The Railway Inn

Liked Nice surroundings, good size pitch, on site pub

Disliked Could do with modernising, facilities not that clean, high-speed trains very close which will wake you up (unless you like trains!)

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Liked Great food and atmosphere. Pitches are spacious. Owner was very welcoming and kindly arranged for our group to be next to each other. We cannot comment on the shower block / facilities as we didn’t use them.

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Liked Size of pitches, nice wee pub.

Disliked Quite expensive, pitches and grounds not well maintained. Toilets and shower block were pretty dirty, looked as if they hadn’t been cleaned for a while.

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Liked We had a great pitch with lots of space. The showers were hot and lots of water. We had a great value meal on the first evening

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Liked The site was great. Facilities good. Handy for pub.

Disliked I was sleeping about 3metres away from railway line which started running at 6.15. I am on holiday and dont want to wake up that early.

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Liked We really liked the spacious and well-separated pitches, which gave us plenty of privacy and made the site feel very peaceful. Each pitch was a good size and even had its own little bench, which was a lovely touch. Overall, we really enjoyed the layout and the relaxed atmosphere.

Disliked Unfortunately, there were a few significant downsides. The main issue was the men’s sanitary facilities. There was visible black mould in the showers, which is concerning from a hygiene and health perspective. The toilets also did not feel particularly clean and showed clear signs of heavy use, making the overall sanitary facilities quite unpleasant to use.

Another thing to be aware of is the noise. The campsite itself was peaceful in terms of the other guests, but there was a lot of noise from the nearby railway and road. Trains passed frequently and continued until around 10:30 pm during our stay, so it was quite noisy well into the evening. If you are sensitive to noise, this is definitely something to keep in mind.

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Liked Great site, excellent amount of space for children to play, near to gorgeous town of Amble. Showers are hot and the toilets are clean. Worked really well with us, 4 families with many children who played outside all the time. Dinner and drinks in the pub, excellent, great range of food, well priced, very accommodating. Great range of meals on offer, good standard pub fare.

Disliked Pub only open Wednesday to Sunday. We arrived on a Monday. Pub seemed to shut at 9, which seemed weird and we would have liked a few more drinks.
Set up is very basic. No WiFi on site. There is WiFi in the pub, when it is open.

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Liked The owner was nice and we had a good chat. We could choose the pitch on our own and were allowed to take drinks from the pub to our pitch.

Disliked The facilities were not really clean. There was dog poop on some pitches and we had to remove it before we could pitch the tent. The pub did not serve dinner on Sunday evening. We could hear the railway in the night.

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Liked Pub was ok food was nice enough handy insight place to drink and eat

Disliked Too cramped on pitch close to other pitches
Loos we’re not clean

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Liked Friendly welcome Great pub with excellent food. Book a table to avoid disappointment.
Enjoyed our stay but mainly because of the pub.
Despite my honest comments below if the owners cleaned up the site and refurbished the toilets I would book again but mainly because of the Railway station which was a train spotters dream and the excellent pub.

Disliked I can understand why there have been negative reviews.
In the area we were in, you were crammed in like sardines. In fact on ONE pitch which was larger there were two motorhomes and a tent box. Very little space. However the rest of the site was open plan and looked quite nice.
Lots of large commercial vehicles on site. The toilet block was a disgrace and it was like steptos yard full of junk around with old tyres and the rubbish collection was just an open skip.
Way over priced at £38 a night.

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