Nottingham Nature Lakes

This site was really a tale of two halves
We liked the location,as it was opposite a beautiful Nature Reserve ,and opposite fishing lakes (although as we were told you need to be a member to fish)
The site was generally good,with water and waste facilities.
It had approx 6 hookups.
The toilet and shower facilities were clean,if a little unusual.( with a frayed and dirty towel hung up ?)

The other half of this ,is that it is next to a very busy road which is noisy until 8pm,and then starts up again around 4.30am.
It is also next to a huge Chicken facility,and we were fortunate in that the wind was blowing the faint odour away fron us.
The toilet facility states only 1 person at once, as they are men and womens combined,but this does not take into account that children have to be accompanied.
This situation should be resolved immediatley by introducing another toilet block,and making it seperate for men + women. The most worrying thing is that you cannot lock the outside door from the inside,and there is no way of knowing if it is occupied,thereby walking in to men on urinals.If the site was full,these toilet/shower facilities would not cope atall.
There is no one to welcome you,however when we phoned the number (on very poor signage) the lady answered and was helpful.
The grass needs cutting more often,and then the left over BBq trays would be there to see,and could have been cleared up.
The dogs next to the field bark lets say 60% of the time, so we would not have liked a pitch next to them.

Value for money

Postcode does not direct you to the place accurately, It’s situated right at the end of the lane. Rang the contact number no one answered. Arrived on site no spare hooks ups as all taken. Received text the following day as to where hook up was. Paid for two nights but left in the morning and didn’t come back

Plenty of space

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Lovely quiet place.

Toilets kept blocking & be nice to have had a standing up sink for pot washing.

Plenty of room. Fairly level.

1st day there the gate was locked.... NONE of the phone numbers provided answered. Obtained code for Gate from other customers on site. Cess pit hadn't been emptied and the smell was horrendous. Made us ill for 2 days. Electricity disrupted 3 times during 4 night break. Bins hadn't been emptied and the smell was horrid, as they were all overflowing and encouraged animals to rummage.

Nothing

Owner dogs barking all day and night they also escaped and attacked another dog. The shower and toilet was for male and females so there was a bloke having a wee on the urinals when my 14 year old girl walked in. In my opinion in this day and age there should be male and female toilets

Nothing

Everything!
When we arrived there was no one to greet us. There was a number on the gate which wasn’t answered and resulted in other visitors letting us in to what can only be described as a shit field.
We had to guess our pitch and find our own electric which was not good at all.
The field has a ports cabin which passes for the toilet and shower block but looks more like something on a construction site. Vile.
About 2 hours into our stay one of the continually barking dogs from the owners garden escaped and attacked another dog in the field. Again the owner or staff were nowhere to be seen and it was left to the visitors to herd the dog back into the owners garden.
The field is directly on a main road so enjoy that one through the night too. The ‘kids activities’ is a swing set (with two swings) plonked right in the middle of the field. Actually field is probably too rich of a description. It’s not big enough for a field.
This left a very sour taste.
Overall, no staff, absolutely abysmal pass at a campsite. Would not recommend to anyone unless you want to stay in a field and shit in a port-a-loo.

Absolutely loved the open space for kids and dogs no storm kept us away we loved every minute.

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It was a quiet location and the field was secure, water facilities not to far

Our main electric fuse board kept tripping, other csravanners had the same issue although we where using low wattage items the toilet facilities where somewhat yuck!

The swing for my daughter

All the facilities need up dating as they were very poor