Willow Campsite

Liked The location
No children
No issues booking in

Disliked Nothing

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Liked The tent pitches by the pond are lovely. We enjoyed camping alongside moorhen, woodpigeons and dragon flies..........so relaxing.
We were a bit further away from the main toilets and showers but the portaloo provided a quicker alternative during the night.
The park and ride is nearby, so access to York is easy and non stressful!
Overall a great weekend away and we would definitely stay here again 🙂

Disliked The electric hook ups were not as plentiful and accessible as described. We just managed to reach one but our neighbours had to ask for an extension lead to access the remaining plug. However, the site provided assistance, to resove this issue.

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Liked Schone douche en toiletten, rustige plek in eerste instantie voor de tent
Bus naar York centrum vlakbij

Disliked Op vrijdagavond was het plots erg druk bij onze tent vlakbij de caravans en vijver. Niet 3 tenten maar 9 tenten/ auto’s

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Liked Peaceful adult only site, secluded pitches for tents up to 6 metres, cafe and gift shop on site.

Disliked Had to queue for availability of toilets.

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Liked Really clean and lovely site

Disliked Nothing

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Liked pitch was excellent, site was lovely clean and flat

Disliked no hot water in sinks, long walk to toilet block

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Liked Good location, cafe and gift shop on site, near to pubs and local amenities.

Disliked We couldn’t find the area for electric hookup (tents) on arrival, as the sign visible just said ‘tents non-electric’. Some dog walkers tried to help us, but we ended up at a dead end. Eventually another camper came out and pointed us in the right direction. We then had to do the same for the people that arrived after us!
The toilet block was quite a walk for those camping in tents and the temporary portaloo wasn’t clean enough to use.
One of the cars from the caravan area was taking up a space in the camping field, which was annoying, as the tents were crammed in. I think allocating pitches may have been better, it was a free for all.

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Liked Quite and peaceful.

Disliked Confusion about pitches and no hot water for washing up.

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Liked Well kept and clean facilities. Great location for visiting York. Friendly community feel. Decently priced. Would reccommend.

Disliked Sign posts on site were not particularly clear (e.g. the non-electric tent sign before the mound). We and others accidentally drove towards the back-packers only area as it seemed to suggest that this was the area for non-electric tents. Could do with a sign saying no cars on mound to avoid this happening in future. Very minor issue though, did not affect our stay.

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Liked Great location, close to York and easy drive to the park & ride into the city

Disliked It's quite a distance to walk between the camping area and bathroom facilities. There is an option to use a port-a-loo closer to the camping but it's dreadful and has a warning notice on the door to say it's strictly for emergencies as it's only emptied once a week.....it's essentially a hole in a plastics floor. No flush, no water to wash hands and the stench/flies are horrific.
It's quite a distance to walk for the bin also.

The main bathroom facilities are not cleaned. Period. There are dirty mop buckets left outside the showers and people are asked to mop up after themselves (some do, some don't) but the water is brown and wasn't replaced in the 4 nights/5 days we were there. Toilets not physically cleaned once while were there and it showed.
The feminine hygiene bins weren't suitable, just swing bins left to build up in the heat, not great.
The facilities also aren't suitable for volume of people there on weekends (36 campers/caravans & 14 tents) only one sink, 2 toilets, 4 showers. Once Friday arrived there wasn't a time we didn't queue.

Advertised as a "peaceful adult only site" , I'm afraid it wasn't when were there.

There's also no reception or site presence at all and the security barrier is broken, you're just provided with a phone number so if you like a point of contact or that extra security feel it's probably not the place for you.

Point of Note - no fault of the campsite, purely a result of the pond in the heat - if camping, take some sort of insect repellant as the mosquitos and horse flies are out in force.

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