The Brownlow Arms

Syntes om Pub looked lovely, landlady welcoming on arrival.

Syntes ikke om Pitch way too close to the play park not enough space to put awning up. Park in desperate need of repair caterpillar broken and sharp and the swings need bolts tightening very squeaky.
Awful smell from nearby factories and rats running all over. Cut our stay short and left early.

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Syntes om Reasonably cheap

Syntes ikke om Pub atmosphere was poor although I’m sure it would liven up on the weekend.
Toilet blocks had been cleaned but are in pretty poor state of repair with plaster peeling from the walls & the showers (only two available) were either red hot with low flow or freezing cold with loads of flow.
Biggest downside to this site is the ungodly smell that drifts across from the local waste processing plant, you may be lucky with wind direction but I certainly wasn’t, it knocked me sick and I had to leave a day early.
Unfortunately I think JG Pears of Newark will be the nail in the coffin for this site unless they cease production.

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Syntes om Leaving and breathing fresh oxygen again

Syntes ikke om Where do I start

Nestled between an animal fat rendering plant on one side, a knocked down power station and the most boring riverside known to man, this pub and campsite are the epitome of mis-representation.

Our pitch looked out onto a dirty drainage ditch - not the picturesque Rivera views promulgated on pitch up, these are in fact of the river further down (and that doesn't look like that either)

The pub opens at 3 and shuts at ten, during that time you can't have food as they don't serve any, but you can choose between a pint of 3.2 percent ale that looks like fish tank water, or Hawkstone cider that looks like cider flavoured fish tank water. Add that to the atmosphere akin to an off season mortuary.

Decided not to worry we will make our own entertainment, and take a nice stroll down to the river and see the watersports place. This is a pontoon from the second world war by the looks of it and an old floating cabin. The only water sports done here are probably people ending their misery by jumping off the pontoon holding a kettlebell.

Decided to have a shower - there's a choice of freezing cold or Chernobyl boiled skin flaying dribbles - both with a backdrop of mouldy curtains and tiles, seen better facilities in Afghanistan.

Then after returning to our site somewhat disappointed the smell started.

Yes that's right that animal fat rendering place apparently compacts fish guts and chicken carcasses into dog food. And the stench is beyond belief, we started to gag and all of us have spent time in war zones lots of them in fact - this was next level, the smell coming from JP PEARS is absolutely disgusting.

We stomached it one more day then decided enough was enough. Place is an utter dump and stinks.

Left with a day to go

Not sure what the good reviews are about or the pictures, certainly weren't the same place we stayed.

Only took two photos as I was too busy gagging with the stench

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Syntes om Loved the location, in the middle of nowhere. Lots of spaces to park up. No traffic noise, peaceful nights sleep, lovely dog walks along the river. Lady who showed us to our pitch was lovely, friendly and informative. She did inform us that the shower & toilets were going to be getting an upgrade.
Didn’t use the pub so can’t comment on food, prices etc
£21 for the night including EHU is a very reasonable price.

Syntes ikke om The shower, grim. Shower mat, disgusting. 🤢. Toilets clean enough to use. Although there were a vast collection of flys, spiders & cobwebs and bugs to have chat with whilst in there. I know we were told that they were getting an upgrade, we didn’t see any signs of that. Over flowing bins

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Syntes om Very nice and peaceful 😌

Syntes ikke om Northing

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Syntes om Lovely view and access to countryside. Great price

Syntes ikke om We stayed Sunday evening to Thursday morning. They serve food Thursday evening to Sunday lunch time

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Syntes om Pub, food, beer prices, value, location, beautiful walks, friendly staff on site

Syntes ikke om Shower facilities are really poor & need upgrading,

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Syntes om Absolutely brilliant camp site, even better when I got there, there was a little festival on that I didn't know about haha
Toilets, showers, wash station, drinking water tap, waste disposal, got really everything you need

Syntes ikke om Nothing couldn't fault it

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Syntes om Pub, food, location all top notch. The lady who owns the site is really lovely and very informative about pitches and site amenities. Nothing was too much trouble.
There was a really great music festival on over the weekend with some brilliant bands so well worth checking what events they have on before you book. All the Money raised was going to the air ambulance.

Syntes ikke om The showers and toilets are in the process of being renovated so the ones that have been done really nice and the ones not quite ready but still a little tatty but totally serviceable. The Mobile service on site is very patchy and there is no Wi-Fi on the pitches so please keep this in mind.

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Syntes om If you’re looking for a pitch next to a pub that is excellent value this is it!

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