price for a basic site. Owner arguing with guests about pitches. Very packed in for pitches on a weekend.

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From the manager: We are a popular site and it was a very busy weekend
However THERE ARE AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN A FULL RANGE OF BINS ON SITE

There was argument with any campers they simply had an oversized tent which no non commercial site would accept
However we did find them a spot which they them selves selected

Liked: Was a nice scenic spot such a shame it’s ran so poorly and rudely.

Disliked: Unfortunately we was really disappointed with Jacksmere camping and will not be returning. The owner was very rude and didn’t have an electric pitch (which we paid extra for) when we arrived so tried to tell us to pitch up in a really tight spot in front of the toilets with huge muddy puddles. We have 2 large tents so When I called him out on this he basically called me thick so we went as far as we could away from him. He never apologised about this and was trying to antagonise my dogs with his dog and then was really rude again when we was packing up. The facilities are very poor and it’s very dirty (we have camped for many years and haven’t experienced this before). We ended up just going out of the campsite for both nights stay spending money on eating out for breakfast and teas so we didn’t have to be there. It’s such a shame as it has huge potential but it made me extremely upset to be treated in such a way

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From the manager: The vast majority campers had a great time
But when people turn up with oversize tents and despite there being 4 spare slots - couldn’t not slot them in - it’s there fault

Nor am I ever rude to anybody which is evidenced by the hugs and fond waves I get when people depart

Liked: Quad bike, animals, safe for children to play due to cars parked away from tents

Disliked: Would have liked more space between tents and less noisy campers

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Liked: Nothing at all.
We had booked for 2 nights and packed up and left at 07.30 after just 1 night.!

We liked the 'traveller's' feel about this site !
We liked the 'attitude' of the owner !
We liked the 'authentic' mud pit outside the toilets !
We liked the 'game' of step over the water with the electric cable in it on the way to the toilets !
We liked the 'jovial' comment from the owner that people on this site are to drunk to walk to cars never mind drive them !
We liked the 'fire regulation' 1 . 5 meter distance between most tents as they were that crammed in (and most had fire pits going) !
We liked the 'surprise' that you can't park next to your tent although there is no mention of this on Pitchup !
We liked the 'signage' that then stated the owner is not responsible for theft of any cars or valuables.
We liked the 'verbal abuse' that my fiancee got when she walked the dog on the dog field across the road that we were told we could use !
We liked that the 'camping' field was actually a donkey field !
We liked 'conqurin' with most other reviews that this site is terrible.
We liked the 'bargain' of a price which was MORE than we have paid on loads of other Pitchup sites with a real camping feel, charm, cleanliness, pleasant owners and well kept pitches.
We will like the 'feedback' that this owner will no doubt leave to this as he doesn't seem to like having the truth pointed out in these reviews.
And we loved leaving.

Disliked: See above !!!!

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From the manager: There always one !