BE PREPARED AND YOU WILL BE OK!
The camping pitches aren't well maintained. Even though we were given a pitch number the section we were directed to had no pitches, we were told to pitch anywhere in that general area. The site is descried as a “slight slope”. Its not a slope its a hill, be prepared to pitch on a hill, once you over come that obstacle you will be OK. Aside from the hill we unfortunately turned up after some heavy rainfall. The grass area is clearly over used with little to no maintenance. The area has little drainage and even after 4 straight dry days the ground was still a soggy mess of mud. Cars were often getting stuck on the grass, including the security van that patrols in the evening. I would defiantly recommended taking an extra groundsheet with you – ours literally saved hours of cleaning the bottom of our tent on pack up. Defiantly pack wellies and plenty of spare socks and towels.
Its a noisy site and for some that's not a negative. For us we prefer a site with quiet hours and not other groups still playing music at 12pm or waking at 5am. The sites doesn't operate quiet hours. The wording of the noise policy can be open to interpretation – along the lines of “keep noise to a reasonable level”. It would be safe to say everyone has a different opinion of what is reasonable.
Cleanliness – washing up areas and laundry rooms were nice and clean. Toilets and showers not as good. They weren't in a disgusting state however any cleaning of the toilets that we did see, seemed to be more of a quick wipe over. The toilet and shower blocks are too small for the amount of campers. They could do with cleaning more often. It did look at times as though the site was extremely understaffed the wardens were nice and helpful but we did only see 2 the whole time we were there.It seemed to be their job also to maintain the toilet and shower block.
On the whole its a good site. Pack prepared for mud and expect to pitch on a hill and not a slope. The toilet and shower facilities could be cleaner.
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