Sandy Balls Holiday Village

Liked The actual pool.

The kids driving experience

Disliked Campsite very poor only be washing up basin, only four women’s toilets and no washing place.

Pool changing area very poor, showers not working, not enough room to put bags when changing.

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Liked So many nice people, very relaxed atmosphere. Whilst there is only one place to wash dishes in the campsite, people are very accommodating and understanding. Extremely quiet during the night as well. The walk to the resort is less than 10 minutes, with it being mostly in the shade. As well as a welcome kit provided upon entry that consisted of the weeks itinerary and our guest passes, we were thrilled.

Disliked The showers were awful, as a group of teenage girls, we hated using the showers. Having only a curtain to wash in and a communal hook for clothes, I flashed many people trying to dry off. Also very unclear on how to use them. At one point I had to help some poor young girl to turn on her shower - bare in mind shes bare and im only in a towel. Very humbling, to say the least.

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Liked The Sandyballs estate is nice, clean with good facilities (restaurants, shops, swimming pools etc) a stark contrast to the campsite they provide, which is a poor relation of the main place. The pitches were a good size, and you can walk (10 mins) to main resort.

Disliked Campsite was very disappointing. A real after thought to the main resort. A barren field, very basic facilities (one washing up sink for the whole camp site; portaloos and basic shower facilities). No signage to show the way between the campsite and the resort. Busy road running alongside side the field. No trees in the campsite even though the Sandyballs marketing suggests a tree-filled forest. Very disappointing.

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Liked Atmosphere, ease, freedom

Disliked Limited access to shade

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Liked David who was managing the site when we arrived was extremely helpful. He helped us with our tent, let us chose our spot. He kept the toilets immaculate and the showers. We went from Monday to Wednesday, it wasn’t as overly busy as it probably is on the weekend which was better for us. The village was good, there was utmost Elton on on Monday for entertainment, which was really good. We didn’t do the karaoke in the Tuesday and went off site Tuesday and Wednesday. Good location not far from the town/lake.

Disliked Wasn’t really on the sandy balls site. Was only about a 5 minute walk to the village so all ok. We had access to the leisure centre and indoor and outdoor swimming pool which was good. However, you only have access for a hour. I can understand they probably have a limit when the site is busy. All other activities are quite costly for what they were. £15 each for most activity’s, which is quite a lot for families and why we didn’t do them.

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Liked Great environment. Very clean facilities

Disliked Facilities pretty basic.

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Liked Nice spaced pitches, 5 min walk to sandy balls and its attractions. Great clean, hot, powerful showers. Staff are all lovely.

Disliked Sandy balls itself is quite dated now, particularly the swimming pool where it’s a bit dingy, none of the showers work at all, bathrooms falling apart really.

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Liked Great location
Friendly staff
Loads to do

Disliked Pool changing area not great - showers especially bad
Shop didn’t open till 8am and really fancied a coffee after the gym

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Liked Location

Disliked Was not aware that the camping field was detached from the holiday park. Booking stated one tent per pitch which is why we paid for two pitches but other people had more than one tent on a pitch. Didn't feel it was good value for money. Everything felt 'temporary' like the toilets and showers in portacabins which could have been kept cleaner considering therr was someone sitting at the gate most of the day

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Liked We absolutely adored our first stay at Sandyballs campsite it was amazing in every way. We thoroughly enjoyed the village/ entertainment/ activities/ exploring the local area/ biking through the forests amongst loads of other aspects we will definitely be returning in the near future.
All holiday heroes were amazing - a special shout out goes to Jude who couldn’t have made us feel more at home with her friendly and kind nature. Thank you !

Disliked Nothing.

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