Makins Lakes

Positiv Nice view, spacious,
walk around the lake was nice.
Clean site
Basic facilities
Motorway traffic wasn’t an issue as we knew we had booked near by

Negativ Lack of information where things were on site.
Hot water on site was warm

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Positiv Campsite clean fishery was nice cafe onsite close the local pubs

Negativ Shower blocks not clean

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Positiv A lot of place to set up.

Negativ Motorway noise 24/7, no map when you arrive after reception is closed.

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Positiv Open site, beautiful lakes, easy booking and easy access to hook up.

Negativ The toilets/showers were not in a great condition, males were dirty but wife said the women’s were clean.

Very noisy and inconsiderate neighbours playing music shouting until nearly midnight.

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Positiv The fishing area

Negativ The toilets was not clean, they stunk really badly and was dirty. Had breakfast in the cafe and was not advised was no mushrooms otherwise I would not of had the breakfast. The washing up area had all dead fly's and moths by the sinks. Could have done with a clean down.

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Positiv Big ground lovely clean place and mainly like the shower area.

Negativ Could include more showers and rest room. May be one for the other side of the ground for the tent pitch.

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Positiv Overall this is a lovely site, with lots to offer. It has a nice cafe where you can enjoy a cuppa while looking across the fishing lakes.
The touring pitch size is good, and fully serviced. Although the facilities are placed so far away from the pitch you have to come off the hardstanding to reach it.
Staff are lovely, friendly and prompt if there are any issues e.g we had someone fly a drone over our pitch a few times and once reported someone came across promptly and dealt with the situation.
This is also a great site if you're into fishing as they have lovely pools to fish in.
The campsite has a pizza van come on a Friday which we have enjoyed previously. Other additions would be great like crepes....
The campsite has an egg honesty box, but sadly there were no eggs on any occasion I looked, but that's not an issue although it would have been lovely to have fresh eggs. The hens have a lovely space and look well cared for.
I have said id come again, but that is because it is local to my family, but there needs to be improved shower/toilet and bin facilities.

Negativ Only issues were the state of the showerooms, they needed a good clean, and the mop and bucket provided never had clean water in, it looked very brown.
There was no toilet paper a few times, so I ended up taking my own roll over in case there weren't any.
There was a lot of tissue on the floor that had not been cleared away in days, and there was what looked like mud in the sink at times. I understand there are some clients that leave the place a mess, but the toilets should be checked more often at least daily. One customer told us they had been there 6 days and it did not look like it had been cleaned even once during that time, and said they would not be returning again. This is a shame as its a lovely site, and although the showers work lovely, it spoils it that it is not clean.
In the men's showers my partner found one shower was broken, and he had to screw it back together to get the temperature to work. I also feel the one of the womens showers needs looking at as it was cold, the other was fine.
We have taken photographs of the conditions, but i chose not to post the most disgusting ones.
There is an ongoing issue with the bins, as we stayed here twice this year and both times the bins were overflowing, although I understand it is a council issue, maybe they need more bins.

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Positiv Everything was perfect and as expected.

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Positiv Lovely site. The cafe food was really nice & a great price. The toilets & showers were ok. The water was lovely and warm. The fishing lakes were well maintained.

Negativ Unable to fish on better lakes due to matches. Disappointing as this was why we booked.
Toilets left with no toilet roll for long periods of time.
Toilet blocked for almost 2 days.

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Positiv I didn’t stay long enough to try any of the facilities.

Negativ Really disappointed with communications from this lot. Pitch I was put on was unsuitable so I asked for a different one, I heard nothing back, so after 4 days tried again and got told off for not chasing them up after they “forgot” to help me out. I spent the week a lot happier on an industrial estate.

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